Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 17, 2012 |
signed chap.11 |
Feb 07, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 06, 2012 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.11 substituted for s6054a |
Jan 18, 2012 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 12, 2012 |
advanced to third reading cal.302 |
Jan 10, 2012 |
reported |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to insurance |
Assembly Bill A8904
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HEASTIE
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
William Colton
2011-A8904 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6054
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
2011-A8904 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8904 I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEASTIE, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 28 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as added by chapter 597 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (28) Any policy [which] THAT provides coverage for prescription drugs shall permit each [participant] INSURED to fill any [mail order] covered prescription THAT MAY BE OBTAINED AT A NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHARMACY, at [his or her] THE INSURED'S option, at [any mail order pharmacy or] A network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy [if the network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy offers to accept a price that is comparable to that of the mail order pharmacy] PROVIDED THAT THE NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL PHARMACY AGREES IN ADVANCE, THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL NETWORK AGREE- MENT, TO THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT, AS WELL AS THE SAME APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAT THE INSURER HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHARMACY. [Any policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs] IN SUCH A CASE, THE POLICY shall not impose a co-payment fee or other condition on any insured who elects to purchase PRESCRIPTION drugs from a network partic- ipating non-mail order retail pharmacy which is not also imposed on insureds electing to purchase drugs from a [designated] NETWORK PARTIC- IPATING mail order OR OTHER NON-RETAIL pharmacy[; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not supersede the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or apply to a policy that is the result of a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a recog- nized or certified employee organization]. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09145-09-2
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