Requires certain health insurance issuers to certify that at least a majority of prescription drug rebates are provided to patients at the point of sale.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2128
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
to requiring certain health insurance issuers to certify that at least
a majority of prescription drug rebates are provided to patients at
the point of sale
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3246
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3246. Ensuring fairness in certain cost sharing. (a) As used in this
4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (1) "Defined cost sharing" means a deductible payment or coinsurance
6 amount imposed on an enrollee for a covered prescription drug under the
7 enrollee's health plan.
8 (2) "Insurer" means any health insurance issuer that is subject to
9 state law regulating insurance and offers health insurance coverage, as
10 defined in 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-91, or any state or local governmental
11 employer plan.
12 (3) "Price protection rebate" means a negotiated price concession that
13 accrues directly or indirectly to the insurer, or other party on behalf
14 of the insurer, in the event of an increase in the wholesale acquisition
15 cost of a drug above a specified threshold.
16 (4) "Rebate" means:
17 (A) Negotiated price concessions including but not limited to base
18 price concessions, whether described as a rebate or otherwise, and
19 reasonable estimates of any price protection rebates and performance-
20 based price concessions that may accrue directly or indirectly to the
21 insurer during the coverage year from a manufacturer, dispensing pharma-
22 cy, or other party in connection with the dispensing or administration
23 of a prescription drug, and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (B) Reasonable estimates of any negotiated price concessions, fees and
2 other administrative costs that are passed through, or are reasonably
3 anticipated to be passed through, to the insurer and serve to reduce the
4 insurer's liabilities for a prescription drug.
5 (b) An enrollee's defined cost sharing for each prescription drug
6 shall be calculated at the point of sale based on a price that is
7 reduced by an amount equal to at least eighty-five percent of all
8 rebates received, or to be received, in connection with the dispensing
9 or administration of the prescription drug. Nothing shall preclude an
10 insurer from decreasing an enrollee's defined cost sharing by an amount
11 greater than that required under this subsection.
12 (c) An insurer shall submit to the superintendent by the first of
13 January of each year a certification in a form to be established by the
14 superintendent attesting that it has complied with the requirements of
15 subsection (b) of this section for the prior calendar year.
16 (d) In complying with the provisions of this section, an insurer or
17 its agents shall not publish or otherwise publicly reveal information
18 regarding the actual amount of rebates an insurer receives on a product
19 or therapeutic class of products, manufacturer, or pharmacy-specific
20 basis. Such information shall be exempt from disclosure under section
21 eighty-seven of the public officers law and shall not be disclosed
22 directly or indirectly, or in a manner that would allow for the iden-
23 tification of an individual product, therapeutic class of products, or
24 manufacturer, or in a manner that would have the potential to compromise
25 the financial, competitive, or proprietary nature of such information.
26 An insurer shall impose the confidentiality protections of this subdivi-
27 sion on any vendor or downstream third-party that performs health care
28 or administrative services on behalf of the insurer that may receive or
29 have access to rebate information.
30 § 2. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 4331 to read
31 as follows:
32 § 4331. Ensuring fairness in certain cost sharing. (a) As used in this
33 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
34 (1) "Defined cost sharing" means a deductible payment or coinsurance
35 amount imposed on an enrollee for a covered prescription drug under the
36 enrollee's health plan.
37 (2) "Corporation" means any health insurance issuer that is subject to
38 state law regulating insurance and offers health insurance coverage, as
39 defined in 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-91, or any state or local governmental
40 employer plan.
41 (3) "Price protection rebate" means a negotiated price concession that
42 accrues directly or indirectly to the corporation, or other party on
43 behalf of the corporation, in the event of an increase in the wholesale
44 acquisition cost of a drug above a specified threshold.
45 (4) "Rebate" means:
46 (A) Negotiated price concessions including but not limited to base
47 price concessions, whether described as a rebate or otherwise, and
48 reasonable estimates of any price protection rebates and performance-
49 based price concessions that may accrue directly or indirectly to the
50 corporation during the coverage year from a manufacturer, dispensing
51 pharmacy, or other party in connection with the dispensing or adminis-
52 tration of a prescription drug, and
53 (B) Reasonable estimates of any negotiated price concessions, fees and
54 other administrative costs that are passed through, or are reasonably
55 anticipated to be passed through, to the corporation and serve to reduce
56 the corporation's liabilities for a prescription drug.
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1 (b) An enrollee's defined cost sharing for each prescription drug
2 shall be calculated at the point of sale based on a price that is
3 reduced by an amount equal to at least eighty-five percent of all
4 rebates received, or to be received, in connection with the dispensing
5 or administration of the prescription drug. Nothing shall preclude a
6 corporation from decreasing an enrollee's defined cost sharing by an
7 amount greater than that required under this subsection.
8 (c) A corporation shall submit to the superintendent by the first of
9 January of each year a certification in a form to be established by the
10 superintendent attesting that it has complied with the requirements of
11 subsection (b) of this section for the prior calendar year.
12 (d) In complying with the provisions of this section, a corporation or
13 its agents shall not publish or otherwise publicly reveal information
14 regarding the actual amount of rebates a corporation receives on a prod-
15 uct or therapeutic class of products, manufacturer, or pharmacy-specific
16 basis. Such information shall be exempt from disclosure under section
17 eighty-seven of the public officers law and shall not be disclosed
18 directly or indirectly, or in a manner that would allow for the iden-
19 tification of an individual product, therapeutic class of products, or
20 manufacturer, or in a manner that would have the potential to compromise
21 the financial, competitive, or proprietary nature of such information. A
22 corporation shall impose the confidentiality protections of this subdi-
23 vision on any vendor or downstream third-party that performs health care
24 or administrative services on behalf of the corporation that may receive
25 or have access to rebate information.
26 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4417 to
27 read as follows:
28 § 4417. Ensuring fairness in certain cost sharing. 1. As used in this
29 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
30 (a) "Defined cost sharing" means a deductible payment or coinsurance
31 amount imposed on an enrollee for a covered prescription drug under the
32 enrollee's health plan.
33 (b) "Organization" means any health insurance issuer that is subject
34 to state law regulating insurance and offers health insurance coverage,
35 as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-91, or any state or local governmental
36 employer plan.
37 (c) "Price protection rebate" means a negotiated price concession that
38 accrues directly or indirectly to the organization, or other party on
39 behalf of the organization, in the event of an increase in the wholesale
40 acquisition cost of a drug above a specified threshold.
41 (d) "Rebate" means:
42 (i) Negotiated price concessions including but not limited to base
43 price concessions, whether described as a rebate or otherwise, and
44 reasonable estimates of any price protection rebates and performance-
45 based price concessions that may accrue directly or indirectly to the
46 organization during the coverage year from a manufacturer, dispensing
47 pharmacy, or other party in connection with the dispensing or adminis-
48 tration of a prescription drug, and
49 (ii) Reasonable estimates of any negotiated price concessions, fees
50 and other administrative costs that are passed through, or are reason-
51 ably anticipated to be passed through, to the organization and serve to
52 reduce the organization's liabilities for a prescription drug.
53 2. An enrollee's defined cost sharing for each prescription drug shall
54 be calculated at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by
55 an amount equal to at least eighty-five percent of all rebates received,
56 or to be received, in connection with the dispensing or administration
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1 of the prescription drug. Nothing shall preclude an organization from
2 decreasing an enrollee's defined cost sharing by an amount greater than
3 that required under this subdivision.
4 3. An organization shall submit to the superintendent by the first of
5 January of each year a certification in a form to be established by the
6 superintendent attesting that it has complied with the requirements of
7 subdivision two of this section for the prior calendar year.
8 4. In complying with the provisions of this section, an organization
9 or its agents shall not publish or otherwise publicly reveal information
10 regarding the actual amount of rebates an organization receives on a
11 product or therapeutic class of products, manufacturer, or pharmacy-spe-
12 cific basis. Such information shall be exempt from disclosure under
13 section eighty-seven of the public officers law and shall not be
14 disclosed directly or indirectly, or in a manner that would allow for
15 the identification of an individual product, therapeutic class of
16 products, or manufacturer, or in a manner that would have the potential
17 to compromise the financial, competitive, or proprietary nature of such
18 information. An organization shall impose the confidentiality
19 protections of this subdivision on any vendor or downstream third-party
20 that performs health care or administrative services on behalf of the
21 organization that may receive or have access to rebate information.
22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to contracts
23 issued, renewed or amended on or after January 1, 2025.
