Bill Text: NY S04972 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing the New York state prescription medication cost containment program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04972 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04972-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4972
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  DIAZ, HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
          Pensions
        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    § 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    §  2.  Nothing  contained  in this act shall supersede or diminish the
    18  terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
    19    § 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.
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