senate Bill S4986

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the pharmaceutical cost transparency act of 2017

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Mar 03, 2017 referred to health

S4986 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §278-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5338

S4986 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the pharmaceutical cost transparency act requiring prescription drug manufacturers to file a report disclosing certain financial information pertaining to prescription drugs which have a wholesale acquisition cost of $10,000 or more annually or per course of treatment.

S4986 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  4986

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 3, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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  establishing  the
  pharmaceutical cost transparency act of 2017

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

  Section 1. This act shall be cited and may be known as the "pharmaceu-
tical cost transparency act of 2017".
  § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 278-a to
read as follows:
  § 278-A. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST TRANSPARENCY. 1.  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT.
A.  IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COST OF ULTRA-HIGH-PRICED PHARMACEUTICALS, IN ORDER
TO MAKE PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING AS TRANSPARENT AS THE  PRICING  IN  OTHER
SECTORS OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.
  B. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANNUAL COST REPORTING ON
THE  MOST  EXPENSIVE DRUGS THAT WOULD BE OF USE TO POLICYMAKERS, GOVERN-
MENT AGENCIES, AND  OTHERS  TO  UNDERSTAND  COSTS  FOR  THESE  IMPORTANT
PRODUCTS.
  2.  EACH  MANUFACTURER  OF  A PRESCRIPTION DRUG, MADE AVAILABLE IN NEW
YORK, THAT HAS A WHOLESALE ACQUISITION  COST  OF  TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
($10,000)  OR  MORE  ANNUALLY  OR  PER COURSE OF TREATMENT, SHALL FILE A
REPORT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ON THE COSTS FOR EACH QUALIFYING DRUG.
  3. THE REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FOR EACH DRUG:
  A.  THE  TOTAL  COSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE DRUG, INCLUDING ALL OF
THE FOLLOWING:
  (I) THE TOTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS PAID BY THE MANUFACTURER,
AND SEPARATELY, THE TOTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  COSTS  PAID  BY  ANY
PREDECESSOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRUG.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07382-01-7

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