S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3060--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 27, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BRISPORT, BROUK, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYL-
MAN-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 -- 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 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,
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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.