New York A 6546: Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers

Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 6546

Sponsors: Phil Steck, Brian Manktelow, Chantel Jackson, David Weprin, Deborah Glick, George Alvarez, Grace Lee, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Joe DeStefano, Karen McMahon, Karl Brabenec, MaryJane Shimsky, Michael Benedetto, Michael Cashman, Philip Ramos, Sarahana Shrestha, Scott Gray, William Colton, William Magnarelli

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A06546 Summary:

BILL NOA06546 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09222

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRShrestha, Brabenec, Jackson, Benedetto, Glick, Magnarelli, Dinowitz, DeStefano, Colton, Manktelow,
 Gray, Shimsky, Cashman, Lee, Ramos, McMahon, Alvarez, Weprin, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6808, Ed L

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Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies directly or indirectly by pharmacy benefit managers.

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BILL NOA06546 

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03/06/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6546

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the owner-
 ship, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6808 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. Prohibitions. a. No person, firm, corporation or association shall
 4 both directly or indirectly own, operate, control, or direct the opera-
 5 tion of the whole or any part of a pharmacy and directly or indirectly
 6 own, operate or control the whole or any part of a pharmacy benefit
 7 manager.
 8 b. No later than three years after this subdivision shall have become
 9 a law, any person, firm, corporation or association in violation of
 10 paragraph a of this subdivision shall divest from the ownership, opera-
 11 tion or control of such pharmacy.
 12 c. "Pharmacy benefit manager" shall have the same meaning as defined
 13 by section two hundred eighty-a of the public health law.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10487-01-5

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