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A08781 Summary:

A08781 Actions:

A08781 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:01/17/2018AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Gottfried
Aye
Raia
Excused
Schimminger
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Galef
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Norris
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Titone
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Kim
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:01/29/2018AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable         
Lentol
Aye
Curran
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Titus
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
O'Donnell
Absent
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye

A08781 Floor Votes:

A08781 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8781
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibited  activ-
          ities by pharmacy benefit managers
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 280-a of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
     3    3. No pharmacy  benefit  manager  shall,  with  respect  to  contracts
     4  between  such pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy or, alternatively,
     5  such pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy's contracting  agent,  such
     6  as a pharmacy services administrative organization:
     7    (a)  prohibit  or penalize a pharmacist or pharmacy from disclosing to
     8  an individual purchasing a prescription medication  information  regard-
     9  ing:
    10    (1) the cost of the prescription medication to the individual, or
    11    (2)  the  availability  of  any therapeutically equivalent alternative
    12  medications or alternative methods of purchasing the prescription  medi-
    13  cation, including but not limited to, paying a cash price; or
    14    (b)  charge or collect from an individual a copayment that exceeds the
    15  total submitted charges by the pharmacy for which the pharmacy is  paid.
    16  If an individual pays a copayment, the pharmacy shall retain the adjudi-
    17  cated  costs and the pharmacy benefit manager shall not redact or recoup
    18  the adjudicated cost.
    19    4. Any provision of a contract that violates the  provisions  of  this
    20  section shall be deemed to be void and unenforceable.
    21    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
        A                                                          LBD13755-01-7