S06210 Summary:

BILL NOS06210B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09207-B
 
SPONSORDIAZ
 
COSPNSRONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, STAVISKY, THOMPSON
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S159-d, Civ Serv L
 
Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.
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S06210 Actions:

BILL NOS06210B
 
10/09/2009REFERRED TO RULES
01/06/2010REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
02/26/2010NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
04/13/2010CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE - DEFEATED
05/04/2010AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
05/04/2010PRINT NUMBER 6210A
05/14/2010AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
05/14/2010PRINT NUMBER 6210B
06/02/2010REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
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S06210 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S06210 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6210--B
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     October 9, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER -- read twice and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-

          tee --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD14839-04-0
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