§ 278. Prescription drug retail price lists. 1. The department shall make prescription drug retail price lists of pharmacies, with the name and address of each pharmacy, available to the public in a database on its website at all times. The website shall enable consumers to search the database for drug retail prices of pharmacies […]
§ 278-a. Exceptions to drug prescription supply during an emergency. The commissioner shall promulgate a list of prescription drugs that shall not be subject to subsection (c) of section three thousand two hundred forty-two and subsection (c) of section four thousand three hundred twenty-nine of the insurance law. Such list shall include, but not be […]
§ 279. Prescriber education. The department shall develop in collaboration with an academic institution a program designed to provide prescribers with an evidence-based, non-commercial source of the latest objective information about pharmaceuticals. Information shall be presented to prescribers by specially-trained pharmacists, nurses or other health professionals to assist the prescriber in making appropriate therapeutic recommendations.
§ 280. Medicaid drug cap. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a significant public interest for the Medicaid program to manage drug costs in a manner that ensures patient access while providing financial stability for the state and participating providers. Since two thousand eleven, the state has taken significant steps to […]
§ 280-a. Pharmacy benefit managers. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Health plan ” means an entity for which a pharmacy benefit manager provides pharmacy benefit management services and that is a health benefit plan or other entity that approves, provides, arranges for, or pays […]
§ 280-b. Unused prescription drug donation and redispensing program. 1. As used in this section: (a) “Donor entity” means a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of prescription drugs; a pharmacy; or a hospital authorized under article twenty-eight of this chapter. (b) “Recipient entity” means a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of prescription drugs; a pharmacy; or a […]
§ 280-c. Pharmacy audits by pharmacy benefit managers. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Pharmacy benefit manager” shall have the same meaning as in section two hundred eighty-a of this article. (b) “Pharmacy” shall mean a pharmacy that has contracted with a pharmacy benefit manager […]
