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Assembly Bill A6543

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits individuals who are registered sex offenders from receiving sexual performance enhancing drugs through medicaid

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2009-A6543 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง365-a & 369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1063

2009-A6543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits individuals who are registered sex offenders from receiving sexual performance enhancing drugs through medicaid.

2009-A6543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6543

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. ALFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  restricting
  certain medications from coverage for Medicaid purposes

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 365-a of the social  services  law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
  (H)  DRUGS  USED  TO ENHANCE THE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE OF THEIR USER WHEN
PRESCRIBED FOR USE BY A PERSON WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  A
FELONY.
  S  2.  Subparagraph  (v)  of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
369-ee of the social services law, as amended by section 1 of part C  of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  (v)  prescription  drugs  as defined in section two hundred seventy of
the public health law, which shall be provided pursuant  to  subdivision
two-b  of  this section, and non-prescription smoking cessation products
or devices; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT DRUGS USED FOR  THE  ENHANCEMENT  OF
SEXUAL PERFORMANCE WHEN PRESCRIBED FOR USE BY A PERSON WHO HAS PREVIOUS-
LY  BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  A  FELONY  SHALL  NOT BE COVERED BY HEALTH CARE
SERVICES UNDER THIS TITLE;
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09996-01-9

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