Bill Text: NY S08948 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to temporarily exempting covered entities under the federal 340B program and comprehensive HIV special needs plans.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-31 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08948 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08948-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8948 IN SENATE August 31, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend part FFF of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the public health law relating to extending and enhancing the Medicaid drug cap and to reduce unnecessary pharmacy benefit manager costs to the Medicaid program, in relation to temporarily exempting covered entities under the federal 340B program and comprehensive HIV special needs plans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Part FFF of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, amending the 2 public health law relating to extending and enhancing the Medicaid drug 3 cap and to reduce unnecessary pharmacy benefit manager costs to the 4 Medicaid program, is amended by adding a new section 1-b to read as 5 follows: 6 § 1-b. Notwithstanding any provision of this part or other law, no 7 action shall be taken by the commissioner of health or the department of 8 health to remove the pharmacy benefit from the managed care benefit 9 package under medical assistance (Medicaid) before April 1, 2024 for the 10 following entities: (a) an eligible provider under section 340B of the 11 federal Public Health Service Act and (b) a comprehensive HIV special 12 needs plan under section 4403-c of the public health law. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17221-01-0