New York S 7985: Provides for continuity of gender affirming care

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S07985 Summary:

BILL NOS07985 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08191

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27-FF §2790, Pub Health L

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Establishes a gender affirming care program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of gender affirming care services in the state.

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BILL NOS07985 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7985

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for
 continuity of gender affirming care

 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 article
 2 27-FF to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 27-FF
 4 CONTINUITY OF GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
 5 Section 2790. Continuity of gender affirming care.
 6 § 2790. Continuity of gender affirming care. 1. As used in this
 7 section, "gender affirming care" means care and services encompassing
 8 the range of social, psychological, behavioral, medical, and surgical
 9 interventions, including hormonal treatments and prescription drugs,
 10 designed to support and affirm an individual's gender identity when it
 11 is incongruent with the individual's sex assigned at birth, provided
 12 that surgical interventions on minors with variations in their sex char-
 13 acteristics that are not sought and initiated by the individual patient
 14 are not gender affirming care.
 15 2. There is hereby established in the department a gender affirming
 16 care program to ensure the continuity of gender affirming care services
 17 in the state. Such program shall identify and/or provide funding and
 18 other resources to providers that meet program requirements to facili-
 19 tate access to gender affirming care services for individuals who are
 20 eligible for gender affirming care services.
 21 3. The department shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations
 22 to implement the provisions of this section, including regulations
 23 establishing requirements for the program. The department shall consult
 24 with experts in the field of providing gender affirming care to ensure
 25 that the program and expenditures to providers are reflective of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11894-01-5

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 1 needs of providers and patients receiving and seeking gender affirming
 2 care.
 3 4. Funding used to support gender affirming care services under the
 4 program shall be pursuant to funds appropriated by the legislature for
 5 such purposes and shall be, at a minimum, equal to the amount appropri-
 6 ated for such funds appropriated before April first, two thousand twen-
 7 ty-five for similar gender-affirming care services. Such funds shall
 8 increase each year by the same rate as the consumer price index. The
 9 department may use a portion of such funding for administering the
 10 program.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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