New York Assembly Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 18 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-07 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Relates to certain prohibitions in contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations; prohibits clauses which entitle reimbursement at the lowest price or rate; prohibits contracts which restrict referral of patients based solely upon a health care provider's status with a managed care product; prohibits disclosure of an enrollee's diagnosis on a prescription as a condition for authorizing coverage for payment or dispensing of a prescription; and prohibits contracts which allow for the substitution of a pharmaceutical drug or agent by any person other than the prescribing health care professional.

Relates to certain prohibitions in contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations; prohibits clauses which entitle reimbursement at the lowest price or rate; prohibits contracts which restrict referral of patients based solely upon a health care provider's status with a managed care product; prohibits disclosure of an enrollee's diagnosis on a prescription as a condition for authorizing coverage for payment or dispensing of a prescription; and prohibits contracts which allow for the substitution of a pharmaceutical drug or agent by any person other than the prescribing health care professional.

Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Steven Englebright [D]	Asm. Sandra Galef [D]
Asm. Amy Paulin [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]	Asm. Audrey Pheffer [D]	Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]
Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]
Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Aileen Gunther [D]
Asm. Carl Heastie [D]	Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Rhoda Jacobs [D]	Asm. Micah Kellner [D]
Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Nettie Mayersohn [D]	Asm. John McEneny [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]
Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. Peter Rivera [D]	Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. William Scarborough [D]
Asm. Robert Sweeney [D]	Asm. Darryl Towns [D]

2011-01-18 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 133 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 133 N: 7 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 133 N: 7 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-07	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2012-02-07	Assembly	delivered to senate
2012-02-07	Assembly	passed assembly
2012-01-04	Assembly	ordered to third reading cal.32
2012-01-04	Senate	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2012-01-04	Senate	DIED IN SENATE
2011-01-18	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2011-01-18	Assembly	delivered to senate
2011-01-18	Assembly	passed assembly
2011-01-13	Assembly	advanced to third reading cal.8
2011-01-11	Assembly	reported
2011-01-05	Assembly	referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00594&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00594&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A00594
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00594&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00594&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF2
Roll Call	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00594&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF3