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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A2876
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BARNWELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A2876 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 25-A §2599-aa, Pub Health L; rpld §6811 sub 8, Ed L; amd §§125.00, 125.05, 125.15, 125.20, 125.40, 125.45 & 125.55, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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A10433
2019-A2876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2876 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to enacting the reproductive health act and revising existing provisions of law regarding abortion; and to repeal certain provisions of the education law relating to the sale of contraceptives 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 article 25-A to read as follows: ARTICLE 25-A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT SECTION 2599-AA. ABORTION. § 2599-AA. ABORTION. 1. A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED, CERTI- FIED, OR AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ACTING WITH- IN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE, MAY PERFORM AN ABORTION WHEN, ACCORDING TO THE PRACTITIONER'S REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE PATIENT'S CASE: THERE IS AN ABSENCE OF FETAL VIABILITY OR THE ABORTION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT'S LIFE OR HEALTH. 2. NO REGULATION, RULE, PROVISION, OR LAW, SHALL BE MADE OR IMPLE- MENTED THAT PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN IN THE PATH OF A WOMAN SEEKING AN ABORTION OF A NONVIABLE FETUS. AN "UNDUE BURDEN" SHALL HAVE THE PURPOSE OR EFFECT OF PLACING A SUBSTANTIAL OBSTACLE IN THE PATH OF A WOMAN SEEK- ING AN ABORTION OF A NONVIABLE FETUS. § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 6811 of the education law is REPEALED. § 3. Section 125.00 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: § 125.00 Homicide defined. Homicide means conduct which causes the death of a person or [an unborn child with which a female has been pregnant for more than twen- ty-four weeks] A VIABLE FETUS under circumstances constituting murder, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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