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                                  3060--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sens. KRUEGER, BROUK, FERNANDEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON,
   MAYER, SALAZAR, WEBB -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
   the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing a reproductive health services training and
   education grant program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2807-nn to read as follows:
   § 2807-NN. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND  EDUCATION  GRANT
 PROGRAM. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO A PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER, MIDWIFE, OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, FOR WHOM PERFORMING
 ABORTION CARE IS WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE OR AN INTERN OR RESIDENT
 WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  A HOSPITAL OR OTHERWISE ENROLLED IN AN ACCREDITED
 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM;
   (B) "PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES  TRAINING  AND
 EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM; AND
   (C)  "ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS"  SHALL  MEAN  COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
 PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, CONTINUING  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  FOR
 QUALIFIED PROVIDERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OR CLINICAL EDUCA-
 TION PROGRAMS.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
 TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR  ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS  TO  TRAIN
 ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION AND RELATED REPRO-
 DUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. SUCH  ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS  SHALL  MEET  PROFES-
 SIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING STANDARDS, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04346-06-3
              

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 AND  REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT
 CARE AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR
 SUCH PURPOSE TO MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  SUCH
 GRANTS  MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOP-
 MENT, START-UP COSTS AND COSTS  INCURRED  TEACHING  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH
 CARE.
   4.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT, ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE  GOVERNOR  AND
 TO THE LEGISLATURE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL
 AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS, THE NUMBER
 OF  ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS,  AND THE REGION OF THE STATE WHERE THE ELIGIBLE
 PROVIDER IS LOCATED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  REPORT  ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO IDENTIFYING
 INFORMATION OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-g  to
 read as follows:
   §  99-G.  REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND. 1.
 THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE  COMP-
 TROLLER  AND  COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE
 KNOWN AS THE "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS  SECTION
 SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH.
   4.  THE  MONEYS  IN  SUCH  FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-NN OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.