Assembly Actions -
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Assembly Bill A10282
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
EPSTEIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Catalina Cruz
Rebecca Seawright
Brian Barnwell
Steve Stern
2019-A10282 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10282 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for coverage of a one hundred twenty-day supply of a prescription without prior authorization during a state disaster emergency, and requires pharmacies to dispense such one hundred twenty-day supplies of prescriptions at no cost to a patient in the event such patient's insurance denies coverage due to lack of prior authorization.
2019-A10282 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10282 I N A S S E M B L Y April 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the education law, in relation to providing for coverage of a one hundred twenty-day supply of a prescription without prior authorization during a state disaster emer- gency THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3242 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows: (C) (1) EVERY POLICY DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY IN THIS STATE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL INCLUDE IN SUCH POLICY A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS AN INSURED, THE INSURED'S DESIGNEE, OR THE INSURED'S PRESCRIBING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO OBTAIN A ONE HUNDRED TWEN- TY-DAY SUPPLY OF ANY CURRENT PRESCRIPTION OF THE INSURED WITHOUT REQUIR- ING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE INSURER UPON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. (2) AN INSURER WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DOSE OF THE PRESCRIPTION WHEN COVERAGE IS DENIED FOR LACK OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. § 2. Section 4329 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows: (C) (1) EVERY CONTRACT ISSUED BY A CORPORATION SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHALL INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS AN INSURED, THE INSURED'S DESIGNEE, OR THE INSURED'S PRESCRIBING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO IMMEDIATELY OBTAIN A ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-DAY SUPPLY OF ANY CURRENT PRESCRIPTION OF THE INSURED WITHOUT REQUIRING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE INSURER UPON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. (2) AN INSURER WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DOSE OF THE PRESCRIPTION WHEN COVERAGE IS DENIED FOR LACK OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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