Assembly Bill A10663

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Extends legal protection to telehealth providers in the state of New York offering telehealth reproductive health services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-cc, add §2999-ff, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1475

2021-A10663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends legal protection to telehealth providers in the state of New York offering telehealth reproductive health services, regardless of the location of the patient.

2021-A10663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10663
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  extending  legal
   protection  to  telehealth providers in the state of New York offering
   telehealth reproductive health services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2999-cc  of  the public health law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. "TELEHEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES" MEANS ANY OF THE  FOLLOW-
 ING SERVICES PROVIDED VIA TELEHEALTH OR TELEMEDICINE:
   (A) ABORTION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-BB OF
 THIS CHAPTER;
   (B) EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 FIVE-P OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   (C) MEDICAL, SURGICAL, COUNSELING OR REFERRAL SERVICES RELATING TO THE
 HUMAN  REPRODUCTIVE  SYSTEM, INCLUDING SERVICES RELATING TO PREGNANCY OR
 THE TERMINATION OF A PREGNANCY.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section  2999-ff
 to read as follows:
   §  2999-FF.  TELEHEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. THE PROVISION OF
 TELEHEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES BY A TELEHEALTH PROVIDER LOCATED
 AT A DISTANT SITE  WITHIN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  SHALL  BE  LEGALLY
 PROTECTED  WHERE  SUCH  SERVICE IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED UNDER THE LAWS OF
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF THE  LOCATION  OF  THE  ORIGINATING
 SITE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16092-01-2

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