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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S05517Provides for dispensing emergency contraception under certain conditions; defines emergency contraception.
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Abortionmedication abortionAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands pharmacist and nurse authority to dispense emergency contraception (defined as post-intercourse pregnancy prevention) without a patient-specific prescription, and mandates insurance coverage for it, increasing access to medication that prevents pregnancy.
"Emergency contraception" means one or more prescription or non-prescription drugs, used separately or in combination, in a dosage and manner for preventing pregnancy when used after intercourse, found safe and effective for that use by the United States food and drug administration, and dispensed or administered for that purpose.
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Abortionfunding insuranceAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 85%
Requires health insurance policies that cover prescription contraception to also cover emergency contraception (including when provided without a prescription), expanding insurance coverage for it.
Any policy under this article that covers contraception when provided pursuant to a prescription shall cover emergency contraception as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section sixty-eight hundred thirty-three of the education law, when provided pursuant to an ordinary prescription or order under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-three of the education law and when lawfully provided other than through a prescription or order.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands access to and insurance coverage for emergency contraception (explicitly defined as pregnancy prevention after intercourse, not abortion), by authorizing non-patient-specific prescribing/dispensing by physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists, requiring related protocols and patient information, and mandating coverage in insurance policies that cover other contraception. No provisions address gestational limits, exceptions, personhood, or other listed abortion subtopics; it does not address firearms, transgender issues, or immigration enforcement.
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