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Relates to the definition of "reproductive health services" for purposes of the offense of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree; defines "legally protected health activity".
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'reproductive health services' and adds 'legally protected health activity' to cover services relating to pregnancy, assisted reproduction, contraception, miscarriage management, termination of pregnancy, and self-managed terminations (to the extent permitted by state law,
other, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Oct 30: PRINT NUMBER 8713A
All Abortion bills in New York
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Relates to the definition of "reproductive health services" for purposes of the offense of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree; defines "legally protected health activity".
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'reproductive health services' and adds 'legally protected health activity' to cover services relating to pregnancy, assisted reproduction, contraception, miscarriage management, termination of pregnancy, and self-managed terminations (to the extent permitted by state law,
other, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Oct 30: PRINT NUMBER 8713A -
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected
AI summary Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or increasing rates based on legal use or prescription of certain drugs for abortion, including off-label uses recognized in specified compendia, so more insurance protection for providers of medication abortion.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Law Jun 5: SIGNED CHAP.128 -
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchase
AI summary Explicitly excludes all medical information relative to reproductive and gender-affirming health services from the records that must be collected, verified, and shared with recipients and donor-conceived persons.
No change to abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5: COMMITTED TO RULES -
Requires insurance companies to deposit a certain percentage of premiums collected but not paid out in prior years for abortion care to the reproductive health care access fund for use for grants under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; establishes the reproductive health care access
AI summary Requires insurers to transfer 90% of excess segregated account balances (from premiums collected for abortion coverage but not paid out) to a new state reproductive health care access fund, which supports grants for reproductive health care clinical services and supplements (does not supplant) other
funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 4: referred to insurance -
Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.
AI summary Expands pharmacist authority to administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections (such as Depo-Provera), which are used for birth control and can affect access to medication that prevents pregnancy.
medication abortion, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 4: referred to higher education -
Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a pregnancy loss.
AI summary Expands family leave benefits to cover recovery from pregnancy loss at or after 20 weeks gestation, allowing more paid time off for affected employees.
other, exceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 3: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY -
Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.
AI summary Authorizes trained pharmacists to provide reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections under prescription, expanding options for contraception delivery while imposing training, notification, privacy, and reassessment rules.
medication abortion, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 3: ordered to third reading rules cal.405 -
Expands the definition of "family leave" to include persons recovering from a pregnancy loss.
AI summary Expands family leave benefits to cover recovery from pregnancy loss at or after 20 weeks gestation, increasing support for those experiencing such losses.
other, exceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 28: print number 5319c -
Removes restrictions of three-cycle coverage for in vitro fertilization; mandates individual insurance coverage of in vitro.
AI summary Removes the prior limit of three cycles of IVF coverage and mandates broader individual and large-group insurance coverage for IVF used in treating infertility, so more insurance coverage and access for IVF.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 26: PRINT NUMBER 2619A -
Ensures that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.
AI summary Requires abortion providers to perform and display an ultrasound with detailed description before obtaining informed consent, adding a regulatory requirement on providers that makes abortions more difficult to obtain in practice.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, exceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 19: held for consideration in health -
Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obt
AI summary Prohibits sharing of ALPR data with jurisdictions for investigating or enforcing laws that restrict reproductive health care access, so more protection for interstate travel and access to abortion.
travel interstate shield, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 14: referred to consumer affairs and protection -
Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law.
AI summary Prohibits using possession of condoms or other reproductive/sexual health devices (including contraceptives and emergency contraception) as evidence in proceedings related to prostitution or other article 230 penal law offenses, so less use of such evidence to support enforcement of sex-work laws.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 5: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES -
Requires search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing to include a notice to users when searching limited services pregnancy center listings that such limited services pregnancy centers provide limited medical and abortion care and may not have medical professionals onsite; requires social media net
AI summary Requires search engines and social media to display notices on listings and posts by limited services pregnancy centers (crisis pregnancy centers) stating they provide limited reproductive care and lack licensed medical professionals onsite, so increases regulatory burdens and warnings targeted at a
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 30: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Establishes the crimes of assault on a pregnant person in the second degree as a class D felony and assault on a pregnant person in the first degree as a class C felony.
AI summary Creates new assault crimes for injury to a pregnant person or their unborn child but explicitly exempts abortion procedures performed with consent or implied by law, so abortion remains available without this new criminal penalty.
No change to abortion accessexceptionspersonhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 21: held for consideration in codes -
Requires insurance companies to deposit a certain percentage of premiums collected but not paid out in prior years for abortion care to the reproductive health care access fund for use for grants under the reproductive freedom and equity grant program; establishes the reproductive health care access
AI summary Requires insurers to transfer 90% of excess segregated funds collected for abortion coverage (but not paid out) to a new state reproductive health care access fund, which supports grants for reproductive health care clinical services including abortion, so more public funding for abortion services.
funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 14: referred to insurance -
Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Span
AI summary Requires limited services pregnancy centers (which by definition do not refer for or provide abortion) to post and orally disclose that they lack a licensed medical provider for reproductive health services, imposing new regulatory and disclosure mandates on such centers.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 31: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings.
AI summary Prohibits courts from considering a parent's history of obtaining or attempting to obtain abortion services when determining child custody or visitation in family law proceedings, so evidence of abortion access cannot be used against a parent.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 20: referred to judiciary -
Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for contraceptives (including over-the-counter), related services, education, counseling, sterilization, and pharmacist dispensing fees, so more insurance-funded access to contraception.
funding insurance, medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 11: returned to senate -
Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for contraceptives (including over-the-counter and emergency contraception), related pharmacist services, education, counseling, and follow-up care without cost-sharing, so more financial access to contraception.
funding insurance, medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 11: substituted by s8869 -
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 insura
AI summary Imposes new operational restrictions on unregulated pregnancy centers by prohibiting them from requiring or appearing to require certain intake questions on medical/sexual/relationship/financial info as a condition of service (with narrow exceptions), enforced by AG or DA actions.
Restricts abortion accessother, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 6: referred to health -
Provides that mifepristone or misoprostol may be dispensed without the name and address of the dispenser and patient included on the prescription label.
AI summary Allows mifepristone and misoprostol to be dispensed without patient or dispenser names/addresses on the label (with logs kept instead), making it easier to obtain medication abortion without the prescription label revealing the purpose or patient identity.
medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 6: referred to higher education -
Provides that mifepristone or misoprostol may be dispensed without the name and address of the dispenser and patient included on the prescription label.
AI summary Allows mifepristone and misoprostol to be dispensed without patient or dispenser names/addresses on the label (with logs kept instead), making it easier to obtain medication abortion without the label revealing the purpose or patient identity.
medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 3: enacting clause stricken -
Prohibits automatic license plate reader users from selling, sharing, allowing access to, or transferring automatic license plate reader information to any state or local jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obt
AI summary Prohibits sharing ALPR data with jurisdictions for enforcing laws that restrict reproductive health care access, and requires out-of-state agencies to affirm they will not use the data that way, so more protection for interstate travel and access to abortion.
travel interstate shield, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 25: print number 8779b -
Provides funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses not covered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents.
AI summary Expands state funding to cover abortion services and travel expenses for active-duty military members and their families when such services are unavailable where they are stationed, increasing access to abortion.
funding insurance, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 24: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE -
Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.
AI summary Extends handicapped parking privileges to pregnant persons via temporary permits that end after pregnancy, with no provisions on abortion access or restrictions.
No change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 13: referred to transportation -
Provides that the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be considered a criminal conversion act under certain circumstances; provides that mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be deemed to be adulterated or m
AI summary Protects the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or other medication abortion drugs from being treated as criminal diversion, adulterated, or misbranded under state law even if no longer FDA-approved or bearing current labeling, so more legal access to medication abortion.
medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 28: returned to senate -
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected
AI summary Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or increasing rates based on legal use or prescription of certain drugs for abortion, including off-label ones recognized in specified compendia, so more insurance protection for medication abortion providers.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulation, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 28: substituted by s8807 -
Provides that the prescribing, dispensing, or receipt of mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be considered a criminal conversion act under certain circumstances; provides that mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion shall not be deemed to be adulterated or m
AI summary Protects the prescribing, dispensing, and receipt of mifepristone or other medication abortion drugs from being treated as criminal diversion or misbranding under state law even if no longer FDA-approved or bearing current labeling, provided labeling was accurate at manufacture and use follows WHO,
medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 28: substituted by s8544 -
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 co
AI summary Creates a state education and outreach program on reproductive health services that includes information on access to contraceptives, pregnancy testing, STI testing/treatment, reproductive health counseling, telehealth access, clinic locators, financial assistance, and other reproductive health info
travel interstate shield, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings.
AI summary Prohibits courts from considering a parent's history of obtaining or attempting to obtain abortion services when determining child custody or visitation, so evidence of abortion access cannot be used against a parent in these proceedings.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to children and families -
Provides that mifepristone or misoprostol may be dispensed without the name and address of the dispenser and patient included on the prescription label.
AI summary Allows mifepristone and misoprostol to be dispensed without patient or dispenser names/addresses on the label (with logs kept internally), making it easier to obtain medication abortion without the prescription revealing the patient's identity.
medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to higher education -
Establishes the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program to provide funding to providers whose primary function is to facilitate access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services and information for low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals and provide support
AI summary Creates a state program to fund providers facilitating access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services (including abortion) for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals, increasing public funding for such services.
funding insurance, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to ways and means -
Relates to health insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization.
AI summary Removes a requirement to transfer all embryos from a prior IVF cycle as a prerequisite for insurance coverage of a subsequent cycle for women 35 or older, so more IVF cycles and embryo creation/transfer are likely to be covered and performed.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to insurance -
Establishes the New York state abortion clinical training program within the department of health for the purpose of training health care practitioners in the performance of abortion and related reproductive health care services; requires the commissioner of health to submit a report to the governor
AI summary Establishes a state-funded clinical training program, curriculum, grants and sites for training more health care practitioners to perform abortions and related services, increasing the supply of trained providers.
provider clinic regulation, medication abortion, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to health -
Provides practical support for access to abortion care including, but not limited to, reimbursement for ground and air transportation, lodging, meals, childcare, translation services, and doula support.
AI summary Expands state funding for transportation, lodging, and other practical support to help individuals access abortion care, including potentially out-of-state, so more legal access to abortion.
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 27: referred to health -
Establishes the comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program to provide funding to providers whose primary function is to facilitate access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services and information for low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals and provide support
AI summary Creates a state program to fund providers of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services (including abortion) for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals, increasing public funding for such services.
funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 20: reported referred to ways and means -
Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.
AI summary Extends handicapped parking privileges to pregnant persons via temporary permits that end after pregnancy, with no provisions on abortion access or restrictions.
No change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 13: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION -
Removes restrictions of three-cycle coverage for in vitro fertilization; mandates individual insurance coverage of in vitro.
AI summary Removes the prior limit of three cycles of IVF coverage and mandates broader individual and large-group insurance coverage for IVF used in treating infertility, so more insurance coverage and access for IVF.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 8: print number 7891a -
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 insura
AI summary Prohibits unregulated pregnancy centers (defined as those primarily intended to discourage abortions and not providing/referring for full reproductive care) from requiring clients to disclose personal medical, sexual, relationship, or financial information as a condition of service, limiting their (
Restricts abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or access to places of religious worship; expands interference to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate twenty-five feet outside of reproductive health care facilities and places of religious
AI summary Expands the definition of criminal interference with reproductive health services to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate within 25 feet of reproductive health care facilities, creating a new buffer zone that restricts such demonstrations.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Permits licensed pharmacists to prescribe and order certain medications for the purposes of inducing abortion or expelling a miscarriage after the completion of a risk assessment questionnaire and delivering a factsheet to the person to whom the medication is being disbursed.
AI summary Expands the number of providers who can prescribe medication abortion by allowing licensed pharmacists to do so after a risk assessment and providing a factsheet, increasing access to medication abortion.
medication abortionNo change to abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION -
Requires student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services available to students including where the closest reproductive health clinics are located; all resources available to a student seeking reproductive health services including but not limited to financial assistance and
AI summary Requires colleges to educate students on the right to and availability of abortion and other reproductive health services, including locations, financial assistance, mental health services, and institutional resources, so more students are informed of and likely to access abortion.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION -
Provides that either a person or an unborn child in any stage of gestation may be the victim of an assault or homicide; states situations when it does not constitute an assault on an unborn child such as during the course of an otherwise lawful abortion, during normal medical treatment or by the pre
AI summary Defines 'person' and 'unborn child at any stage of gestation' as possible victims of homicide and assault, while carving out exceptions only for consented abortions and medical treatment, so this expands legal recognition of the unborn as a separate victim in criminal law.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfNo change to abortion accessexceptions, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Expands insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization; includes coverage under individual policies; provides coverage for three complete oocyte retrievals and in vitro fertilization with unlimited embryo transfers.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization procedures and related infertility treatments, including for individual policies, so more financial access to IVF.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Establishes the crime of feticide or the intentional killing of an unborn child at any stage of gestation; makes such crime a class A felony.
AI summary Creates a new crime of feticide for intentionally causing the death of an unborn child at any stage of gestation (except legal abortions under public health law), treating the fetus as a separate victim of homicide from conception onward.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Provides for dispensing emergency contraception under certain conditions; defines emergency contraception.
AI summary 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.
medication abortion, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION -
Creates an in vitro fertilization treatment tax credit for up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization treatment for expenses related to treatment for infertility.
AI summary Creates a state tax credit for expenses of up to three cycles of IVF treatment for infertility, increasing financial support and access to IVF procedures.
personhood ivf, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE -
Establishes the crime of assault on a pregnant individual as a class D felony.
AI summary Creates a new crime for intentionally or knowingly injuring a pregnant person (including injury resulting in pregnancy termination), but exempts abortion procedures with consent and medical treatment, so this carves out an exception protecting legal abortion access from the new assault penalties.
exceptions, personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Defines photographing (whether by still or moving pictures) persons entering or leaving reproductive health care services facilities as aggravated harassment in the third degree; exempts constitutionally protected conduct and activities regulated by certain federal labor laws.
AI summary Creates a new crime for photographing people entering or leaving reproductive health care facilities (which include abortion providers), so increases regulation and limits on activities around such clinics.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationNo change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Enacts the reproductive health care facilities and religious worship access act; provides that the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship shall be established by the mens rea of knowingly injuring, intimidating or interfering with a person obtaining or providin
AI summary Creates new criminal offenses and civil remedies for interference, intimidation, recording, doxxing or buffer-zone activities near reproductive health care facilities, so more legal limits on such conduct at abortion clinics.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationexceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obs
AI summary Requires hospitals offering certain medical residencies to provide training in performing abortions (with exceptions for religious/moral objections) and managing complications, including at outside facilities if needed, so more providers are trained in abortion procedures.
provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Relates to clarifying which entities handle the reporting of pregnancy loss; the responsibilities of health care providers and penalties for not protecting the identities of individuals who suffered a pregnancy loss.
AI summary Changes terminology from 'fetal death' and 'fetal death certificates' to 'pregnancy loss' and 'reports of pregnancy loss' (including for induced terminations), limits reports to de-identified or minimal information filed directly with the department of health, and strengthens penalties and privacy (
No change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
AI summary Authorizes non-patient-specific orders for pharmacists and nurses to dispense FDA-approved abortion medication and mandates insurance coverage for it when contraception is covered, increasing availability and affordability of medication abortion.
medication abortion, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION -
Provides for a tax credit for certain persons relocating to the state to provide or receive reproductive care or gender-affirming care.
AI summary Offers a $500 tax credit to patients, parents/guardians, and providers who relocate to NY from states with more restrictive abortion laws to receive or provide reproductive care, making interstate travel for abortion more financially attractive.
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE -
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice; defines emergency medical conditions; requires appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment of persons in an emergency department, including pregnant pe
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'emergency medical condition' to explicitly include complications from pregnancy loss or attempted termination of pregnancy, and defines stabilizing treatment to include abortion when it prevents material deterioration, so more circumstances allow or require abortion in ER
bans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Requires health insurance policies to include coverage of optional anesthesia for certain contraceptive and menstrual health procedures including, but not limited to, loop electrosurgical excision procedure, colposcopy, ablation, and intrauterine device insertion.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage to include optional anesthesia for contraceptive and menstrual health procedures such as IUD insertion, LEEP, colposcopy and ablation, increasing access to these services without additional out-of-pocket costs.
funding insurance, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO INSURANCE -
Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
AI summary Prohibits most state-funded or state-sponsored travel to states with abortion limits such as bans after six weeks, so less state support for travel to restrictive states.
Restricts abortion accesstravel interstate shieldNo change to abortion accessbans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO FINANCE -
Exempts a person from a money judgment arising from an action in another state for knowingly engaging in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.
AI summary Exempts New York residents' property from out-of-state money judgments for aiding or abetting abortions, shielding providers, patients, and helpers from interstate civil liability and thereby protecting access to abortion services across state lines.
travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY -
Prohibits the use of state funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or any other procedure that results in the intentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage of gestation.
AI summary Prohibits state payments or reimbursements for abortions or pregnancy-terminating procedures performed on or for non-residents, so less public funding available for those abortions.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO FINANCE -
Requires parental notice prior to the performance of an abortion upon an unemancipated minor; defines unemancipated minor as person less than eighteen years of age; allows for waiver of such notice in limited instances; establishes circumstances and procedures for proceedings to obtain an order waiv
AI summary Imposes a 48-hour parental notification requirement before an abortion on an unemancipated minor (with judicial waiver option), so less legal access to abortion for minors without parental involvement or court approval.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Relates to paid family leave and bereavement for fetal death, still birth, and an infant being medically not viable to survive.
AI summary Expands paid family leave benefits to cover bereavement for fetal death, still birth, or an infant declared medically not viable to survive, treating these events equivalently to the loss of a born child for leave purposes.
personhood ivfNo change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO LABOR -
Relates to establishing the born alive abortion survivors' protection to require any health care practitioner present at the time the child is born alive during an abortion or attempted abortion procedure to exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and
AI summary Requires medical practitioners to provide life-preserving care to infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion, and imposes criminal penalties for intentionally killing such infants, treating them as born human beings with legal protections separate from the abortion procedure.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf, exceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Provides that any fertilized human ovum or human embryo existing outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child, a minor child, a natural person, or any other term that connotes a human being for any purpose under state law.
AI summary Explicitly excludes fertilized ova and embryos outside the uterus from being considered unborn children, persons or human beings under state law, preventing personhood claims that could restrict IVF or related practices.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Relates to the disposition of fetal remains.
AI summary Requires burial, entombment or cremation of remains from spontaneous fetal death at any gestational age (including under 20 weeks), treating such remains as subject to cadaver burial duties, which treats early fetuses as persons for disposition purposes.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivf, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Relates to certain crimes of interference with health care services or access to places of religious worship; expands interference to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate twenty-five feet outside of reproductive health care facilities and places of religious
AI summary Expands the definition of criminal interference with reproductive health services to include groups of two or more people demonstrating or preparing to demonstrate within 25 feet of reproductive health care facilities, creating a new buffer zone that restricts such demonstrations.
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Establishes the "safeguarding reproductive care act" under which a stockpile of mifepristone and misoprostol is maintained and managed to ensure continued access to reproductive care medications within the state.
AI summary Creates and maintains a state stockpile of mifepristone and misoprostol, makes it available to providers at no cost to patients, and allows dispensing via telehealth or electronic prescription, increasing access to medication abortion drugs within the state.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Relates to the definition of "reproductive health services" for purposes of the offense of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship in the second degree; defines "legally protected health activity"; increases the penalties for the criminal interference with health care se
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'reproductive health services' and 'legally protected health activity' to explicitly include services relating to pregnancy, assisted reproduction, contraception, miscarriage management, termination of pregnancy, and self-managed terminations, while increasing penalties (m
other, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Enacts the "life appropriation act" prohibiting state funding for abortions and related costs; regulates abortions and prohibits dismemberment abortions.
AI summary Prohibits state appropriations and grants for direct or indirect costs of performing, inducing, referring or counseling for abortions (including shared overhead, salaries, rent), and bars grants to entities or affiliates that perform or refer for convenience abortions, while exempting Medicaid as-f-
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, bans gestational limits, provider clinic regulation, exceptions, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Permits licensed pharmacists to prescribe and order certain medications for the purposes of inducing abortion or expelling a miscarriage after the completion of a risk assessment questionnaire and delivering a factsheet to the person to whom the medication is being disbursed.
AI summary Expands pharmacist authority to prescribe and dispense FDA-approved medications for inducing abortion or miscarriage, with required screening and information, so greater access to medication abortion.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to higher education -
Requires parental notice prior to the performance of an abortion upon an unemancipated minor; defines unemancipated minor as person less than eighteen years of age; allows for waiver of such notice in limited instances; establishes circumstances and procedures for proceedings to obtain an order waiv
AI summary Imposes a parental-notification requirement (with judicial bypass) before an abortion on an unemancipated minor, so less legal access to abortion for that group of patients.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulationexceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Requires that in civil claims under the child victims act, adult survivors act, or a civil sex trafficking claim any insurer who may provide liability coverage for a claim shall, upon request from the claimant or claimant's attorney, provide information regarding each known policy of insurance; prov
AI summary Prohibits compelling victims of sex trafficking to disclose their immigration status in related civil claims, so less immigration enforcement against such victims.
No change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to insurance -
Relates to health insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization.
AI summary Removes a requirement to transfer all embryos from a prior IVF cycle as a condition for insurance coverage of a subsequent cycle for women 35+, making IVF more accessible without added conditions on embryo handling.
personhood ivf, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to insurance -
Prohibits the use of state funds for non-residents seeking an abortion or any other procedure that results in the intentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage of gestation.
AI summary Prohibits state funds from being used to pay for or reimburse abortions or pregnancy-terminating procedures for non-residents, so less public funding available for those abortions.
Restricts abortion accessfunding insurance, bans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to ways and means -
Expands insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization; includes coverage under individual policies; provides coverage for three complete oocyte retrievals and in vitro fertilization with unlimited embryo transfers.
AI summary Expands mandated insurance coverage for IVF procedures and related infertility treatments, including for individual policies, by increasing the number of covered oocyte retrievals and allowing unlimited embryo transfers.
personhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to insurance -
Enacts the reproductive health care facilities and religious worship access act; provides that the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship shall be established by the mens rea of knowingly injuring, intimidating or interfering with a person obtaining or providin
AI summary Creates new criminal penalties and civil remedies for knowingly interfering with, intimidating, or recording patients and providers at reproductive health care facilities (including those providing abortion), and for doxxing them, so more restrictions on such interference and greater protection for,
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Requires that there be a one hundred foot buffer zone around abortion clinics to avoid harassment of patients.
AI summary Creates a 100-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics and prohibits various forms of harassment and interference within that zone, making it harder to protest or obstruct access to abortion services.
provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Relates to the use in evidence of the fact of possession or presence on the premises of condoms and other sexual and reproductive health devices.
AI summary Prohibits using possession of condoms or other reproductive/sexual health devices (including emergency contraception and other contraceptives) as evidence in certain civil, criminal or administrative proceedings related to prostitution or sex trafficking offenses, so less use of such evidence in sex
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Provides for paid family leave following the outcome of a pregnancy, including a stillbirth, miscarriage or abortion.
AI summary Expands paid family leave to cover recovery after an abortion, increasing access to paid time off for abortion-related recovery.
other, exceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to labor -
Provides pregnant persons with alternative birth choices to preserve the life of a fetus when electing to have an abortion by health care practitioners offering sedated birth and perinatal hospice procedures.
AI summary Requires practitioners to inform patients considering abortion after 24 weeks (when needed to protect life or health) about sedated birth as an alternative, and to inform all patients considering abortion about perinatal hospice as an alternative, so more patients receive information on options that
Restricts abortion accessexceptions, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Creates a private right of action for fertility fraud; adds a health care practitioner using human reproductive material from the practitioner or from a donor knowing or who reasonably should have known that such patient had not expressly consented to such use, to the crime of aggravated sexual abus
AI summary Creates a private right of action for patients, children born from the procedure, donors and others against health care practitioners, donors, clinics and tissue banks for fertility fraud involving false information, misuse of material, or regulatory violations in assisted reproduction, allowing for
No change to abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Span
AI summary Requires limited services pregnancy centers (including those that do not refer for abortion) to post and orally disclose that they lack a licensed medical provider who provides or supervises all reproductive health services, so increases state regulation of such centers' operations and client-facing
Restricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Relates to clarifying which entities handle the reporting of pregnancy loss; the responsibilities of health care providers and penalties for not protecting the identities of individuals who suffered a pregnancy loss.
AI summary Changes terminology from 'fetal death' and 'fetal death certificates' to 'pregnancy loss' and 'reports of pregnancy loss' (including for induced terminations), limits reports to de-identified or minimal information filed directly with the department of health, and strengthens penalties and privacy (
No change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Provides for a tax credit for certain persons relocating to the state to provide or receive reproductive care or gender-affirming care.
AI summary Offers a $500 tax credit to patients, parents, or providers who move to NY from states with more restrictive abortion laws to receive or provide reproductive care, making interstate travel for abortion more financially attractive and likely.
travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to ways and means -
Requires health insurance policies to include coverage of optional anesthesia for certain contraceptive and menstrual health procedures including, but not limited to, loop electrosurgical excision procedure, colposcopy, ablation, and intrauterine device insertion.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage to include optional anesthesia for contraceptive and menstrual health procedures such as IUD insertion, LEEP, colposcopy, and ablation, increasing access to these services without additional out-of-pocket costs.
funding insurance, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to insurance -
Requires student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services available to students including where the closest reproductive health clinics are located; all resources available to a student seeking reproductive health services including but not limited to financial assistance and
AI summary Requires colleges to educate students on the right to and availability of abortion and other reproductive health services, including locations, financial assistance, and institutional resources, so more students are likely to know about and access abortion.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to higher education -
Provides additional protections at reproductive health clinics; prohibits interference with phone lines, the release of offensive odors, and noises intended to jeopardize the health of persons receiving reproductive health services or to interfere with the safe and effective delivery of such service
AI summary Adds new criminal prohibitions on tactics (repeated calls to tie up lines, releasing noxious odors, and noise after police order) intended to disrupt reproductive health clinics or jeopardize patients' health, so more regulation and protection of clinic operations.
provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
AI summary Prohibits most state-funded or sponsored travel to states with abortion restrictions such as 6-week bans, so less state support for travel to restrictive states and more protection for New Yorkers seeking abortion access elsewhere.
travel interstate shieldNo change to abortion accessbans gestational limitsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to governmental operations -
Creates an in vitro fertilization treatment tax credit for up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization treatment for expenses related to treatment for infertility.
AI summary Creates a state tax credit for expenses of up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization treatment, increasing financial support and access to IVF procedures.
personhood ivf, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to ways and means -
Relates to paid family leave and bereavement for fetal death, still birth, and an infant being medically not viable to survive.
AI summary Adds bereavement leave under paid family leave for fetal death, still birth, or medically non-viable infant, expanding employee benefits for pregnancy loss without changing abortion regulations, access, or funding.
No change to abortion accesspersonhood ivfotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to labor -
Prohibits issuance of certain search warrants relating to out-of-state investigations of abortion services provided in NYS; prohibits corporations domiciled in NYS from complying with certain out-of-state search warrants regarding abortion services provided in NYS.
AI summary Prohibits NY courts from issuing warrants (pen registers, eavesdropping, search) for investigating legally protected health activity (including out-of-state abortions), and bars NY-domiciled corporations from complying with out-of-state warrants related to such activity, so more legal protection for
travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Relates to establishing the born alive abortion survivors' protection act that places requirements on health care practitioners present at the time a child is born alive during an abortion.
AI summary Requires practitioners to provide life-saving care to infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion at any gestational age, and imposes criminal penalties for intentionally killing such infants, so less legal access to abortion after viability or in cases of live birth.
Restricts abortion accessbans gestational limits, provider clinic regulationNo change to abortion accessexceptionsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Provides practical support for access to abortion care including, but not limited to, reimbursement for ground and air transportation, lodging, meals, childcare, translation services, and doula support.
AI summary Expands state funding for transportation, lodging, and other practical supports to help individuals access abortion care, including out-of-state if needed, so greater practical access to abortion.
travel interstate shield, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Establishes the abortion access fund; allows for individuals to designate a gift to the fund on their personal income tax returns.
AI summary 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.
funding insuranceNo change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to ways and means -
Requires search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing to include a notice to users when searching limited services pregnancy center listings that such limited services pregnancy centers provide limited medical and abortion care and may not have medical professionals onsite; requires social media net
AI summary Requires search engines and social media to display notices that limited services pregnancy centers (including crisis pregnancy centers) do not provide the full range of reproductive health services reimbursed by Medicaid and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite, so users receive more,
Restricts abortion accessother, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to consumer affairs and protection -
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
AI summary Authorizes non-patient-specific orders for pharmacists and nurses to dispense FDA-approved abortion medication and mandates insurance coverage for it when contraception is covered, increasing availability and affordability of medication abortion.
medication abortion, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to higher education -
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice; defines emergency medical conditions; requires appropriate medical screening and stabilizing treatment of persons in an emergency department, including pregnant pe
AI summary Broadens the definition of 'emergency medical condition' to explicitly include complications from pregnancy loss or attempted termination of pregnancy, and defines stabilizing treatment to include abortion when failure to provide it would likely cause material deterioration, so more situations where
bans gestational limits, exceptions, provider clinic regulation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obs
AI summary Requires hospitals offering certain medical residencies to provide training and experience in performing induced abortions (with exceptions for religious/moral objections or institutional restrictions), so more providers receive abortion training and experience.
provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Provides funding for abortion services and travel-related expenses not covered by the military for active duty members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses or dependents, who are New York state residents.
AI summary Expands state funding to cover abortion services and travel expenses for active-duty military members and their families when such services are unavailable due to location in restrictive states, increasing access to abortion.
funding insurance, travel interstate shieldStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Exempts a person from a money judgment arising from an action in another state for knowingly engaging in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion.
AI summary Protects New York residents from out-of-state money judgments for aiding or abetting abortions, so more legal protection for those providing or assisting with abortion access across state lines.
travel interstate shield, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Relates to the disposition of fetal remains.
AI summary Requires registration, reporting, and release of fetal remains for spontaneous fetal death at any gestational age, treating it as a birth and death with burial, entombment or cremation options directed by the gestational parent.
Restricts abortion accesspersonhood ivfStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Requires insurers to provide coverage for delivery through store and forward technology; requires prescription drug policies to cover the cost of contraceptive care delivered via telemedicine.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for contraceptive care delivered via store and forward technology (telemedicine), increasing access to such services.
funding insurance, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to insurance -
Authorizes the commissioner of health to withhold reimbursements from medical assistance programs to retail entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdicti
AI summary Authorizes withholding state medical assistance reimbursements from retail entities (including chains) that decline to sell or dispense FDA-approved products that prevent pregnancy, so more entities will provide such products to avoid losing funding.
funding insurance, medication abortionStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law.
AI summary Prohibits using possession of condoms or other reproductive/sexual health devices (including contraceptives and emergency contraception) as evidence in proceedings for prostitution or related offenses under Penal Law article 230, so less use of such evidence to support convictions that could deter (
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to judiciary -
Protects 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.
AI summary Protects providers and recipients of gender-affirming care from out-of-state liability, professional sanctions, or discipline, and expands the definition of reproductive health care to include gender-affirming care, so more access to and legal recognition of such care.
otherStage: Law Dec 19, 2025: APPROVAL MEMO.71 -
Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to train licensed providers and interns or residents who are employed by a hospital or otherwise enrolled in an accredited graduate medical education program in the performance of abortion and related reproductive health
AI summary Establishes a state grant program to fund clinical training for licensed providers and medical residents/interns in performing abortions and related reproductive health services, increasing the supply of trained abortion providers.
provider clinic regulation, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Dec 8, 2025: enacting clause stricken -
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 co
AI summary Creates and expands a state education and outreach program providing information on reproductive health services including contraceptives, pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, counseling, telehealth access, clinic locators, financial assistance, and confidentiality protections for providers
otherStage: ✕ Vetoed Oct 17, 2025: tabled -
Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for contraceptives (including over-the-counter and emergency contraception), related education, counseling, follow-up services, and pharmacist reimbursement for dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives without cost-sharing.
funding insurance, medication abortionStage: ✕ Vetoed Oct 16, 2025: VETOED MEMO.50 -
Requires certain health insurance policies include coverage for services provided by pharmacists related to contraceptives.
AI summary Expands insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and devices (including emergency contraception and over-the-counter options) and related pharmacist services, increasing access to medication abortion options like emergency contraception.
medication abortion, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 16, 2025: substituted by s6441a -
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 co
AI summary Expands public education and outreach on reproductive health services including contraceptives, pregnancy testing, STI testing/treatment, telehealth access, financial assistance, and clinic resources, plus confidentiality protections for reproductive health providers and patients.
other, funding insuranceStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 13, 2025: SUBSTITUTED BY A2581B -
Authorizes a licensed pharmacist to administer a United States Food and Drug Administration-approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection.
AI summary Expands pharmacist authority to administer FDA-approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections (such as Depo-Provera), increasing access to this form of birth control that can prevent pregnancy.
medication abortionNo change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5, 2025: enacting clause stricken -
Protects 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.
AI summary 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
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 29, 2025: substituted by s4914b -
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures throug
AI summary Expands the definition of 'stabilizing treatment' for emergency medical conditions to explicitly include abortion when failure to provide it would likely result in material deterioration of the patient's condition, increasing the circumstances in which hospitals must provide abortions.
bans gestational limits, exceptions, funding insurance, personhood ivfNo change to abortion accessotherStage: Law May 9, 2025: SIGNED CHAP.57 -
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; requires the commissioner of health to provide a quarterly report on known and expected department of health state funds Medicaid expenditures throug
AI summary Expands the definition of 'stabilize' to explicitly include providing an abortion when failure to do so would likely cause material deterioration of the patient's condition, so more situations in which hospitals must perform abortions to comply with EMTALA-like requirements.
bans gestational limits, exceptions, funding insuranceNo change to abortion accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 7, 2025: substituted by s3007c -
Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law.
AI summary Prohibits using possession of condoms or other reproductive/sexual health devices (including contraceptives and emergency contraception) as evidence in prosecutions or proceedings for prostitution or related offenses under Penal Law article 230, so less use of such evidence to prove those offenses.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 29, 2025: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES -
Provides the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol may include the address of the dispensing health care practice and shall include the address of the prescribing health care practice at the prescriber's request; provides that a health care prescriber shall inform a patient if such pres
AI summary Allows prescribers to request that the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol use the practice address/name instead of the prescriber's personal name, and requires patient notification of this choice, which can protect prescriber privacy and reduce risks of harassment or targeting for a
medication abortionNo change to abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: Law Mar 20, 2025: signed chap.108 -
Provides the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol may include the address of the dispensing health care practice and shall include the address of the prescribing health care practice at the prescriber's request; provides that a health care prescriber shall inform a patient if such pres
AI summary Allows prescribers to request that the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol use the name or address of the prescribing health care practice instead of the prescriber's name (and requires patient notification of this), which protects prescriber privacy and thereby facilitates provision.
medication abortionNo change to abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 10, 2025: SUBSTITUTED BY A5285 -
Permits prescription labels for mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives to include the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of the prescriber at the prescriber's request.
AI summary Allows prescription labels for mifepristone and misoprostol to use a health care practice name instead of the individual prescriber or dispenser name at the prescriber's request, which can reduce privacy and safety risks for providers of medication abortion and thereby facilitate greater access.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: Law Feb 3, 2025: APPROVAL MEMO.1 -
Prohibits the consideration of evidence that either parent has ever obtained or attempted to obtain reproductive health services relating to the termination of a pregnancy in certain legal proceedings.
AI summary Prohibits courts from considering a parent's history of obtaining or attempting to obtain abortion services when determining child custody or visitation in family law proceedings, so such history cannot be used against a parent seeking custody.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 30, 2025: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -
Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Span
AI summary Requires limited services pregnancy centers (those that do not provide or refer for abortion and other reproductive services) to post and orally disclose that they lack a licensed medical provider for reproductive health services, so clients receive more accurate information about the centers' lack
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 22, 2025: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES -
Permits prescription labels for mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives to include the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of the prescriber at the prescriber's request.
AI summary Allows prescription labels for mifepristone and misoprostol to use a health care practice name instead of the individual prescriber or dispenser name (at the prescriber's request), which can reduce privacy and safety risks for abortion providers and thereby facilitate medication abortion provision.
medication abortion, provider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 22, 2025: substituted by s36a -
Requires search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing to include a notice to users when searching limited services pregnancy center listings that such limited services pregnancy centers provide limited medical and abortion care and may not have medical professionals onsite; requires social media net
AI summary Requires search engines and social media to display notices on listings and posts by limited services pregnancy centers stating they provide limited medical and abortion care and may not have medical professionals onsite, so users receive more information about these centers' services.
No change to abortion accessotherRestricts abortion accessprovider clinic regulationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 17, 2025: REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
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