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May 16, 2019 |
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Senate Bill S5943
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2019-S5943 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7922
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §277, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
A741
2023-2024: A2861, A8836
2019-S5943 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of the ten prescription drugs on which the state expends the most money and which have had certain costs increased by fifty percent or more over the past five years or by ten percent or more during the previous calendar year.
2019-S5943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5943 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to include in annual reports infor- mation regarding the cost and increase in cost of certain prescription drugs PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to require manufacturers to report to the state how often the price of prescription drugs has increased and the rationale for such increases. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 277 of the public health law, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013 to require the commissioner and the drug utilization review board to provide a list of the ten prescription drugs on which the state spent the most money in the previous year, prescriptions that have increased
2019-S5943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5943 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to include in annual reports information regarding the cost and increase in cost of certain prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 277 of the public health law, as amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the drug utilization review board, shall undertake periodic reviews, at least annually, of the preferred drug program which shall include consideration of: (a) the volume of prior authorizations being handled, including data on the number and characteristics of prior authorization requests for particular prescription drugs; (b) the quality of the program's responsiveness, including the quality of the administrator's responsiveness; (c) complaints received from patients and providers; (d) (I) A LIST OF THE TEN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ON WHICH THE STATE EXPENDS THE MOST MONEY AND FOR WHICH THE WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST HAS INCREASED BY FIFTY PERCENT OR MORE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS OR BY TEN PERCENT OR MORE DURING THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL: INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST INCREASE FOR EACH DRUG ON THE LIST; RANK THE DRUGS ON THE LIST FROM THOSE WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE IN WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST TO THOSE WITH THE SMALLEST INCREASE; INDICATE WHETHER EACH DRUG WAS INCLUDED ON THE LIST BASED ON ITS COST INCREASE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS OR DURING THE PREVI- OUS CALENDAR YEAR, OR BOTH; AND PROVIDE THE STATE'S TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR EACH DRUG ON THE LIST DURING THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR YEAR; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11425-01-9
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