Bill Text: NY A05193 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception when provided pursuant to an ordinary prescription or order and when lawfully provided other than through a prescription or order; defines "emergency contraception" to mean 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-18 - enacting clause stricken [A05193 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05193-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5193

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  JOYNER, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, GALEF,
          PICHARDO, L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COOK,
          GLICK, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

        AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation
          to  providing  for  dispensing  emergency  contraception under certain
          conditions

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.   Section 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subsection (n) to read as follows:
     3    (n)(1) Any policy under this article that  covers  contraception  when
     4  provided pursuant to a prescription, shall cover emergency contraception
     5  when  provided  pursuant  to  an  ordinary  prescription  or order under
     6  section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the  education  law  and  when
     7  lawfully provided other than through a prescription or order.
     8    (2)  For  purposes of this subsection, "emergency contraception" means
     9  one or more prescription or non-prescription drugs, used  separately  or
    10  in  combination,  in  a  dosage and manner for preventing pregnancy when
    11  used after intercourse, found safe and effective for  that  use  by  the
    12  United  States  food  and drug administration, and dispensed or adminis-
    13  tered for that purpose.
    14    § 2. Section 3221 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    15  subsection (u) to read as follows:
    16    (u)(1)  Any  policy  under this article that covers contraception when
    17  provided pursuant to a prescription, shall cover emergency contraception
    18  when provided pursuant  to  an  ordinary  prescription  or  order  under
    19  section  sixty-eight  hundred  thirty-one  of the education law and when
    20  lawfully provided other than through a prescription or order.
    21    (2) For purposes of this subsection, "emergency  contraception"  means
    22  one  or  more prescription or non-prescription drugs, used separately or
    23  in combination, in a dosage and manner  for  preventing  pregnancy  when

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01994-01-1
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     1  used  after  intercourse,  found  safe and effective for that use by the
     2  United States food and drug administration, and  dispensed  or  adminis-
     3  tered for that purpose.
     4    §  3.  Section  4304  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
     5  subsection (n) to read as follows:
     6    (n)(1) Any policy under this article that  covers  contraception  when
     7  provided pursuant to a prescription, shall cover emergency contraception
     8  when  provided  pursuant  to  an  ordinary  prescription  or order under
     9  section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the  education  law  and  when
    10  lawfully provided other than through a prescription or order.
    11    (2)  For  purposes of this subsection, "emergency contraception" means
    12  one or more prescription or non-prescription drugs, used  separately  or
    13  in  combination,  in  a  dosage and manner for preventing pregnancy when
    14  used after intercourse, found safe and effective for  that  use  by  the
    15  United  States  food  and drug administration, and dispensed or adminis-
    16  tered for that purpose.
    17    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is  amended
    18  by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
    19    (p)  Emergency  contraception, including information about its safety,
    20  efficacy, appropriate use and availability.
    21    § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law; and sections one, two and three of this  act
    23  shall apply to policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered
    24  or amended on  or after such effective date.