Bill Text: NY A09207 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-17 - print number 9207b [A09207 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A09207-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9207--B 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 21, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern- mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the New York state prescription medication cost containment program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 2 159-d to read as follows: 3 S 159-D. NEW YORK STATE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION COST CONTAINMENT 4 PROGRAM. 1. THE PRESIDENT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO 5 OF THIS CHAPTER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CREATE THE NEW YORK STATE 6 PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION COST CONTAINMENT PROGRAM. 7 2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL OFFER NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE EMPLOYED 8 IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE STATE OR NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE 9 RETIRED FROM STATE SERVICE AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW YORK STATE 10 HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN (NYSHIP) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, SEVERAL OPTIONS TO 11 FILL MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS THROUGH A CANADIAN MAIL ORDER COMPANY. SUCH 12 COMPANIES SHALL BE SELECTED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, TO BE 13 DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO 14 OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER. CANADIAN DRUG SUPPLIERS SHALL INCLUDE, 15 BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO ALL MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS BY 16 CANADA'S RESEARCHED BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. 17 S 2. Nothing contained in this act shall supersede or diminish the 18 terms of a collective bargaining agreement. 19 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 20 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14839-05-0