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Assembly Bill A5721

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Adds certain substances to the list of nonprescription drugs reimbursed by medicaid

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2009-A5721 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §102, St Ad Proc Act

2009-A5721 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds certain substances to the list of nonprescription drugs reimbursed by medicaid.

2009-A5721 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5721

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DIAZ, J. RIVERA, GLICK, PERRY, BRADLEY, ARROYO --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. ALFANO, BARRA, JACOBS, P. RIVERA --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the social services law  and  the  state  administrative
  procedure  act, in relation to additions to the list of medicaid reim-
  bursable nonprescription drugs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 4 of section 365-a of the
social services law, as amended by chapter 77 of the laws  of  1977,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a) drugs which may be dispensed without a prescription as required by
section sixty-eight hundred ten of the education law; provided, however,
that  the state commissioner of health may by regulation specify certain
of such drugs which may be reimbursed as an item of  medical  assistance
in  accordance with the price schedule established by such commissioner.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ADDITIONS  TO  THE  LIST  OF
DRUGS  REIMBURSABLE  UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH MAY BE FILED AS REGULATIONS BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE AND COMMENT;
  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 102 of the state admin-
istrative procedure act is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
read as follows:
  (XIV) ANY REGULATION COMPRISED SOLELY OF ONE OR MORE ADDITIONS TO  THE
LIST  OF  NONPRESCRIPTION  DRUGS REIMBURSABLE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03923-01-9

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