New York A 9276: Establishes the "safeguarding reproductive care act"

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A09276 Summary:

BILL NOA09276 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2599-bb-2, Pub Health L; amd §6807, Ed L

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Establishes the "safeguarding reproductive care act" under which a stockpile of mifepristone and misoprostol is maintained and managed to ensure continued access to reproductive care medications within the state.

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BILL NOA09276 

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11/21/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9276

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to establishing the "safeguarding reproductive care act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "safeguarding reproductive care act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 4 2599-bb-2 to read as follows:
 5 § 2599-bb-2. Reproductive care drugs stockpile. 1. The commissioner
 6 shall establish and maintain a stockpile or stockpiles of mifepristone
 7 and misoprostol in such quantities as necessary to ensure continued
 8 access to such drugs within the state.
 9 2. The commissioner, in managing the stockpile pursuant to subdivision
 10 one of this section, shall:
 11 (a) ensure that adequate procedures are implemented for inventory
 12 management, physical security, and accounting of all stockpiled drugs;
 13 (b) ensure that all mifepristone and misoprostol products are unex-
 14 pired by conducting inventory on a regular basis;
 15 (c) restock mifepristone at least every five years and misoprostol at
 16 least every two years, consistent with applicable law;
 17 (d) devise plans for the effective and timely supply-chain management
 18 of such stockpile, in consultation with the appropriate state and local
 19 agencies and the public and private healthcare infrastructure; and
 20 (e) wherever practicable, enter into contracts and cooperative agree-
 21 ments with suppliers or manufacturers, to devise and implement plans to
 22 accept unused or expiring doses of mifepristone and misoprostol and
 23 exchange them for new doses at no additional cost to the state to main-
 24 tain an unexpired stockpile and minimize waste.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14023-05-5

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 1 3. The commissioner shall make such stockpile available to providers
 2 of reproductive health services, as defined by section 570.17 of the
 3 criminal procedure law, including, but not limited to, emergency room
 4 providers and providers identified for funding under the reproductive
 5 freedom and equity grant program, as established by section twenty-five
 6 hundred ninety-nine-bb-one of this article.
 7 4. Any provider of reproductive health services receiving mifepristone
 8 or misoprostol from the state stockpile shall dispense such drugs at no
 9 cost to patients.
 10 5. Distribution of drugs under this section shall be limited to quali-
 11 fied and licensed prescribers and licensed entities within the state.
 12 Such qualified and licensed prescribers and licensed entities shall
 13 prescribe mifepristone and misoprostol with the intent for such drugs to
 14 be used within the state.
 15 6. If the federal approval for mifepristone or misoprostol is with-
 16 drawn, the commissioner shall, as soon as possible, but no later than
 17 thirty days after such change, review the effect of such change on the
 18 state stockpile and report to the governor and the legislature with
 19 recommendations for ensuring continued, lawful access to mifepristone
 20 and misoprostol consistent with federal and state law.
 21 § 3. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 1 of section 6807 of the educa-
 22 tion law, as amended by chapter 881 of the laws of 1972,