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NY A03859
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Changes employers' and insurance carriers' authority from requiring to encouraging workers' compensation claimants to use contracted network pharmacies for prescribed medications
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Allows claimants to obtain prescribed medicines at any pharmacy of their choice, provided the pharmacy is registered as a resident, in-state pharmacy with the New York Education Department
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Employers and carriers remain liable for prescription charges from in-state pharmacies according to the established fee schedule, as long as medications are causally related to work-related injuries
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Permits employers and carriers to deny charges from non-resident, out-of-state pharmacies and for extemporaneous compound medications not approved by the FDA
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Authorizes workers' compensation claimants to use any in-state pharmacy that is registered with the education department, though an employer or insurance carrier may encourage use of a pharmacy with which it has a contract; provides that a workers' compensation carrier shall not be liable for charges from any out-of-state pharmacy or for any extemporaneous compound medication that has by been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026