Senate Bill S312

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the collection of prescription drug co-payments

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S312 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง367-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4749
2013-2014: S2786
2017-2018: S5773

2015-S312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the collection of prescription drug co-payments at the point of sale in pharmacies.

2015-S312 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   312

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  the  collection
  of prescription drug co-payments

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c)  of  subdivision  6  of
section  367-a  of  the  social services law, as amended by section 9 of
part C of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  paragraph,  co-
payments  charged  for each generic prescription drug dispensed shall be
one dollar and for each brand name prescription drug dispensed shall  be
three  dollars; provided, however, that the co-payments charged for each
brand name prescription drug on  the  preferred  drug  list  established
pursuant to section two hundred seventy-two of the public health law or,
for  managed  care providers operating pursuant to section three hundred
sixty-four-j of this title, for each brand name prescription drug  on  a
managed care provider's formulary that such provider has designated as a
preferred  drug,  and  the  co-payments  charged  for  each  brand  name
prescription drug reimbursed pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of  paragraph
(a-1)  of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-five-a of this
title shall be one dollar.   THE PAYMENT OF SUCH  CO-PAYMENTS  SHALL  BE
MANDATORY AT THE POINT OF SALE IN PHARMACIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become a law, provided, however, that the amendments to
subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 367-a of
the social services law made by section one of this act shall not affect
the repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed to be  repealed  there-
with.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01142-01-5
              

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