New York S 8743: Relates to lithium-ion battery safety resources

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S08743 Summary:

BILL NOS08743 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Add §255, Eld L

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Requires the commissioner of health to produce a report on the utilization and activity of the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program, including future enrollment and program cost projections, and to publish such report and deliver the report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.

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BILL NOS08743 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO AGING

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8743

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the commissioner
 of health to produce a report on the utilization and activity of the
 elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 255 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 255. Report on the utilization and activity of the elderly pharma-
 4 ceutical insurance coverage program. 1. The commissioner of health shall
 5 produce a report on the utilization and activity of the elderly pharma-
 6 ceutical insurance coverage program. Such report shall include, but not
 7 be limited to, the following statistical information for each program
 8 year from two thousand twenty-two through two thousand twenty-seven:
 9 (a) the number of persons enrolled in the program by marital status,
 10 income level, and age;
 11 (b) the total number of enrollees that receive an income-related
 12 subsidy under section 1860D-14 of the federal social security act;
 13 (c) the number of enrollees that qualify through their enrollment in
 14 the medicare savings program; distribution of claims by pharmacy type;
 15 (d) the number of participating provider pharmacies, recipients, and
 16 payments by county;
 17 (e) a summary of the administrative cost containment initiatives
 18 completed during the year; and
 19 (f) an evaluation of the performance of the program contractor or
 20 contractors and of the cost effectiveness of all outreach efforts.
 21 2. The report shall also include enrollment and program cost projec-
 22 tions for the two thousand twenty-eight and two thousand twenty-nine
 23 program years.
 24 3. The report shall be published on the department of health website
 25 and delivered to the governor, the temporary president of the senate,
 26 and the speaker of the assembly, by January thirty-first, two thousand
 27 twenty-eight.
 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11784-02-5

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