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S04918 Summary:

BILL NO	S04918
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	DIAZ
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §249-a, Eld L
Relates to establishing the NYS prescription medication cost containment program.

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S04918 Actions:

BILL NO	S04918
03/03/2017	REFERRED TO AGING

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S04918 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4918
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
        AN ACT to amend the elder  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 elder law is amended by adding a new section  249-a  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  249-a.  New  York  state  prescription  medication cost containment
     4  program. 1. The executive director is authorized and directed to  create
     5  the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.
     6    2.  Such  program shall offer New York state residents who qualify for
     7  the  elderly  pharmaceutical  insurance  coverage  program  pursuant  to
     8  section  two  hundred forty-two of this article, several options to fill
     9  medical prescriptions through a Canadian mail order company. Such compa-
    10  nies shall be  selected  through  competitive  bidding  process,  to  be
    11  designed  and  implemented  by  the  executive  director.  Canadian drug
    12  suppliers shall include, but shall not be limited to  all  manufacturers
    13  and distributors by Canada's research based pharmaceutical companies.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07304-01-7

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