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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A05480Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.
Shields providers and recipients of gender-affirming care performed in New York from out-of-state civil, criminal, or professional sanctions, and bars New York courts from issuing subpoenas or discovery orders in most out-of-state proceedings targeting such care, so greater access to and legal safeh
The legislature declares that it is the public policy of New York state that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy and equality with respect to their personal medical decisions, and should be able to safely effectuate those decisions, including by seeking and obtaining reproductive health care or gender-affirming care, free from the threat that they may be penalized for such legally protected care.
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Shields providers, recipients, and facilitators of reproductive health care (including abortion) performed in New York from out-of-state civil, criminal, or professional sanctions, and bars New York courts from issuing subpoenas or discovery orders in most out-of-state proceedings targeting suchcare
The legislature declares that it is the public policy of New York state that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy and equality with respect to their personal medical decisions, and should be able to safely effectuate those decisions, including by seeking and obtaining reproductive health care or gender-affirming care, free from the threat that they may be penalized for such legally protected care.
Expands legal protections for gender-affirming care by defining it broadly, shielding it from professional misconduct charges based on out-of-state laws, and limiting New York professional disciplinary actions or licensing denials solely for providing such care.
Any legally protected health activity, as defined by section 570.17 of the criminal procedure law, by a health care practitioner acting within their scope of practice, shall not, by itself, constitute professional misconduct under this title
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill enacts shield-law protections for reproductive health care (including abortion) and gender-affirming care provided or received in New York. It bars most out-of-state subpoenas and discovery, prevents professional discipline or licensing denial based solely on providing such care, and expands the statutory definition of covered reproductive and gender-affirming services. These provisions expand legal access to and protection for both abortion-related services and transgender healthcare; no provisions restrict either topic or address firearms or immigration enforcement.
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