New York A 6713: Relates to providing transparency in the retail prices of prescription drugs

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A06713 Summary:

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Add §278-b, Pub Health L; amd §6810, Ed L

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Requires pharmacies to provide customers directly with the retail (before insurance) price of a prescription, in writing and electronically prior to purchase.

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03/10/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6713

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to transparency in retail prices of prescription drugs

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 278-b to read as follows:
 3 § 278-b. Prescription drug price transparency. 1. As used in this
 4 section, "retail price" shall mean the price at which a particular drug
 5 is sold notwithstanding the cost an individual would pay after pharma-
 6 ceutical insurance pricing is calculated.
 7 2. Every recipient of a pharmaceutical product pursuant to
 8 prescription via mail order or other conventional means shall be
 9 provided with the retail price of such prescription in writing or trans-
 10 mitted such in an electronic format, including, but not limited to SMS
 11 or e-mail prior to being charged for such prescription.
 12 3. A pharmacy that receives an electronic prescription shall, at the
 13 time the prescription is dispensed, provide the retail price of the
 14 prescription in writing or transmit such in an electronic format,
 15 including, but not limited to SMS or e-mail directly to the patient or
 16 the person making the request on behalf of the patient.
 17 4. The price transparency required pursuant to this section shall
 18 apply to all new prescriptions written after the effective date of this
 19 section; provided, however, that any individual who requests retail
 20 price information about a prescription originally written before the
 21 enactment of this section shall be provided with such information in
 22 written or electronic form as described in subdivision two of this
 23 section.
 24 § 2. Section 6810 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 25 subdivision 10-b to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09531-01-5

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 1 10-b. A pharmacy shall, at the time a prescription is dispensed,
 2 provide the retail price of the prescription in writing or transmit such
 3 in an electronic format, including, but not limited to SMS or e-mail
 4 directly to the patient or the person making the request on behalf of
 5 the patient in accordance with section two hundred seventy-eight-b of
 6 the public health law.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 8 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 9 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 10 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 11 completed on or before such effective date.

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