New York S 9222: Prohibits the ownership, operation or control of pharmacies by pharmacy benefit managers

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S09222 Summary:

BILL NOS09222 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06546

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRADDABBO, COMRIE, COONEY, HINCHEY, MARTINEZ, SKOUFIS, SUTTON, WEBER

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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 NOS09222 

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02/17/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9222

 IN SENATE

 February 17, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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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