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NY S09434

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Gustavo Rivera

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates an exception to New York's Medicaid pharmacy fee-for-service transition for oncology settings where physicians or licensed health care providers are authorized to dispense medications
  • Allows oncology practitioners to continue dispensing cancer drugs and medications for managing cancer symptoms or treatment side effects outside the standard pharmacy benefit structure
  • Applies specifically to providers authorized under Education Law section 6807 who practice in oncology settings
  • Amends Part FFF of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2020, which directed the Department of Health to move pharmacy benefits from managed care to fee-for-service
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Relates to excepting situations where a physician or other licensed health care provider is authorized to dispense certain medications and is practicing medicine in the oncology setting and is dispensing oncology drugs or drugs related to an approved course of treatment used to manage symptoms related to cancer or cancer therapies.

Last Action

REFERRED TO HEALTH

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Health3/12/2026

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