Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to insurance returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 17, 2019 |
referred to insurance delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1425 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 14, 2019 |
print number 4463a |
Jun 14, 2019 |
amend and recommit to finance |
May 29, 2019 |
reported and committed to finance |
Mar 12, 2019 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S4463
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2019-S4463 - Details
2019-S4463 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4463 SPONSOR: BRESLIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify and strengthen provisions in current law to ensure that consumers have the option to access every covered medication from a local network participating pharmacy and are not forced into mandatory mail order. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section One of the bill provides definitions. "Same Reimbursement Amount" is defined as the same benchmark index, the same 'Maximum allow- able cost' and the same 'national drug code', very specific terms that have meaning in the prescription market. "Mail order pharmacy" is defined as any pharmacy whose primary business is to receive prescriptions by mail, telefax or electronically and to deliver medica-
2019-S4463 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4463 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 28 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (28) (A) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH: (1) "SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT" SHALL MEAN THAT ANY COVERAGE DESCRIBED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME BENCH- MARK INDEX, INCLUDING THE SAME AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE, MAXIMUM ALLOW- ABLE COST AND NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG CODES TO REIMBURSE ALL PHARMA- CIES PARTICIPATING IN THE INSURANCE NETWORK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PHARMACY IS A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY OR A NON-MAIL ORDER PHARMACY. (2) "MAIL ORDER PHARMACY" MEANS A PHARMACY WHOSE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO RECEIVE PRESCRIPTIONS BY MAIL, TELEFAX OR THROUGH ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AND TO DISPENSE MEDICATION TO PATIENTS THROUGH THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES MAIL OR OTHER COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER SERVICES AND PROVIDES ANY CONSULTATION WITH PATIENTS ELECTRONICALLY RATHER THAN FACE- TO-FACE. (B) Any policy that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall permit each insured to fill any covered prescription that may be obtained at a network participating mail order or other non-retail phar- macy, at the insured's option, at a network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy provided that the network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy agrees [in advance, through a contractual network agree- ment,] to the same reimbursement amount[, as well as the same applicable terms and conditions,] that the insurer has established for the network participating mail order or other non-retail pharmacy. In such a case, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2019-S4463A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4463A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4463A SPONSOR: BRESLIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify and strengthen provisions in current law to ensure that consumers have the option to access every covered medication from a local network participating pharmacy and are not forced into mandatory mail order. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section One of the bill provides definitions. "Same Reimbursement Amount" is defined as the same benchmark index, the same 'Maximum allow- able cost' and the same 'national drug code', very specific terms that have meaning in the prescription market. "Mail order pharmacy" is
2019-S4463A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4463--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 28 of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (28) (A) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH: (I) "SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT" SHALL MEAN THAT ANY COVERAGE DESCRIBED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME BENCH- MARK INDEX, INCLUDING THE SAME AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE, MAXIMUM ALLOW- ABLE COST AND NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG CODES TO REIMBURSE ALL PHARMA- CIES PARTICIPATING IN THE INSURANCE NETWORK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PHARMACY IS A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY OR A NON-MAIL ORDER PHARMACY. (II) "MAIL ORDER PHARMACY" MEANS A PHARMACY WHOSE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO RECEIVE PRESCRIPTIONS BY MAIL, TELEFAX OR THROUGH ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AND TO DISPENSE MEDICATION TO PATIENTS THROUGH THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES MAIL OR OTHER COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER SERVICES AND PROVIDES ANY CONSULTATION WITH PATIENTS ELECTRONICALLY RATHER THAN FACE- TO-FACE. (B) Any policy that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall permit each insured to fill any covered prescription that may be obtained at a network participating mail order or other non-retail phar- macy, at the insured's option, at a network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy provided that the network participating non-mail order retail pharmacy agrees [in advance, through a contractual network agree- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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