Assembly Bill A6546

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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

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2025-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6808, Ed L

2025-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies directly or indirectly by pharmacy benefit managers.

2025-A6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6546
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the owner-
   ship, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6808 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. PROHIBITIONS. A. NO PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION  SHALL
 BOTH  DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OWN, OPERATE, CONTROL, OR DIRECT THE OPERA-
 TION OF THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF A PHARMACY AND DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY
 OWN,  OPERATE  OR  CONTROL  THE  WHOLE OR ANY PART OF A PHARMACY BENEFIT
 MANAGER.
   B. NO LATER THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE  BECOME
 A  LAW,  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION IN VIOLATION OF
 PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL DIVEST FROM THE OWNERSHIP,  OPERA-
 TION OR CONTROL OF SUCH PHARMACY.
   C.  "PHARMACY  BENEFIT MANAGER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED
 BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10487-01-5

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