New York A 2514: Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use

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A02514 Summary:

BILL NOA02514 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01703

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSRHevesi, Seawright, Woerner, Simone, Gonzalez-Rojas, Weprin, Levenberg, Clark, Steck, Paulin, Kay,
 Bichotte Hermelyn, Lavine, Rozic, Pheffer Amato, Cruz, Raga, Burdick, Barrett, Shimsky, Angelino,
 Davila, Ramos, Beephan, Miller, Gallahan, Kassay, Reyes, Lunsford, Gallagher, Tapia, Schiavoni,
 Shrestha, Kelles, Epstein, Eachus, De Los Santos, Lupardo, Carroll R, Stirpe, McMahon, Bores,
 Stern, Sayegh, Simon, Rosenthal, Carroll P, Forrest, Moreno, Jensen, Wright, Dais, Dinowitz,
 Benedetto, Taylor, Otis, Lasher, Lee, Kim, Valdez, Chandler-Waterman

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6527, 6801, 6802 & 6909, Ed L; add §267-c, Pub Health L

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Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.

Go to top A02514 Actions:

BILL NOA02514 

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01/17/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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

Go to topA02514 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2514

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, WOERNER, SIMONE,
 GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
 Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to authorizing pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive
 use

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 6527 of the education law, as
 2 added by chapter 128 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 3 11. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specif-
 4 ic order to a pharmacist licensed and located in the state, pursuant to
 5 regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with section
 6 sixty-eight hundred one of this title, for dispensing self-administered
 7 hormonal contraceptives or administering a United States Food and Drug
 8 Administration approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive
 9 injection as defined in section sixty-eight hundred two of this title.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 6801 of the education law, as added by
 11 chapter 128 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 12 9. a. A licensed pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific order
 13 for the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives or
 14 administer a United States Food and Drug Administration reversible
 15 progestin-only contraceptive injection prescribed or ordered by the
 16 commissioner of health, a physician licensed in this state or a nurse
 17 practitioner certified in this state pursuant to rules and regulations
 18 promulgated by the commissioner.
 19 b. Prior to dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives or
 20 administering a United States Food and Drug Administration reversible
 21 progestin-only contraceptive injection to a patient, and at a minimum of
 22 every twelve months for each returning patient, the pharmacist shall:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03405-01-5

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 1 (i) provide the patient with a self-screening risk assessment ques-
 2 tionnaire, developed by the commissioner of health in consultation with
 3 the commissioner, to be reviewed by the pharmacist to identify any known
 4 risk factors and assist the patient's selection of an appropriate self-
 5 administered hormonal contraceptive or United States Food and Drug
 6 Administration reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection; and
 7 (ii) provide the patient with a fact sheet, developed by the commis-
 8 sioner of health, that includes but is not limited to, the clinical
 9 considerations and recommendations for use of the self-administered
 10 hormonal contraceptive or administration of a United States Food and
 11 Drug Administration reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection,
 12 the appropriate method for using such hormonal contraceptive, informa-
 13 tion on the importance of follow-up health care, healt