senate Bill S2228

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate a list of prescription drugs for which an emergency thirty-day supply cannot be obtained

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Current Bill Status Via A2201 - Signed by Governor

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

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 03, 2023 signed chap.64
delivered to governor
Feb 06, 2023 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.165
substituted for s2228
Feb 06, 2023 substituted by a2201
Jan 23, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.165
Jan 19, 2023 referred to rules

Votes

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Feb 6, 2023 - floor Vote

A2201
61
2
floor
61
Aye
2
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Feb 6, 2023

aye (61)
nay (2)

Jan 23, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S2228
20
1
committee
20
Aye
1
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2023

aye (20)
nay (1)

S2228 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2201
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3242 & 4329, Ins L (as proposed in S.4856 & A.7469); add §278-a, Pub Health L

S2228 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate a list of prescription drugs for which an emergency thirty-day supply cannot be obtained during a state emergency.

S2228 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2228
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
   to directing the commissioner  of  health  to  promulgate  a  list  of
   prescription  drugs for which an emergency thirty-day supply cannot be
   obtained

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subsection  (c)  of section 3242 of the insurance law, as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the insurance law relat-
 ing to requiring  policies  and  contracts  that  provide  coverage  for
 prescription  drugs to include coverage of an immediate additional thir-
 ty-day supply of a prescription during a state  disaster  emergency,  as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4856 and A. 7469, is amended 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 the poli-
 cy a process that allows an insured,  the  insured's  designee,  or  the
 insured's prescribing health care provider to immediately obtain, ON THE
 INSURED'S  BEHALF,  an  additional  thirty-day  supply  of  any  current
 prescription of the insured, except as provided  in  [paragraph  two  of
 this  subsection]  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-EIGHT-A  OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, at the same level of coverage as a  normal  refill  of  such
 prescription  drug  upon  the  declaration of a state disaster emergency
 pursuant to section twenty-eight of the executive law.
   [(2)  The  commissioner  of  health  shall  promulgate   a   list   of
 prescription drugs which shall not be subject to the provisions of para-
 graph one of this subsection. Such list shall include, but not be limit-
 ed to, all schedule II and schedule III controlled substances.]
   §  2. Subsection (c) of section 4329 of the insurance law, as added by
 a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the  insurance  law  relating  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04311-01-3

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