Provides for funding associated with the transition of the pharmacy benefit in the medical assistance program to support 340B covered entities and to offset the financial losses to all comprehensive HIV special needs plans.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6910--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BROUK, MAY -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --
recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule
6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to providing for funding associated with the transi-
tion of the pharmacy benefit in the medical assistance program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in establishing
2 an executive budget pursuant to article VII of the state constitution,
3 the governor shall include additional funding in an amount no less than
4 $775,000,000 adjusted by the medical component of the consumer price
5 index as published by the United States department of labor, bureau of
6 labor statistics beginning in calendar year 2024 and annually thereaft-
7 er. This amount shall include any applicable federal funding. Such
8 funding shall be used to support 340B covered entities, as defined by
9 the federal public health service act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), that lost
10 funding associated with the transition of the pharmacy benefit in the
11 medical assistance program (Medicaid) established pursuant to part FFF
12 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020. Such amounts shall not be conditioned
13 beyond requirements: (a) for participation in the medical assistance
14 program established pursuant to title eleven of article 5 of the social
15 services law; or (b) under applicable federal law, including but not
16 limited to the federal public health service act (42 U.S.C. § 256b).
17 2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in establishing an execu-
18 tive budget pursuant to article VII of the state constitution, the
19 governor shall include additional funding sufficient to offset the
20 financial losses to all comprehensive HIV special needs plans certified
21 pursuant to section 4403-c of the public health law associated with the
22 transition of the pharmacy benefit in the medical assistance program
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (Medicaid) established pursuant to part FFF of chapter 56 of the laws of
2 2020. The amount of such funding shall be sufficient to maintain the
3 operational requirements of these plans. Such amounts shall not be
4 conditioned beyond requirements: (a) for participation in the medical
5 assistance program established pursuant to title eleven of article 5 of
6 the social services law; or (b) under applicable federal law.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.