Senate Bill S6446

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2013-S6446 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5349
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §273, Pub Health L; amd §§367-a & 365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A884
2011-2012: A576

2013-S6446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D; authorizes the commissioner of health to create a system to incorporate co-payments billed to a recipient under Medicare Part D towards the recipient's total annual co-payments under medical assistance.

2013-S6446 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6446

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
  relation to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 273 of the public health  law,  as
amended  by  section  7  of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
  7. No prior authorization under the preferred drug  program  shall  be
required when a prescriber prescribes a drug on the preferred drug list,
OR  WHEN  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PAYMENT  IS  MADE, UNDER PARAGRAPH (G) OF
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE-A  OF  THE  SOCIAL
SERVICES  LAW SOLELY FOR THE CO-PAYMENT FOR PRESCRIPTIONS PROVIDED UNDER
PART D OF TITLE XVIII OF THE  FEDERAL  SOCIAL  SECURITY  ACT;  provided,
however,  that  the  commissioner  may  identify [such] a drug for which
prior authorization is required pursuant to the provisions of the  clin-
ical  drug review program established under section two hundred seventy-
four of this article.
  S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of subdivision  6  of  section
367-a  of the social services law, as amended by section 42 of part C of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) In the year commencing April first, two  thousand  five  and  for
each  year thereafter, no recipient shall be required to pay more than a
total of two hundred dollars in co-payments, INCLUDING THOSE required by
this subdivision[, nor] AND, FOR RECIPIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE  UNDER
PART D OF TITLE XVIII OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (REFERRED TO IN
THIS  SECTION AS "MEDICARE PART D"), THOSE CO-PAYMENTS REQUIRED BY MEDI-
CARE PART D. NOR shall reductions  in  payments  as  a  result  of  such
co-payments  exceed  two hundred dollars for any recipient.  THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF HEALTH SHALL CREATE A SYSTEM TO INCORPORATE CO-PAYMENTS BILLED
TO A RECIPIENT UNDER MEDICARE PART D TOWARDS THE RECIPIENT'S TOTAL ANNU-
AL CO-PAYMENTS UNDER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  AS PART OF THIS SYSTEM,  PHAR-
MACISTS SHALL RECORD ALL CO-PAYMENTS DUE UNDER MEDICARE PART D FROM SUCH

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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.