Assembly Bill A6678

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for increasing the applicability of brand name and generic prescription drug and other medical services co-payments for medicaid recipients

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6678 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2990
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §367-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2339, S3221
2013-2014: A2640, S1436
2015-2016: A6363, S4290
2017-2018: A2002
2019-2020: A2783

2009-A6678 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for increasing the applicability of brand name and generic prescription drug and other medical services, except diagnostic services, co-payments for medicaid recipients.

2009-A6678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6678

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, DelMONTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of  A.  HOOPER,  MAGEE,  N. RIVERA  --  read  once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medicaid co-pay-
  ments for prescription drugs and other services

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 6 of section 367-a of the
social services law, as added by chapter 41 of the laws of 1992, subpar-
agraph (iii) as amended by chapter 843 of the laws of 1992 and  subpara-
graph  (iv) as amended by section 40 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) Co-payments shall apply to all eligible persons for  the  services
defined in paragraph (d) of this subdivision with the exception of:
  (i) [individuals under twenty-one years of age;
  (ii) pregnant women;
  (iii)]  individuals  who are inpatients in a medical facility who have
been required to spend all of their  income  for  medical  care,  except
their  personal needs allowance or residents of community based residen-
tial facilities licensed by the office of mental health or the office of
mental retardation and developmental disabilities who have been required
to spend all of their income, except their personal needs allowance;
  [(iv) individuals enrolled  in  health  maintenance  organizations  or
other  entities  which  provide  comprehensive health services, or other
managed care programs for services covered by such programs, except that
such persons, other than persons  otherwise  exempted  from  co-payments
pursuant  to  subparagraphs  (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) of this paragraph,
and other than those persons  enrolled  in  a  managed  long  term  care
program,  shall  be  subject to co-payments as described in subparagraph
(v) of paragraph (d) of this subdivision;] and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03979-02-9

              

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