New York S 1351: Relates to treatment of domestic violence victims and documentation of injury and evidence

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S01351 Summary:

BILL NOS01351A

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A02126-A

&nbsp

SPONSORCLEARE

&nbsp

COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, SALAZAR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §111-b, Ins L

&nbsp

Establishes a pilot program on the referenced rate for prescription drugs; relates to reducing the cost of prescription drugs by establishing maximum wholesale drug prices that are the same as the prices in Canada.

Go to top S01351 Actions:

BILL NOS01351A

&nbsp

01/09/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

01/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

01/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 1351A

Go to topS01351 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS01351 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS01351 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1351--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to requiring a referenced
 rate for prescription drugs

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 111-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 111-b. Pilot program on referenced rate for prescription drugs.
 4 (a) Legislative findings and declaration; statement of policy. The
 5 legislature hereby finds and declares that access to prescription drugs
 6 is necessary for the public health, general welfare, and economy of the
 7 state:
 8 (1) New Yorkers pay as much as three times more than what Canadians
 9 pay for prescription drugs, and such excessive prices negatively impact
 10 the ability of New York residents to obtain prescription drugs, thereby
 11 endangering the health and safety of New Yorkers to maintain or achieve
 12 good health;
 13 (2) Excessive prices for prescription drugs threaten the economic
 14 well-being of New York residents and endanger their ability to pay for
 15 other necessary and essential goods and services including housing, food
 16 and utilities;
 17 (3) Excessive prices for prescription drugs contribute significantly
 18 to a dramatic and unsustainable rise in health care costs and health
 19 insurance that threaten the overall ability of New York residents to
 20 obtain health coverage and maintain or achieve good health;
 21 (4) Excessive prices for prescription drugs contribute significantly
 22 to rising state costs for health care provided and paid for through

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00232-05-6

 S. 1351--A 2

 1 health insurance programs for public employees, including employees of
 2 the state, municipalities and counties, school districts, institutions
 3 of higher education, and retirees whose health care costs are funded by
 4 public programs, thereby threatening the ability of the state to fund
 5 those programs adequately and further threatening the ability of the
 6 state to fund other programs necessary for the public good and safety,
 7 such as public education; and
 8 (5) Based on findings of paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection,
 9 the legislature finds that excessive prices for prescription drugs
 10 threaten the safety and well-being of New York residents and find it is
 11 necessary to act in order to protect New York residents from the nega-
 12 tive impact of excessive costs.
 13 (b) Program creation. A pilot program is hereby created to study the
 14 possibility of controlling excessive and unconscionable prices for
 15 prescription drugs.
 16 (c) Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly
 17 stated or the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the follow-
 18 ing terms shall have the following meanings:
 19 (1) "Prescription drug" shall have the same meaning as "prescription
 20 medication or device" as defined in section 178.00 of the penal law.
 21 (2) "Wholesale acquisition cost"