Legislative Position Papers –
2017-2018
Insurance Coverage of Fertility Preservation Treatments
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION for Immediate Release: June 14, 2017 S.3148-A/A.2646-A-AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurance civerage of in vitro fertilization and other fertility preservation treatments. This legislation, S.3148-A/A.2646-A, would mandate... Read more
Indoor Tanning Age Restrictions
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 5, 2017 Re: S.5585-A/A.7218-A—An act to amend the public health law, in relation to tanning facilities. The New York Health Plan Association (HPA) supports S.5585-A/A.7218-A, which seeks to... Read more
Clotting Factor Drugs Carve Out
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 2017 Re: S.5774 (Hannon)A.7581 (Gottfried) - An act to amend the social services law, in relation to excluding outpatient blood clotting factor products and related services and... Read more
Anti Mail Order Pharmacy – General Business Law
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 15, 2017 Re: S.3484 (Golden)/A.4786 (Joyner) – An act to amend the general business law, in relation to mail order pharmacies. This legislation, S.3484/A.4786, seeks to limit pharmacy... Read more
S.3790/A.2604—Emergency Contraception
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 1, 2017 RE: S.3790 (Krueger)/A.2604 (Paulin) AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to providing for dispensing emergency contraception under certain conditions. This... Read more
A.516/S.2543—Clean Indoor Act, e-Cigarettes
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2017 RE: A.516/S.2543 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing New York Health. The New York Health Plan Association... Read more
Assembly Budget Provisions on Mail Order Pharmacies
HPA Opposes the Assembly One-House Budget Proposal on Mail Order Pharmacies The Assembly one-house budget proposal seeks to undo legislation approved in 2011 that was designed to level the playing field between mail order and... Read more
Assembly Budget Medicaid Pharmacy Provisions
HPA Opposes the Assembly One-House Budget Medicaid Pharmacy Proposal The Assembly one-house budget proposal seeks to mandate that Medicaid managed care (MMC) plans adopt the State Medicaid Fee-for-Service (FFS) Preferred Drug Program (PDP) formulary. These... Read more
Assembly PBM Fiduciary Budget Provisions
HPA Opposes the Assembly One-House Budget PBM Fiduciary Proposal The Assembly one-house budget proposal seeks to mandates a fiduciary responsibility between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and health plans with which they contract. The establishment of... Read more
2017-2018 Medicaid Managed Care Budget Carve-Out Provisions
2017-2018 Medicaid Managed Care Budget Carve-Out Provisions HPA SUPPORTS THE SENATE PROVISIONS THAT CARVE-OUT THE NURSING HOME TRANSITION DIVERSION (NHTD)/TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) TRANSITION HPA has significant apprehensions that spreading a relatively small (fewer than... Read more
2017-2018 Budget Provisions on Early Intervention
HPA STRONGLY OPPOSES THE EXECUTIVE AND ASSEMBLY PROPOSALS AND SUPPORTS THE SENATE REJECTION OF THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROVISIONS The Governor’s budget proposes to significantly expand the Early Intervention program (EI) health insurance mandate to... Read more
2017-2018 High Cost Drug Budget Provision
HPA STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL Pharmacy costs are the fastest growing costs in the Medicaid program, increasing from $4.3 billion to $6.7 billion in five years, and now exceed in-patient hospitalization costs. The Governor’s... Read more
S.4371/A.4738—New York Health Single Payer
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2017 RE: S.4371 (Perkins)/A.4738 (Gottfried) AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing New York Health. This legislation... Read more
A.4472—MD Collective Bargaining
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2017 RE: A.4472 (Gottfried) – AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requirements for collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health... Read more
A.4233—Medicaid PDP Uniform Formulary
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 RE: A.4233 (Gottfried) AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to extending the preferred drug program to Medicaid... Read more
A.2539—Clinical Peer Review
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2017 RE: A.2539 (Gottfried) AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to the definition of clinical peer reviewer The New... Read more