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                                   1386
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  providing  student
   onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article  129-C
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 129-C
 STUDENT ONBOARDING AND ONGOING EDUCATION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
 SECTION 6450. STUDENT  ONBOARDING  AND ONGOING EDUCATION ON REPRODUCTIVE
                 HEALTH SERVICES.
   § 6450. STUDENT  ONBOARDING  AND  ONGOING  EDUCATION  ON  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES.  1.  AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) ABORTION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-BB OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   (II)   EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED FIVE-P OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW; AND
   (III)   MEDICAL, SURGICAL, COUNSELING OR REFERRAL SERVICES RELATING TO
 THE HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, INCLUDING SERVICES RELATING TO  PREGNANCY
 OR THE TERMINATION OF A PREGNANCY.
   B.  "CODE  OF  CONDUCT"  SHALL MEAN THE WRITTEN POLICIES ADOPTED BY AN
 INSTITUTION GOVERNING STUDENT  BEHAVIOR,  RIGHTS,  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES
 WHILE SUCH STUDENT IS MATRICULATED IN THE INSTITUTION.
   C. "INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CHARTERED BY THE
 REGENTS OR INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT MAINTAINS
 A CAMPUS IN NEW YORK.
   2.  EVERY  INSTITUTION  SHALL ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT ONBOARDING
 AND ONGOING EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF  THE  INSTITUTION'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 COMMUNITY  ON  THE  RIGHT  TO  AND  AVAILABILITY  OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 SERVICES IN THE STATE.
   3.  INCLUDED  IN  THIS  CAMPAIGN  SHALL  BE A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL NEW
 FIRST-YEAR AND TRANSFER STUDENTS  SHALL,  DURING  THE  COURSE  OF  THEIR
 ONBOARDING  TO  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  INSTITUTION,  RECEIVE INFORMATION AND
 RESOURCES ON THE FOLLOWING, USING A METHOD AND MANNER APPROPRIATE TO THE
 INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF EACH INSTITUTION:
   A. WHERE THE NEAREST REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ARE LOCATED;
   B. WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE  TO  A  STUDENT  SEEKING  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND
 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; AND
   C. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO A  STUDENT  THROUGH  THE
 INSTITUTION, IF APPLICABLE.
   4.  EVERY INSTITUTION SHALL PROVIDE SUCH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCES
 TO ALL NEW STUDENTS,  WHETHER  FIRST-YEAR  OR  TRANSFER,  UNDERGRADUATE,
 GRADUATE, OR PROFESSIONAL.
   5.  EVERY INSTITUTION SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH STUDENT LEADER AND OFFI-
 CER OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZED BY OR REGISTERED WITH THE INSTI-
 TUTION, AS  WELL  AS  THOSE  SEEKING  RECOGNITION  BY  THE  INSTITUTION,
 COMPLETE  TRAINING ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
 AT THE INSTITUTION.
   6. EVERY INSTITUTION SHALL ADOPT WRITTEN RULES AND REGULATIONS  IMPLE-
 MENTING THIS ARTICLE BY AMENDING ITS CODE OF CONDUCT OR OTHER COMPARABLE
 POLICIES WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO STUDENTS, MADE AVAILABLE
 ON  EACH  INSTITUTION'S  WEBSITE,  POSTED  IN CAMPUS RESIDENCE HALLS AND
 CAMPUS CENTERS WHERE APPLICABLE, AND SHALL  INCLUDE  LINKS  TO  RELEVANT
 REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICE RESOURCES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which 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.