S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9139--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 22, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, COLTON, PHEFFER, CYMBROWITZ, SCHIMMING-
ER, WEISENBERG, HEASTIE, PRETLOW, REILLY, STIRPE, PERALTA, RUSSELL,
DelMONTE, CRESPO, BENEDETTO, MARKEY, MAISEL, HOYT, ABBATE, PERRY,
MILLMAN, LUPARDO, PAULIN, SCHROEDER, SAYWARD, DUPREY, CALHOUN,
GUNTHER, ESPAILLAT, KAVANAGH, SPANO, HYER-SPENCER, ROSENTHAL, CHRIS-
TENSEN, FIELDS, SKARTADOS, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI,
BOYLAND, CASTRO, POWELL, ALESSI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BACALLES, BARRA, BURLING, CONTE, FITZPATRICK, GABRYSZAK, GALEF,
GIBSON, GIGLIO, HAYES, HEVESI, KOLB, KOON, LATIMER, McENENY, J. MILL-
ER, NOLAN, O'MARA, PEOPLES-STOKES, QUINN, RAIA, SWEENEY, THIELE,
TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law and the elder law, in relation
to prescription drug pricing for pharmacy reimbursement
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of
section 367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 4 of
part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(ii) if the drug dispensed is a multiple source prescription drug or a
brand-name prescription drug for which no specific upper limit has been
set by such federal agency, the lower of the estimated acquisition cost
of such drug to pharmacies, or the dispensing pharmacy's usual and
customary price charged to the general public. For sole and multiple
source brand name drugs, estimated acquisition cost means [the average
wholesale price of a prescription drug based upon the package size
dispensed from, as reported by the prescription drug pricing service
used by the department, less sixteen and twenty-five one hundredths
percent] THE WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG BASED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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UPON THE PACKAGE SIZE DISPENSED FROM, AS REPORTED BY THE PRESCRIPTION
DRUG PRICING SERVICE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT, PLUS FOUR AND SIXTY-EIGHT
HUNDREDTHS PERCENT thereof, and updated monthly by the department; or,
for a specialized HIV pharmacy, as defined in paragraph (f) of this
subdivision, acquisition cost means [the average wholesale price of a
prescription drug based upon the package size dispensed from, as
reported by the prescription drug pricing service used by the depart-
ment, less twelve percent] THE WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST OF A
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BASED UPON THE PACKAGE SIZE DISPENSED FROM, AS
REPORTED BY THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING SERVICE USED BY THE DEPART-
MENT, PLUS FOUR AND SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS PERCENT thereof, and updated
monthly by the department. For multiple source generic drugs, estimated
acquisition cost means the lower of the average wholesale price of a
prescription drug based on the package size dispensed from, as reported
by the prescription drug pricing service used by the department, less
twenty-five percent thereof, or the maximum acquisition cost, if any,
established pursuant to paragraph (e) of this subdivision; or, for a
specialized HIV pharmacy, as defined in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
sion, acquisition cost means the lower of the average wholesale price of
a prescription drug based on the package size dispensed from, as
reported by the prescription drug pricing service used by the depart-
ment, less twelve percent thereof, or the maximum acquisition cost, if
any, established pursuant to paragraph (e) of this subdivision.
S 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 250 of
the elder law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(1) [Average wholesale price discounted by sixteen and twenty-five one
hundredths percent] WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST PLUS FOUR AND SIXTY-EIGHT
HUNDREDTHS PERCENT, plus a dispensing fee as defined in paragraph (c) of
this subdivision, or
S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 250 of the elder law is amended to read
as follows:
2. For purposes of determining the amount of reimbursement which shall
be paid to a participating provider pharmacy, the panel shall determine
or cause to be determined, through a statistically valid survey, the
quantities of each covered drug that participating provider pharmacies
buy most frequently. Using the result of this survey, the contractor
shall update every thirty days the list of [average wholesale prices]
WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COSTS upon which such reimbursement is determined
using nationally recognized and most recently revised sources. Such
price revisions shall be made available to all participating provider
pharmacies. The pharmacist shall be reimbursed based on the price in
effect at the time the covered drug is dispensed.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after September 26, 2009;
provided, however, that the amendments made to subparagraph (ii) of
paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of section 367-a of the social services
law by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.