STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9937--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 28, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to prohibiting
          prior authorization for the dispensing of buprenorphine for the treat-
          ment of opioid addiction
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  364-j  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 26-b to read as follows:
     3    26-b. No managed care provider shall require prior  authorization  for
     4  any  prescription or renewal thereof for the dispensing of buprenorphine
     5  which is prescribed as a treatment for opioid addiction.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
     7  ment to section 364-j of the social services law, made by section one of
     8  this  act,  shall  not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
     9  and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14865-03-6