New York S 371: Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year

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S00371 Summary:

BILL NOS00371 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04604

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, LIU

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §280-d, Pub Health L; amd §6808, Ed L

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Creates a wholesale prescription drug importation program which complies with federal standards and regulations for the purpose of generating substantial savings for consumers.

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BILL NOS00371 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/21/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.523

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

02/09/20261ST REPORT CAL.302

02/10/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/11/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/24/2026PASSED SENATE

02/24/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/24/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 371

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to creating a wholesale prescription drug importation program

 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
 2 280-d to read as follows:
 3 § 280-d. Wholesale prescription drug importation program. 1. As used
 4 in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Wholesale prescription drug importation program" or "program"
 6 means the wholesale prescription drug importation program created under
 7 this section.
 8 (b) "Prescription drug wholesaler" means an entity authorized to
 9 acquire prescription drugs and sell or distribute them wholesale in the
 10 state.
 11 (c) "Approved wholesaler" means a prescription drug wholesaler author-
 12 ized to participate in the importation program under this section pursu-
 13 ant to approval by the state education department under section sixty-
 14 eight hundred eight of the education law.
 15 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of educa-
 16 tion and other appropriate federal and state agencies, shall design a
 17 wholesale prescription drug importation program for the wholesale impor-
 18 tation of prescription drugs from Canada. The program design shall
 19 comply with applicable federal requirements, including 21 U.S.C. § 384,
 20 and requirements regarding safety and cost savings. Under the program
 21 design:
 22 (a) prescription drugs shall only be acquired from Canadian
 23 prescription drug suppliers regulated and authorized under the laws of
 24 Canada or one or more Canadian provinces, or both;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00949-01-5

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 1 (b) only prescription drugs meeting the federal Food and Drug Adminis-
 2 tration's safety, effectiveness, misbranding, adulteration and other
 3 standards shall be imported under the program;
 4 (c) only prescription drugs expected to generate substantial savings
 5 for consumers in the state shall be imported;
 6 (d) the prescription drug is not:
 7 (i) a controlled substance as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 802;
 8 (ii) a biological product as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 262;
 9 (iii) an infused drug, including a peritoneal dialysis solution;
 10 (iv) an intravenously injected drug;
 11 (v) a drug that is inhaled during surgery;
 12 (vi) a drug which is a parenteral drug, the importation of which is
 13 determined by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
 14 to pose a threat to public health;
 15 (e) any approved wholesaler shall at all times comply with the track-
 16 ing and tracing requirements of 21 U.S.C. §§ 360eee and 360eee-1 to the
 17 extent practicable prior to imported prescription drugs coming into the