Int 0533-1999
Prescription Price List
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 1999-03-16
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 1999-03-16Passed: 2001-12-31
Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs
How it compares
30% of similar bills passed
15 passed · 35 died
This bill: 1021 days in committee
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Sponsors (25)
Mark Green(prime)
Lucy Cruz
Lloyd Henry
Philip Reed
Thomas White
Archie W. Spigner
Tracy L. Boyland
Margarita Lopez
Martin J. Golden
Thomas V. Ognibene
Adolfo Carrion
Stephen DiBrienza
Ronnie M. Eldridge
Howard L. Lasher
Stanley E. Michels
Gifford Miller
Madeline T. Provenzano
Annette M. Robinson
Lawrence A. Warden
Julia Harrison
Pedro G. Espada
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
1999-03-16 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
1999-03-16 · City Council
ActionPrinted Item Laid on Desk
1999-03-16 · Legislative Documents Unit
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2001-12-31 · City Council
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 20-713 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended to read as follows:
�20-713 Display of prescription drug prices. Every pharmacy must conspicuously post, at or adjacent to each counter over which prescription drugs are sold, (a) a list [conspicuously] displaying the current selling price of the drugs designated on [a] the form prescribed for that purpose by the [department.] State Board of Pharmacy, New York State Education Department, and (b) a separate sign that states, in large type: "State Law requires current prices to be posted on the prescription price list." In addition, every pharmacy offering a discount to senior citizens on prescription drug prices shall include on this sign a statement that there is a senior citizen discount on prescription drug prices and the amount or percentage of that discount.
�2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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