Bill Text: NY S01213 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 1213

Bill Title: Provides access to medication abortion prescription drugs at SUNY and CUNY campuses by employing or contracting with individuals authorized to prescribe such drugs, or by providing referrals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-04-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1395C [S01213 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01213-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1213--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. CLEARE, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, MAY, SALAZAR --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  providing  access  to
          medication  abortion prescription drugs at the state university of New
          York and the city university of New York

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  6438-b.  Access to medication abortion prescription drugs. 1. Every
     4  campus of the state university of New York and every campus of the  city
     5  university  of  New  York shall provide access to medication abortion to
     6  all students enrolled at such institutions by either:
     7    (a) employing or contracting with individuals authorized to  prescribe
     8  medication  abortion  prescription  drugs  within  their lawful scope of
     9  practice pursuant to title eight of this chapter; or
    10    (b) providing students with information  and  referrals  to  providers
    11  authorized  to  prescribe  medication abortion prescription drugs within
    12  their lawful scope of practice pursuant to title eight of this chapter.
    13    2. Twenty-four months after the effective date of  this  section,  and
    14  annually  on  such  date  thereafter, the board of trustees of the state
    15  university of New York and the board of trustees of the city  university
    16  of  New  York  shall each submit a report to the governor, the temporary
    17  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly  that  includes,
    18  but is not limited to, the following:
    19    (a) whether campuses provide access to medication abortion pursuant to
    20  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04340-15-3

        S. 1213--B                          2

     1    (b)  the  number of individuals at each campus authorized to prescribe
     2  such prescription drugs.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect August 1, 2023. Effective immediately,
     4  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
     5  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
     6  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.