S01386 Summary:

BILL NOS01386
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04003
 
SPONSORDIAZ
 
COSPNSRSAMPSON
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S159-d, Civ Serv L
 
Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.
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S01386 Actions:

BILL NOS01386
 
01/09/2013REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
01/08/2014REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
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S01386 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S01386 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1386
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
        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:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  159-d to read as follows:
     3    § 159-d. New  York  state  prescription  medication  cost  containment
     4  program.  1. The president, as defined in subdivision two of section two
     5  of this chapter is authorized and directed to create the New York  state
     6  prescription medication cost containment program.
     7    2.  Such program shall offer New York state residents who are employed
     8  in the civil service of the state or New York state  residents  who  are
     9  retired  from  state service and are participating in the New York state

    10  health insurance plan (NYSHIP) and their dependents, several options  to
    11  fill  medical  prescriptions through a Canadian mail order company. Such
    12  companies shall be selected through competitive bidding process,  to  be
    13  designed and implemented by the president, as defined in subdivision two
    14  of  section two of this chapter.  Canadian drug suppliers shall include,
    15  but shall not be  limited  to  all  manufacturers  and  distributors  by
    16  Canada's researched based pharmaceutical companies.
    17    §  2.  Nothing  contained  in this act shall supersede or diminish the
    18  terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00876-01-3
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