Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 11, 2011 |
enacting clause stricken |
Feb 04, 2011 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A4534
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DESTITO
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Audrey Pheffer
Robert Reilly
Nelson Castro
multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Earlene Hooper
Nettie Mayersohn
Grace Meng
2011-A4534 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Health
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A8782
2011-A4534 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4534 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DESTITO, GOTTFRIED, PHEFFER, REILLY, CASTRO, JAFFEE, GIBSON, GUNTHER, GALEF, ROSENTHAL, PERRY, ORTIZ -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, HOOPER, MAYERSOHN, MENG, SCHIMEL, WEIS- ENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to direct the department of health to evaluate and report on Medicaid prescription drug reimbursement to retail pharmacies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The commissioner of health shall establish in the depart- ment of health a Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement workgroup (referred to in this act as the "workgroup") for the purpose of assisting the commis- sioner of health in studying Medicaid prescription drug reimbursement to retail pharmacies. The workgroup shall consist of 16 members, to be appointed as follows: 4 members shall be appointed by the governor, 3 members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, 3 members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, 1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and 1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. The chairs of the assembly and senate fiscal and health committees, or their designees shall serve as ex-officio members. The work group shall include: (a) 3 representatives of organizations of chain and independent retail pharma- cies, 3 prescription drug manufacturers and wholesalers, 2 advocates for Medicaid recipients, and other stakeholders; (b) 2 appropriate officials of the department of health; and (c) 2 academic or other professional experts on prescription drug reimbursement. S 2. 1. The workgroup's study shall include but need not be limited to an analysis of: (a) how the current reimbursement methodology relates to pharmacies' actual costs for wholesale purchasing of drugs and dispensing Medicaid prescriptions, including but not limited to inventory acquisition and management, payroll costs, employee benefits, professional liability EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01744-01-1
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