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Jun 18, 2012 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1276 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 16, 2011 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 13, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 07, 2011 |
1st report cal.1142 |
Apr 18, 2011 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S4749
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4749 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the collection of prescription drug co-payments PURPOSE: To require patients to pay co-payments for prescription drugs at the point-of-sale under Medicaid and Family Health Plus SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1- Amends section 367 -a of the Social Services law to require the payment of prescription drug co-payments under Medicaid. Section 2- Amends section 369-ee of the Social Services law to require the payment of prescription drug co-payments under Family Health Plus. Section 3- Effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Co-payments for prescription drugs in the State Medicaid program were implemented in New York State in 1995. Prescription drug co-payments were also included when the Family Health Plus program was created. It is the current policy that Medicaid and Family Health Plus beneficiaries cannot be denied services if they refuse to pay their co-payments at the point-of-sale. As a result, pharmacies in the State of New York have experienced serious financial losses through
2011-S4749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4749 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- 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 the collection of prescription drug co-payments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 47 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, co- payments charged for each generic prescription drug dispensed shall be one dollar and for each brand name prescription drug dispensed shall be three dollars; provided, however, that the co-payments charged for each brand name prescription drug on the preferred drug list established pursuant to section two hundred seventy-two of the public health law and the co-payments charged for each brand name prescription drug reimbursed pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision four of section three hundred sixty-five-a of this title shall be one dollar. THE PAYMENT OF SUCH CO-PAYMENTS SHALL BE MANDATORY AT THE POINT OF SALE IN PHARMACIES. S 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 2-a of section 369-ee of the social service law, as amended by section 26 of part E of chapter 63 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (i) co-payments charged for each generic prescription drug dispensed shall be three dollars and for each brand name prescription drug dispensed shall be six dollars AND THE PAYMENT OF SUCH CO-PAYMENTS SHALL BE MANDATORY AT THE POINT OF SALE IN PHARMACIES; S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the amendments to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 367-a of the social services law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such paragraph and shall be deemed to repeal therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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