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Senate Bill S3591

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility under the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage

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2009-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2804-b, Pub Health L

2009-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a residential health care facility shall ensure residents enrolled in the EPIC program shall have the opportunity to access prescription drug coverage under EPIC for any covered drugs dispensed to the resident by such health care facility.

2009-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3591

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, MONSER-
  RATE, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation to access to
  prescription drug coverage

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
2804-b to read as follows:
  S 2804-B. RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; ACCESS  TO  PRESCRIPTION
DRUG  COVERAGE  UNDER  THE  ELDERLY  PHARMACEUTICAL  INSURANCE  COVERAGE
PROGRAM. A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL ENSURE THAT A RESIDENT
WHO IS ENROLLED IN THE ELDERLY PHARMACEUTICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE PROGRAM
(EPIC) UNDER TITLE THREE OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE ELDER LAW SHALL HAVE  THE
OPPORTUNITY  TO  ACCESS  PRESCRIPTION  DRUG  COVERAGE UNDER EPIC FOR ANY
COVERED DRUGS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
FORTY-ONE OF THE ELDER LAW, DISPENSED TO THE RESIDENT BY THE RESIDENTIAL
HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09749-01-9

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