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A04338 Summary:

BILL NOA04338 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09634

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRSeawright, Lee, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2509-e, Pub Health L

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Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Spanish; provides for reporting of violations; provides penalties for violations.

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BILL NOA04338 

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4338

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring limited
 services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not
 have a licensed medical provider on staff

 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 that
 2 it is in the state's interest to ensure pregnant New Yorkers have timely
 3 access to the full range of reproductive health services that are avail-
 4 able to them, including prenatal care, emergency contraception, and
 5 abortion. Article 25-A of the public health law, commonly referred to as
 6 the reproductive health act of 2019 guarantees this right, clearly stat-
 7 ing that "every individual who becomes pregnant has the fundamental
 8 right to choose to carry the pregnancy to term, to give birth to a
 9 child, or to have an abortion, pursuant to this article".
 10 Moreover, the legislature finds that due to the sensitive timing of
 11 receiving emergency contraception, the importance of receiving prompt
 12 prenatal care in ensuring a healthy pregnancy, and statutory timeframes
 13 that limit the legality of abortion services, pregnant New Yorkers must
 14 receive timely and accurate information regarding their pregnancy. The
 15 health care options available to them must be presented free from unnec-
 16 essary delay or religious or moral persuasion. Any delay in receiving
 17 reproductive health care services can lead to negative outcomes for the
 18 pregnant person and their fetus, or a complete loss in ability to
 19 receive emergency contraception or abortion services, effectively elimi-
 20 nating their reproductive autonomy.
 21 The legislature is aware that some limited service pregnancy centers
 22 that are ideologically opposed to comprehensive reproductive health care
 23 employ deceptive practices on customers that avail themselves of their
 24 services. These practices include presenting themselves as medical

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06119-01-5

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 1 facilities through the use of medical history and health insurance
 2 intake, wearing of medical clothes and devices such as lab coats and
 3 stethoscopes, and siting of facilities near licensed health care facili-
 4 ties. Pregnant New Yorkers who have visited limited service pregnancy
 5 centers that are religiously or philosophically opposed to abortion have
 6 been inappropriately led to believe that they have received care from a
 7 New York state licensed health care professional. Although the legisla-
 8 ture respects the right for individuals to seek any reproductive
 9 services they wish to seek, it is critical that pregnant New Yorkers are
 10 not misled into believing they have received services and medical coun-
 11 seling from a licensed provider when in actuality they have received
 12 unlicensed counseling from someone who is unwilling to objectively
 13 discuss how to seek emergency contraception or abortion, and is unable
 14 to refer for those services.
 15 Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to ensure pregnant
 16 individuals are fully informed as to