New York S 8705: Prohibits unregulated pregnancy centers from requiring clients to disclose certain information as a condition of service

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S08705 Summary:

BILL NOS08705 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10512

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 25-C §§2599-ff - 2599-ii, Pub Health L

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Prohibits unregulated pregnancy centers from requiring clients, as a condition of service, or making it reasonably appear to be a condition of service, to disclose certain information relating to their medical history, sexual history, relationship to the other parent of the potential baby, or insurance or financial information.

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BILL NOS08705 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8705

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting unreg-
 ulated pregnancy centers from requiring clients to disclose certain
 information as a condition of service

 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 25-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 25-C
 4 RIGHT TO DIGNIFIED CARE ACT
 5 Section 2599-ff. Legislative intent.
 6 2599-gg. Definition.
 7 2599-hh. Prohibited intake questions.
 8 2599-ii. Enforcement.
 9 § 2599-ff. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that unregulated
 10 pregnancy centers also known as crisis pregnancy centers, are facilities
 11 that represent themselves as offering comprehensive reproductive health
 12 care information and services but are primarily intended to discourage
 13 clients from seeking or accessing abortions. Unregulated pregnancy
 14 centers commonly ask clients to fill out intake forms that resemble
 15 those required by licensed health care providers, including questions
 16 about prescription history, sexual history, and other personal medical
 17 and lifestyle information. However, clients may not understand that such
 18 detailed and personal information is not required given the non-medical
 19 nature of services provided by unregulated pregnancy centers, nor is
 20 such information protected by rules like the health insurance portabil-
 21 ity and accountability act or other state and federal laws applicable to
 22 regulated health care providers. In practice, the personal information
 23 clients provide at unregulated pregnancy centers is often shared with
 24 third-party organizations that similarly do not provide health care
 25 services. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to ensure that
 26 unregulated pregnancy centers may not require, or institute policies

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14276-01-5

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 1 such that it appears to require, that clients provide such information
 2 as a condition of service.
 3 § 2599-gg. Definition. For purposes of this section, "unregulated
 4 pregnancy center" shall mean a facility or entity, the primary purpose
 5 of which is to provide determination of pregnancy or pregnancy coun-
 6 seling, that does not provide or refer for a full range of comprehensive
 7 reproductive sexual care services; provided, however, that "unregulated
 8 pregnancy center" shall not include any facility licensed pursuant to
 9 article twenty-eight of this chapter or article thirty-one or thirty-two
 10 of the mental hygiene law, or any facility whose primary purpose is to
 11 facilitate adoption.
 12 § 2599-hh. Prohibited intake questions. An unregulated pregnancy
 13 center shall not make it a condition of service, or make it reasonably
 14 appear to be a condition of service, that a client must disclose any of
 15 the following information:
 16 1. lists of, or other information regarding, prescription medications
 17 the client takes, the client's current or past illnesses, or the
 18 client's medical conditions, except as directly relates to a determi-
 19 nation of pregnancy;
 20 2. information regarding the client's sexual hi