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Assembly Bill A6497

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York provide access to contraceptive drugs and devices

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2023-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6438-b, Ed L

2023-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state university of New York and the city university of New York provide access to contraceptive drugs and devices.

2023-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6497
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  the  state
   university  of  New  York  and the city university of New York provide
   access to contraceptive drugs and devices

   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 section 6438-b
 to read as follows:
   §  6438-B.  ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS AND DEVICES. EVERY CAMPUS OF
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND EVERY CAMPUS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY
 OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS AND  DEVICES  TO
 ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT SUCH INSTITUTIONS BY EITHER:
   1.  EMPLOYING  OR  CONTRACTING WITH INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO DISPENSE
 AND PRESCRIBE CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS AND DEVICES WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL  SCOPE
 OF PRACTICE PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   2.  PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO LOCAL PROVID-
 ERS AUTHORIZED TO DISPENSE AND PRESCRIBE CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS AND DEVICES
 WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE PURSUANT TO TITLE  EIGHT  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect August 1, 2023. 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.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10404-01-3

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