Bill Text: NY A03846 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases local government participation in the Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A03846 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03846-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3846
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. McDONALD, CROUCH, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  increasing  local
          government participation in the Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  163-b to read as follows:
     3    § 163-b. Empire Plan Prescription Drug Plan. The president, as defined
     4  in  subdivision  two  of  section  two of this chapter, is authorized to
     5  promulgate rules and regulations permitting eligible agencies to partic-
     6  ipate in the Empire Plan  Prescription  Drug  Plan  without  becoming  a
     7  participating agency under the New York State Health Insurance Plan.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00574-01-9