New York S 1683: Enacts the "public university emergency contraception education act"

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S01683 Summary:

BILL NOS01683 

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Amd §207, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "public university emergency contraception education act" requiring public universities to develop, produce and distribute informational materials related to emergency contraception.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

01/21/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/21/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.104

01/21/2025PASSED SENATE

01/21/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/21/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

01/29/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1683

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
 "public university emergency contraception education act"

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds
 2 that access to emergency contraception is a basic measure that can
 3 prevent college students from having an unwanted pregnancy. The federal
 4 Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of emergency contra-
 5 ception as safe and effective in the prevention of pregnancy. Emergency
 6 contraception has been found to have no effect on an established preg-
 7 nancy. Medical research strongly indicates that the sooner emergency
 8 contraception is administered, the better the chance of preventing an
 9 unwanted pregnancy. Therefore, the legislature deems it essential that
 10 each college and university of the state university of New York and the
 11 city university of New York provide information on emergency contracep-
 12 tion to its students and makes it available to any student who seeks it
 13 whenever practicable and in accordance with applicable law and profes-
 14 sional standards of practice.
 15 § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
 16 "public university emergency contraception education act".
 17 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended
 18 by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
 19 (t) A statewide emergency contraception college education and aware-
 20 ness program. For the purpose of this paragraph, "emergency contracep-
 21 tion" shall mean one or more prescription drugs, used separately or in
 22 combination, in a dosage and manner for preventing pregnancy when used
 23 after intercourse, found safe and effective for that use by the United
 24 States Food and Drug Administration, and dispensed for that purpose in
 25 accordance with applicable law and professional standards of practice.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02070-02-5

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 1 The department shall develop, produce and distribute to every college
 2 and university of the state university of New York and the city univer-
 3 sity of New York informational materials and posters relating to the
 4 safety and efficacy of emergency contraception, to be conspicuously
 5 displayed at appropriate locations around each campus and distributed to
 6 students in a manner to be determined by each college and university.
 7 The materials and posters shall explain the nature of emergency contra-
 8 ception, including that it is deemed safe and effective in preventing
 9 pregnancy by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and cannot and
 10 does not cause abortions.
 11 In implementing the provisions of this paragraph the department shall
 12 consult with representatives of reproductive health care providers,
 13 students and appropriate university officials.
 14 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day af