Assembly Bill A7922A

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to not for profit pharmacies operated by an institution of higher education

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

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2017-A7922 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6689
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

2017-A7922 - Summary

Relates to not for profit pharmacies operated by an institution of higher education; requires policies issued by a Medicaid managed care provider to consider such pharmacies to be in the provider's pharmacy network.

2017-A7922 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7922
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to not  for  profit
   pharmacies operated by an institution of higher education
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 364-j of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34.  ANY  POLICY ISSUED BY A MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROVIDER UNDER THIS
 SECTION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS,  SHALL  DEEM  A
 PHARMACY  REGISTERED  UNDER  SECTION  SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  EIGHT OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW, THAT IS A NOT FOR PROFIT, OPERATED BY AN  INSTITUTION  OF
 HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THAT PRIMARILY SERVES LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR IS
 LOCATED IN A MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA, TO BE IN THE PROVIDER'S PHARMA-
 CY  NETWORK  TO  ENABLE  PLAN ENROLLEES TO FILL ANY COVERED PRESCRIPTION
 DRUG AT SUCH PHARMACY AND THE PHARMACY SHALL BE PAID THE SAME REIMBURSE-
 MENT AMOUNT FOR COVERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS OTHER  PHARMACIES  PARTIC-
 IPATING IN THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 364-j  of  the social services law made by section one of this act shall
 not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
 ewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11701-01-7

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2017-A7922A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6689
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L

2017-A7922A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to not for profit pharmacies operated by an institution of higher education; requires policies issued by a Medicaid managed care provider to consider such pharmacies to be in the provider's pharmacy network.

2017-A7922A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7922--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STECK, FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to not for profit
   pharmacies operated by an institution of higher education

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  364-j  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 34 to read as follows:
   34. FOR ANY POLICY ISSUED BY A MEDICAID MANAGED  CARE  PROVIDER  UNDER
 THIS SECTION WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, THE PROVID-
 ER  SHALL  OFFER  TO INCLUDE IN ITS PHARMACY NETWORK ANY PHARMACY REGIS-
 TERED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, THAT
 IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITY, OPERATED BY AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER  EDUCA-
 TION, IS LOCATED IN A POSTAL ZIP CODE IN WHICH THE MANAGED CARE PROVIDER
 HAS  ENROLLEES,  AND  THAT PRIMARILY SERVES LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR AN
 UNDERSERVED POPULATION, TO ENABLE PLAN ENROLLEES  TO  FILL  ANY  COVERED
 DRUG  PRESCRIPTION  AT  SUCH PHARMACY AND THE PHARMACY SHALL BE PAID THE
 SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT FOR COVERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS OTHER  PHAR-
 MACIES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided that the commissioner of health  shall  make
 regulations  and  take  other  actions reasonably necessary to implement
 this act on such date; and provided, however,  that  the  amendments  to
 section 364-j of the social services law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
 therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11701-02-7

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