Assembly Bill A1475

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1475 (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 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10663

2023-A1475 (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.

2023-A1475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1475
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, SIMON, EPSTEIN -- 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.
                                                            LBD05851-01-3

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