Assembly Bill A7997

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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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-A7997 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2009-A7997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-A7997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7997

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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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