New York S 9036: Provides for emergency appropriation for the period April 1, 2024 through April 15, 2024

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S09036 Summary:

BILL NOS09036 

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, LIU

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Amd §266, Pub Health L

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Creates a department of health education and outreach program on reproductive health services for consumers, patients, educators, and health care providers related to reproductive health services available in New York state including, but not limited to: access to family planning services such as contraceptives and pregnancy testing, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS09036 

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01/27/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9036

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. GONZALEZ, FERNANDEZ, LIU -- 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 the creation of a
 women's and reproductive health services education and outreach
 program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 266 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 2 342 of the laws of 2014, subdivision 2 as added and subdivision 3 as
 3 renumbered by chapter 76 of the laws of 2020, subdivisions 4 and 5 as
 4 added by chapter 66 of the laws of 2021, and subdivision 6 as added by
 5 chapter 653 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 266. [Department website] Women's and reproductive health services
 7 education and outreach program. 1. There is hereby created within the
 8 department a women's and reproductive health services education and
 9 outreach program. The department shall conduct education and outreach
 10 for consumers, patients, educators, and health care providers related to
 11 women's and reproductive health services available in New York state
 12 including, but not limited to: preventative care, cancer screenings,
 13 access to services such as contraceptives and pregnancy testing, testing
 14 and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and any other repro-
 15 ductive health condition or information the commissioner shall deem
 16 appropriate.
 17 2. The department shall establish and maintain an internet website for
 18 the purpose of advancing women's health initiatives. The website shall
 19 provide information and materials for the purposes of educating the
 20 public and raising awareness of women's health issues, provide links to
 21 useful resources and encourage the use of services now made more widely
 22 available to the women of New York state. The website shall also promote
 23 the following preventative services now covered pursuant to federal law
 24 and regulation, and explain that such services must be covered with no
 25 cost sharing:
 26 (a) Anemia screening for pregnant women;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06611-08-6

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 1 (b) Bacteriuria urinary tract or other infection screening for preg-
 2 nant women;
 3 (c) BRCA counseling about genetic testing for women at higher risk;
 4 (d) Breast cancer mammography screenings every one to two years for
 5 women over age forty;
 6 (e) Breast cancer chemoprevention counseling for women at higher risk;
 7 (f) Breastfeeding comprehensive support and counseling from trained
 8 providers, as well as access to breastfeeding supplies, for pregnant and
 9 nursing women;
 10 (g) Cervical cancer screening for sexually active women;
 11 (h) Chlamydia infection screening for younger women and other women at
 12 higher risk;
 13 (i) Contraception: Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive
 14 methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling,
 15 not including abortifacient drugs;
 16 (j) Domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling for
 17 all women;
 18 (k) Folic acid supplements for women who may become pregnant;
 19 (l) Gestational diabetes screening for women twenty-four to twenty-