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Assembly Bill A1063

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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2011-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง365-a & 369-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6543

2011-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-A1063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1063

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GABRYSZAK -- 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.
                                                           LBD03942-01-1

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