Senate Bill S958

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides coverage for remotely connected insulin pens for certain patients with diabetes

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Current 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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2023-S958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1859
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7097, A8004

2023-S958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides coverage of remotely connected insulin pens under the pharmacy benefit of medical assistance for eligible patients with diabetes.

2023-S958 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    958
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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  coverage  for
   assistance  for  remotely  connected insulin pens for certain patients
   with diabetes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (kk) to read as follows:
   (KK) REMOTELY CONNECTED INSULIN PENS FOR PATIENTS WITH  DIABETES  THAT
 CAN  OPERATE  INTERACTIVELY  AND/OR  AUTONOMOUSLY FOR RECIPIENTS WHO ARE
 SEVEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND WILL BE USING SUCH A DEVICE SOLELY  WITH
 APPROPRIATELY PRESCRIBED INSULIN CARTRIDGES; PROVIDED RECIPIENTS YOUNGER
 THAN  SEVEN  YEARS  OLD  MAY USE THE REMOTELY CONNECTED INSULIN DELIVERY
 DEVICE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION. COVERAGE OF SUCH REMOTELY CONNECTED INSU-
 LIN PENS SHALL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE PHARMACY BENEFIT OF MEDICAL ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR ALL ELIGIBLE PATIENTS  WITH  DIABETES  AND  THE  COST  OF  SUCH
 SERVICES,  INCLUDING  THE  COST  TO  ADMINISTER  SUCH  BENEFIT, SHALL BE
 ADEQUATELY REFLECTED IN MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION PREMIUM PAYMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02589-01-3

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