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Assembly Bill A10239

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases local government participation in the Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan

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2017-A10239 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1714
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2996
2013-2014: S1202
2015-2016: S2161
2019-2020: A3846

2017-A10239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases local government participation in the Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan.

2017-A10239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10239
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 26, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing local
   government participation in the Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 163-b to read as follows:
   § 163-B. EMPIRE PLAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN. THE PRESIDENT, AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERMITTING ELIGIBLE AGENCIES TO PARTIC-
 IPATE  IN  THE  EMPIRE  PLAN  PRESCRIPTION  DRUG PLAN WITHOUT BECOMING A
 PARTICIPATING AGENCY UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01849-01-7

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