BILL NUMBER: S836
SPONSOR: BRESLIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
to patient prescription pricing transparency; and to repeal certain
provisions of the insurance law related thereto
 
PURPOSE:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2022,
c., to clarify provisions relating to patient prescription pricing tran-
sparency
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill requires plans to give real-time data on cost-sharing and
coverage to consumers at the point of prescribing. The changes exempt
the Medicaid program from this requirement because of a capability
issue; and make technical amendments.
 
EXISTING LAW:
None
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Chapter amendment to Chapter of the Laws of 2022. S.4620C and A.5411D
both passed the Senate and Assembly in May 2022.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the insurance law relating to
enacting the "patient Rx information and choice expansion act", as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4620-C and A. 5411-D, takes
effect.

Statutes affected:
S836: 3217-a insurance law, 4324 insurance law, 4408 public health law