STATE OF NEW YORK
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6718
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 30, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
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.
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