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A 2397: Requires federally qualified health centers and rural health centers cover the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed and other covered entities pursuant to section 340B of the federal public health service act.
What A 2397 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to require federally qualified health centers and rural health centers to cover the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed to their patients. This law would be implemented as part of an alternative payment methodology for these covered entities, as defined in the federal public health service act. The law would take effect immediately, making it a requirement for these health centers to cover the cost of these specific medications.
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4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 258 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2397 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring feder- ally qualified health centers and rural health centers cover the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 2807 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) The department in developing and revising an alternative payment 4 methodology for federally qualified health centers and rural health 5 clinics pursuant to section one of part FFF of chapter fifty-six of the 6 laws of two thousand twenty, as amended by section one of part C of 7 chapter fifty-seven of the laws of two thousand twenty-one, for such 8 covered entities as defined in section 340B of the federal public health 9 service act, 42 USC § 256b, for drugs that would otherwise be eligible 10 for pricing under section 340B of the federal public health service act, 11 shall also include the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed 12 by such covered entities. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04741-01-5
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