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Senate Bill S6501

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Repeals sections 1 and 1-a of part FFF of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020

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2025-S6501 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Laws Affected:
Rpld Part FFF §§1 & 1-a, Chap 56 of 2020
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8509
2023-2024: S382

2025-S6501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the department of health to remove the pharmacy benefit from the managed care benefit package; provides the pharmacy benefit under the fee for service program.

2025-S6501 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6501
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to repeal sections 1 and 1-a of part FFF of  chapter  56  of  the
   laws  of 2020 relating to directing the department of health to remove
   the pharmacy benefit from the managed  care  benefit  package  and  to
   provide the pharmacy benefit under the fee for service program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1 and 1-a of part FFF of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2020 relating to directing the department of health to remove the  phar-
 macy  benefit  from  the managed care benefit package and to provide the
 pharmacy benefit under the fee for service program, are REPEALED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10941-01-5

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