Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 24, 2018 | print number 8046a |
Jan 24, 2018 | amend and recommit to health |
Jan 03, 2018 | referred to health |
May 25, 2017 | referred to health |
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A8046 - Details
A8046 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8046 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation to transparency in retail prices of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 278-a to read as follows: § 278-A. PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE TRANSPARENCY. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RETAIL PRICE" SHALL MEAN THE PRICE AT WHICH A PARTICULAR DRUG IS SOLD NOTWITHSTANDING THE COST AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD PAY AFTER PHARMA- CEUTICAL INSURANCE PRICING IS CALCULATED. 2. EVERY RECIPIENT OF A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PURSUANT TO PRESCRIPTION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH THE RETAIL PRICE OF HIS OR HER PRESCRIPTION IN WRITING AND TRANSMIT SUCH IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SMS OR E-MAIL PRIOR TO BEING CHARGED FOR SUCH PRESCRIPTION. 3. A PHARMACY THAT RECEIVES AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SHALL, AT THE TIME THE PRESCRIPTION IS DISPENSED, PROVIDE THE RETAIL PRICE OF THE PRESCRIPTION IN WRITING AND TRANSMIT SUCH IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SMS OR E-MAIL DIRECTLY TO THE PATIENT OR THE PERSON MAKING THE REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT. 4. THE PRICE TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL NEW PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUESTS RETAIL PRICE INFORMATION ABOUT A PRESCRIPTION ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH SUCH INFORMATION IN WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC FORM AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10-b to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A8046A (ACTIVE) - Details
A8046A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8046--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation to transparency in retail prices of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 278-a to read as follows: § 278-A. PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE TRANSPARENCY. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RETAIL PRICE" SHALL MEAN THE PRICE AT WHICH A PARTICULAR DRUG IS SOLD NOTWITHSTANDING THE COST AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD PAY AFTER PHARMA- CEUTICAL INSURANCE PRICING IS CALCULATED. 2. EVERY RECIPIENT OF A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PURSUANT TO PRESCRIPTION VIA MAIL ORDER OR OTHER CONVENTIONAL MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH THE RETAIL PRICE OF HIS OR HER PRESCRIPTION IN WRITING OR TRANSMITTED SUCH IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SMS OR E-MAIL PRIOR TO BEING CHARGED FOR SUCH PRESCRIPTION. 3. A PHARMACY THAT RECEIVES AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SHALL, AT THE TIME THE PRESCRIPTION IS DISPENSED, PROVIDE THE RETAIL PRICE OF THE PRESCRIPTION IN WRITING OR TRANSMIT SUCH IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SMS OR E-MAIL DIRECTLY TO THE PATIENT OR THE PERSON MAKING THE REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT. 4. THE PRICE TRANSPARENCY REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL NEW PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REQUESTS RETAIL PRICE INFORMATION ABOUT A PRESCRIPTION ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH SUCH INFORMATION IN WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC FORM AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.