Loading chat...
NY A06120
Bill
Status
4/3/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brian Curran
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Prohibits health insurers from mandating that insured individuals purchase prescription drugs exclusively from mail order pharmacies.
-
Prevents insurers from imposing higher co-payment fees or other conditions on insured individuals who choose to purchase drugs from non-mail order pharmacies if those same fees and conditions are not also imposed on those using designated mail order pharmacies.
-
Applies to individual policies under Section 3216, group and blanket policies under Section 3221, and policies issued by medical expense indemnity corporations, hospital service corporations, and health services corporations under Section 4303.
-
Takes effect on January 1st following the date the bill becomes law and applies to all policies issued, renewed, modified, altered, or amended on or after that effective date.
Legislative Description
Prohibits health insurers from requiring that the insured purchase prescribed drugs from a mail order pharmacy or pay a co-payment fee when such purchases are not made from a mail order pharmacy if a similar fee is not charged for drugs from a mail order pharmacy.
Last Action
referred to insurance
1/3/2024