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Jan 05, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A647
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Teresa Sayward
Robert Reilly
Mike Spano
Janet Duprey
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Thomas McKevitt
Harvey Weisenberg
2011-A647 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Aging
- Law Section:
- Elder Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §250, Eld L; amd §367-a, Soc Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
-
A8858
2011-A647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 647 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SAYWARD, REILLY, SPANO, DUPREY, BURLING, KOLB, RAIA, MOLINARO, CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, McKEVITT, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law and the social services law, in relation to pharmaceutical reimbursement under the EPIC program and Medicaid for certain pharmacies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 250 of the elder law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subparagraph 1-a is added to read as follows: (1) Average wholesale price discounted by sixteen and twenty-five one hundredths percent, plus a dispensing fee as defined in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, [or] (1-A) AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE DISCOUNTED BY FOURTEEN PERCENT FOR A SMALL PHARMACY, PLUS A DISPENSING FEE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A "SMALL PHAR- MACY" SHALL MEAN A PHARMACY, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH TO DISPENSE ON AVERAGE UNDER TWO HUNDRED SCRIPTS A DAY, OR S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of section 367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 4 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as follows: (ii) if the drug dispensed is a multiple source prescription drug or a brand-name prescription drug for which no specific upper limit has been set by such federal agency, the lower of the estimated acquisition cost of such drug to pharmacies, or the dispensing pharmacy's usual and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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