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A03494 Summary:

BILL NOA03494
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPretlow
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §278-a, Pub Health L; amd §6810, Ed L
 
Requires pharmacies to provide customers directly with the retail (before insurance) price of a prescription, in writing and electronically prior to purchase.
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A03494 Actions:

BILL NOA03494
 
02/03/2023referred to health
01/03/2024referred to health
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A03494 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3494
 
SPONSOR: Pretlow
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation to transparency in retail prices of prescription drugs   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To make drug prices more transparent for consumers.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: § 1. 278-a. Prescription drug price transparency. As used in this section, "retail price" shall mean the price al: which a particular drug is sold notwithstanding the cost an individual would pay after pharma- ceutical insurance pricing is calculated. § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdi- vision 10-b to read as follows: 10-b. A pharmacy shall, at the time a prescription is dispensed, provide the retail price of the prescription writing and transmit such in an electronic format, including, but not• limited to SMS or e-mail directly to the patient or the person making the request on behalf of the patient in accordance with section two hundred seventy-eight-a of the public health law. § 3. Effective Date   JUSTIFICATION: Disclosure of the price at or before the time of purchase will provide transparency in retail drug pricing, and to ensure a fair price to consumers.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022 01/05/22 A2340 referred to health 2019-2020 A6056 referred to health 01/03/18 referred to health 01/24/18 amend and recommit to health 01/24/18 print number 8046a A8046A 05/25/17 referred to health   FISCAL IMPLICATION: None to the state   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary.
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A03494 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3494
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
          to transparency in retail prices of prescription drugs
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  278-a to read as follows:
     3    § 278-a. Prescription drug price transparency.  1.  As  used  in  this
     4  section,  "retail price" shall mean the price at which a particular drug
     5  is sold notwithstanding the cost an individual would pay  after  pharma-
     6  ceutical insurance pricing is calculated.
     7    2.   Every   recipient   of   a  pharmaceutical  product  pursuant  to
     8  prescription via  mail  order  or  other  conventional  means  shall  be
     9  provided  with the retail price of his or her prescription in writing or
    10  transmitted such in an electronic format, including, but not limited  to
    11  SMS or e-mail prior to being charged for such prescription.
    12    3.  A  pharmacy that receives an electronic prescription shall, at the
    13  time the prescription is dispensed, provide  the  retail  price  of  the
    14  prescription  in  writing  or  transmit  such  in  an electronic format,
    15  including, but not limited to SMS or e-mail directly to the  patient  or
    16  the person making the request on behalf of the patient.
    17    4.  The  price  transparency  required  pursuant to this section shall
    18  apply to all new prescriptions written after the effective date of  this
    19  section;  provided,  however,  that  any  individual who requests retail
    20  price information about a prescription  originally  written  before  the
    21  enactment  of  this  section  shall be provided with such information in
    22  written or electronic form as  described  in  subdivision  two  of  this
    23  section.
    24    §  2.  Section  6810  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    25  subdivision 10-b to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08311-01-3

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     1    10-b. A pharmacy shall, at  the  time  a  prescription  is  dispensed,
     2  provide the retail price of the prescription in writing or transmit such
     3  in  an  electronic  format,  including, but not limited to SMS or e-mail
     4  directly to the patient or the person making the request  on  behalf  of
     5  the  patient  in  accordance with section two hundred seventy-eight-a of
     6  the public health law.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have  become law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     9  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    10  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    11  on or before such effective date.
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