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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A01806 Establishes the abortion access fund; allows for individuals to designate a gift to the fund on their personal income tax returns.

Direction

Abortion funding insuranceAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Creates a dedicated state fund financed by voluntary taxpayer contributions to pay for operational, programmatic, medical, and logistical expenses of nonprofits that help individuals overcome financial and logistical barriers to abortion services.

Monies of the fund shall be expended, pursuant to a request for proposals issued by the commissioner of health, to fund the operational and programmatic expenses of not-for-profit entities that provide support to individuals in need of abortion services, by addressing financial and logistical barriers that prevent access to care.

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Abortion otherAI label

No change to abortion access model confidence 80%

Establishes reporting requirements, confidentiality protections for patients and providers, and prohibitions on the state requesting personally identifying information from fund recipients.

The state shall not request, promulgate regulations to, or otherwise require, any non-profit organization receiving monies from the abortion access fund to divulge the name, address, photograph, license number, email address, phone number, or any other personally identifying information of any employee, contractor, or volunteer of such organization, or any patient, or individual who sought or received funding from such organization.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-01-07: referred to ways and means
Filed
2025-01-14
Committee
Ways and Means
Sponsor
Karines Reyes D + 28 cosponsors (28 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new voluntary taxpayer contribution mechanism and dedicated fund whose sole purpose is to finance abortion-related services and support, directly expanding access by subsidizing financial and logistical barriers. It also adds detailed annual reporting, confidentiality safeguards, and limits on state demands for personal data from recipient organizations; these provisions neither expand nor restrict the underlying availability of abortion but are procedural and protective in nature.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07Areferred to ways and means
2025-01-14Areferred to ways and means