New York S 2533: Requires lithium batteries of less than one inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings related thereto

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S02533 Summary:

BILL NOS02533A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01172-A

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, LIU, SALAZAR, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §267-c, Pub Health L; amd §§6527, 6802, 6801, 6902 & 6909, Ed L; amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.

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BILL NOS02533A

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/27/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 2533A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2533--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MAY, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, LIU, SALAZAR, WEBB
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the education law and the insur-
 ance law, in relation to the dispensing of abortion medication

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 267-c to read as follows:
 3 § 267-c. Abortion medication. The commissioner is authorized to estab-
 4 lish a non-patient specific order, consistent with sections sixty-eight
 5 hundred one and sixty-nine hundred two of the education law, for
 6 dispensing abortion medication as defined in section sixty-eight hundred
 7 two of the education law.
 8 § 2. Section 6527 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 10 12. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specif-
 11 ic order to a registered professional nurse or pharmacist licensed and
 12 located in this state, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the
 13 commissioner, and consistent with section sixty-eight hundred one of
 14 this title, for dispensing abortion medication as defined in section
 15 sixty-eight hundred two of this title.
 16 § 3. Section 6802 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 17 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
 18 31. "Abortion medication" means any medication approved by the federal
 19 Food and Drug Administration for the purposes of inducing abortion or
 20 expelling a miscarriage.
 21 § 4. Section 6801 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 22 subdivision 10 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02820-03-5

 S. 2533--A 2

 1 10. (a) A licensed pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific order
 2 for the dispensing of abortion medication prescribed or ordered by the
 3 commissioner of health, a physician licensed in this state, or a nurse
 4 practitioner certified in this state pursuant to rules and regulations
 5 promulgated by the commissioner.
 6 (b) Prior to dispensing abortion medication, the pharmacist shall:
 7 (i) provide a risk assessment questionnaire, developed by the commis-
 8 sioner of health in consultation with the commissioner, to be reviewed
 9 by the pharmacist to identify any known risk factors; and
 10 (ii) provide a fact sheet, developed by the commissioner of health
 11 that includes but is not limited to, the clinical considerations and
 12 recommendations for use of abortion medication, the appropriate method
 13 for using abortion medication, information on the importance of follow-
 14 up health care, and health care referral information.
 15 (c) No pharmacist shall dispense abortion medication under this subdi-
 16 vision without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner.
 17 (d) Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent a pharmacist from refus-
 18 ing to dispense a non-patient specific order of abortion medication
 19 pursuant to this subdivision if, in their professi