S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6126 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 13-a of subsection (i) of section 3216 of the 2 insurance law, as added by Chapter 598 of the laws of 2011, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (13-a) Every policy that provides coverage for prescription fertility 5 drugs and requires or permits prescription drugs to be purchased through 6 a NETWORK PARTICIPATING mail order OR OTHER NON-RETAIL pharmacy shall 7 provide the same coverage for prescription fertility drugs when such 8 drugs are purchased from a NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL 9 pharmacy [that is not a mail order pharmacy] PROVIDED THAT THE NETWORK 10 PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL PHARMACY AGREES IN ADVANCE THROUGH A 11 CONTRACTUAL NETWORK AGREEMENT, TO THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT, AS WELL 12 AS THE SAME APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAT THE INSURER HAS ESTAB- 13 LISHED FOR A NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHAR- 14 MACY. [Such] IN SUCH CASE, THE policy shall not impose any [additional] 15 fee, co-payment, co-insurance, deductible or other condition on any 16 insured who [does not elect] ELECTS to purchase prescription fertility 17 drugs through a [mail order] NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL 18 pharmacy THAT IT DOES NOT IMPOSE ON ANY INSURED WHO PURCHASES 19 PRESCRIPTION FERTILITY DRUGS THROUGH A NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER 20 OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHARMACY. 21 S 2. Subparagraph (D) of paragraph 6 of subsection (k) of section 3221 22 of the insurance law, as added by Chapter 598 of the laws of 2011, is 23 amended to read as follows: 24 (D) Every policy that provides coverage for prescription fertility 25 drugs and requires or permits prescription drugs to be purchased through 26 a NETWORK PARTICIPATING mail order OR OTHER NON-RETAIL pharmacy shall 27 provide the same coverage for prescription fertility drugs when such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10740-06-2 S. 6126 2 1 drugs are purchased from a NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL 2 pharmacy [that is not a mail order pharmacy] PROVIDED THAT THE NETWORK 3 PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL PHARMACY AGREES IN ADVANCE THROUGH A 4 CONTRACTUAL NETWORK AGREEMENT, TO THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT, AS WELL 5 AS THE SAME APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAT THE INSURER HAS ESTAB- 6 LISHED FOR A NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHAR- 7 MACY. [Such] IN SUCH CASE, THE policy shall not impose any [additional] 8 fee, co-payment, co-insurance, deductible or other condition on any 9 covered person who [does not elect] ELECTS to purchase prescription 10 fertility drugs through a [mail order] NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL 11 ORDER RETAIL pharmacy THAT IT DOES NOT IMPOSE ON ANY COVERED PERSON WHO 12 PURCHASES PRESCRIPTION FERTILITY DRUGS THROUGH A NETWORK PARTICIPATING 13 MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL PHARMACY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE 14 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE THE TERMS OF A COLLECTIVE 15 BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR APPLY TO A POLICY THAT IS THE RESULT OF A 16 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN EMPLOYER AND A RECOGNIZED OR 17 CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION. 18 S 3. Paragraph 4 of subsection (s) of section 4303 of the insurance 19 law, as added by Chapter 598 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 (4) Every [policy] CONTRACT issued by a medical expense indemnity 22 corporation, a hospital service corporation or a health services corpo- 23 ration that provides coverage for prescription fertility drugs and 24 requires or permits prescription drugs to be purchased through a NETWORK 25 PARTICIPATING mail order OR OTHER NON-RETAIL pharmacy shall provide the 26 same coverage for prescription fertility drugs when such drugs are 27 purchased from a NETWORK PARTICIPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL pharmacy 28 [that is not a mail order pharmacy] PROVIDED THAT THE NETWORK PARTIC- 29 IPATING NON-MAIL ORDER RETAIL PHARMACY AGREES IN ADVANCE, THROUGH A 30 CONTRACTUAL NETWORK AGREEMENT, TO THE SAME REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT, AS WELL 31 AS THE SAME APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THAT THE CORPORATION HAS 32 ESTABLISHED FOR THE NETWORK PARTICIPATING MAIL ORDER OR OTHER NON-RETAIL 33 PHARMACY. [Such policy] IN SUCH CASE, THE CONTRACT shall not impose any 34 [additional] fee, co-payment, co-insurance, deductible or other condi- 35 tion on any covered person who does not elect to purchase prescription 36 fertility drugs through a NETWORK PARTICIPATING mail order OR OTHER 37 NON-RETAIL pharmacy; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS 38 SECTION SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE THE TERMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREE- 39 MENT OR APPLY TO A CONTRACT THAT IS THE RESULT OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAIN- 40 ING AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN EMPLOYER AND A RECOGNIZED OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE 41 ORGANIZATION. 42 S 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 43 manner as section 5 of chapter 598 of the laws of 2011, takes effect.