A1098-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to governmental employees
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to governmental employees

A1098-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1098
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees
 

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the New York state
 prescription medication cost containment program
 

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

 

Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 159-d to read as follows:

 

S  159-D.  NEW  YORK  STATE  PRESCRIPTION  MEDICATION COST CONTAINMENT
 PROGRAM. 1. THE PRESIDENT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  TWO
 OF  THIS CHAPTER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CREATE THE NEW YORK STATE
 PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION COST CONTAINMENT PROGRAM.
 2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL OFFER NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE  EMPLOYED
 IN  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE OF THE STATE OR NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE
 RETIRED FROM STATE SERVICE AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW  YORK  STATE
 HEALTH  INSURANCE PLAN (NYSHIP) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, SEVERAL OPTIONS TO
 FILL MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS THROUGH A CANADIAN MAIL ORDER  COMPANY.  SUCH
 COMPANIES  SHALL  BE SELECTED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, TO BE
 DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.  CANADIAN DRUG SUPPLIERS SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT  SHALL  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  ALL  MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS BY
 CANADA'S RESEARCHED BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
 

S 2. Nothing contained in this act shall  supersede  or  diminish  the
 terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03249-01-1

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