assembly Bill A2200

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for patient prescription pricing transparency; repealer

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 03, 2023 signed chap.63
delivered to governor
Feb 13, 2023 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.45
substituted for s836
Feb 01, 2023 referred to rules
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 31, 2023 ordered to third reading rules cal.70
rules report cal.70
reported
reported referred to rules
Jan 23, 2023 referred to insurance

A2200 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S836
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §341-a, amd §§3217-a & 4324, Ins L (as proposed in S.4620-C & A.5411-D); amd §4408, Pub Health L

A2200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for patient prescription pricing transparency; requires certain insurers or pharmacy benefit managers to furnish required cost, benefit and coverage data upon request of the insured, the insured's health care provider or an authorized third party.

A2200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2200
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
   to  patient  prescription  pricing transparency; and to repeal certain
   provisions of the insurance law related thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subsection 341-a of the insurance law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2022 amending the insurance law relating to  enacting
 the  "patient  Rx  information and choice expansion act", as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 4620-C and A. 5411-D, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 3217-a of the insurance law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subsection (g) to read as follows:
   (G) (1) AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION:
   (A)  "PHARMACY  BENEFIT  MANAGER" SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   (B) "COST-SHARING INFORMATION" MEANS THE AMOUNT AN INSURED IS REQUIRED
 TO PAY TO RECEIVE A DRUG THAT IS COVERED UNDER THE  INSURED'S  INSURANCE
 POLICY.
   (C)  "COVERED/COVERAGE"  MEANS  THOSE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO WHICH AN
 INSURED IS ENTITLED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INSURANCE POLICY.
   (D) "ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD" MEANS A DIGITAL VERSION OF A  PATIENT'S
 PAPER  CHART  AND  MEDICAL  HISTORY  THAT  MAKES  INFORMATION  AVAILABLE
 INSTANTLY AND SECURELY TO AUTHORIZED USERS.
   (E) "ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM" MEANS A SYSTEM THAT ENABLES  PRES-
 CRIBERS  TO  ENTER PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION INTO A COMPUTER PRESCRIPTION
 DEVICE AND SECURELY TRANSMIT THE  PRESCRIPTION  TO  PHARMACIES  USING  A
 SPECIAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND CONNECTIVITY TO A TRANSMISSION NETWORK.
   (F)  "ELECTRONIC  PRESCRIPTION"  MEANS  AN  ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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