Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A864
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMOTAS
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
Andrew Hevesi
Michael Benedetto
William Colton
Michael Montesano
multi-Sponsors
Edward Braunstein
Vivian Cook
Deborah Glick
2019-A864 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A864 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 864 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, HEVESI, BENEDETTO, COLTON, MONTESANO, GUNTHER, GALEF, RAIA, WEPRIN, TITUS, PERRY, ZEBROWSKI, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to prescription prices and pharmacies for injured employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (i) of section 13 of the work- ers' compensation law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2007, is amended and a new paragraph 6 is added to read as follows: (5) [Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if] IF an employer or carrier has contracted with a pharmacy to provide prescribed medicine to claimants, then such employer or carrier may require claim- ants to obtain all prescribed medicines from the pharmacy with which it has contracted, except if a medical emergency occurs and it would not be reasonably possible to obtain immediately required prescribed medicine from the pharmacy with which the employer or carrier has a contract. An employer or carrier that requires claimants to obtain prescribed medi- cines from a pharmacy with which it has a contract must notify claimants of the pharmacy or pharmacies with which it has a contract, the locations and addresses of the pharmacy or pharmacies, if applicable, how to initially fill and refill prescriptions through the mail, inter- net, telephone or other means, and any other required information that must be supplied to the pharmacy or pharmacies. If the pharmacy or phar- macies with which the employer or carrier contracts does not offer mail order service and does not have a physical location within a reasonable distance from the claimant, as defined by regulation of the board, the claimant may obtain prescribed medicines at the pharmacy or pharmacies of his or her choice and the employer or carrier will be liable for such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01467-01-9
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