NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A3279C

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 15, 2024	print number 3279c
Jul 15, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
Feb 29, 2024	print number 3279b
Feb 29, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
Jan 03, 2024	referred to ways and means
May 09, 2023	reported referred to ways and means
Apr 26, 2023	print number 3279a
Apr 26, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to health
Feb 02, 2023	referred to health

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2023-A3279 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3060
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2599-bb-2, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: A2439, S1438

2023-A3279 - Summary

Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to ensure health care providers receive adequate training in abortion care.

2023-A3279 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to establishing a reproductive health services training 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 TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" MEANS  AN  INTERN  OR
 RESIDENT  WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  A  HOSPITAL OR OTHERWISE ENROLLED IN AN
 ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL ESTABLISH A  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES
 TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.  SUCH  GRANT  PROGRAM  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF  TWO  TO  SIX  WEEKS OF CLINICAL TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS FOR CLIN-
 ICAL TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION  AND  RELATED  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES  AND  SHALL  OTHERWISE  MEET  PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED
 TRAINING STANDARDS AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   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  IN  HOSPITAL-BASED  PROGRAMS  OR  NON-HOSPITAL-BASED  CARE  SITES,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINEE
 RELATED EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENSES JUDGED REASONABLE AND  NECESSARY  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION, "TRAINEE RELATED EXPENSES"
 SHALL INCLUDE A TRAVEL AND HOUSING STIPEND PAID TO EACH INTERN OR  RESI-
 DENT IF DEEMED NECESSARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04346-01-3

 A. 3279                             2
 
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-qq to
 read as follows:
   §  99-QQ. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 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 COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 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.

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2023-A3279A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3060
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2599-bb-2, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: A2439, S1438

2023-A3279A - Summary

Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to ensure health care providers receive adequate training in abortion care.

2023-A3279A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3279--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES,
   BURDICK, BURGOS, PAULIN, SIMON, WOERNER, LEVENBERG,  KELLES,  CUNNING-
   HAM,  DE LOS SANTOS,  OTIS,  O'DONNELL,  GLICK,  McMAHON, TAPIA, RAGA,
   SIMONE, SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Health
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   reproductive  health services training grant program; and to amend the
   state finance law, in relation to establishing the reproductive health
   training and education fund
 
   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 TRAINING AND EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANT"  MEANS  ANY  LICENSEE FOR WHOM PERFORMING
 ABORTION CARE IS WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE AND IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
 TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PHYSICIAN,  A
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  LICENSED  MIDWIFE, OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, 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,  HOSPITAL-BASED  SITES  PROVIDING
 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, CONTINUING EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  FOR  QUALIFIED
 PROVIDERS   THROUGH  PROFESSIONAL  ASSOCIATIONS  OR  CLINICAL  EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL ESTABLISH A  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES
 TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04346-03-3

 A. 3279--A                          2
 
 RECEIVE CLINICAL TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE  OF  ABORTION  AND  RELATED
 REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES.  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS SHALL MEET
 PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING  STANDARDS,  COMPLY  WITH  APPLICABLE
 STATE  LAW 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  SECTION 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-qq to
 read as follows:
   §  99-QQ. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 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 COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 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.

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2023-A3279B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3060
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2599-bb-2, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: A2439, S1438

2023-A3279B - Summary

Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to ensure health care providers receive adequate training in abortion care.

2023-A3279B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3279--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES,
   BURDICK, BURGOS, PAULIN, SIMON, WOERNER, LEVENBERG,  KELLES,  CUNNING-
   HAM,  DE LOS SANTOS,  OTIS,  O'DONNELL,  GLICK,  McMAHON, TAPIA, RAGA,
   SIMONE, SHRESTHA, JACOBSON, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and  Means  in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04346-08-4

 A. 3279--B                          2
 
 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
 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-FOUR 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.

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2023-A3279C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3060
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2599-bb-2, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: A2439, S1438

2023-A3279C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to ensure health care providers receive adequate training in abortion care.

2023-A3279C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3279--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES,
   BURDICK, BURGOS, PAULIN, SIMON, WOERNER, LEVENBERG,  KELLES,  CUNNING-
   HAM,  DE LOS SANTOS,  OTIS,  O'DONNELL,  GLICK,  McMAHON, TAPIA, RAGA,
   SIMONE, SHRESTHA, JACOBSON, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY, ARDILA, LEE
   -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health 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
 2599-bb-2 to read as follows:
   § 2599-BB-2. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT
 PROGRAM. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANT"  SHALL  MEAN ANY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER
 AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM ABORTION  CARE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE-BB  OF THIS ARTICLE 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;
   (C) "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR" SHALL MEAN  COMMUNITY-BASED  ORGANIZATIONS
 PROVIDING  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  CARE, CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR
 QUALIFIED PROVIDERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OR CLINICAL EDUCA-
 TION PROGRAMS THAT MEET PROFESSIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  TRAINING  STANDARDS,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04346-11-4
 A. 3279--C                          2

 
 COMPLY  WITH  APPLICABLE  STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND ARE CAPABLE OF
 PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT CARE AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING; AND
   (D)  "ABORTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-BB OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE  DEPARTMENT  A  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES  TRAINING  AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM TO ENSURE HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS RECEIVE ADEQUATE TRAINING IN ABORTION CARE.  THE  PROGRAM
 SHALL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS THAT PROVIDE OR FACILI-
 TATE  CLINICAL  EDUCATION  RELATED  TO  ABORTION  CARE AND OTHER RELATED
 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE
 SUPPORT TO CLINICAL EDUCATORS IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION,
 AND  TO  ADDRESS  THE  SUPPORT  NEEDS  OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ADDITIONAL
 TRAINING ON ABORTION CARE. FUNDING USED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DISTRIBUTE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS
 PURPOSE UNDER THIS SECTION. IN DETERMINING FUNDING FOR APPLICANTS  UNDER
 THE  GRANT PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CRITE-
 RIA AND GOALS:
   (A) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. FUNDS MAY  BE  AWARDED  TO
 SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF CLINICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS,
 FACULTY  RECRUITMENT  AND  DEVELOPMENT,  AND  THE EXPANSION OF RESIDENCY
 PROGRAMS TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL PLACEMENTS.
   (B) ADDRESSING  PRACTICAL  SUPPORT  NEEDS  OF  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS.
 FUNDS  MAY  BE  AWARDED  TO SUPPORT AN ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT IN OBTAINING
 CLINICAL EDUCATION  ON  ABORTION  CARE  AND  OTHER  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH
 SERVICES,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TRAVEL
 AND LODGING ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENDING A PROGRAM.
   4. IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING THE  PROGRAM,  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 CONSULT  A  RANGE OF EXPERTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIVIDUALS
 AND ENTITIES PROVIDING ABORTION CARE, ABORTION FUNDS, AND  OTHER  ORGAN-
 IZATIONS  WHOSE  MISSION IS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE, TO ENSURE
 THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND EXPENDITURES REFLECT  THE  NEEDS  OF  ABORTION
 PROVIDERS, ABORTION FUNDS AND CONSUMERS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY MAKE REGU-
 LATIONS NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
   5.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT NO LATER THAN TWELVE MONTHS
 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION 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  PARTIC-
 IPANTS,  THE  NUMBER  OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE
 WHERE THE ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS  ARE  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. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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