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Assembly Bill A352

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Withholds funding from certain entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy

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2025-A352 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2599-bb, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6823

2025-A352 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to withhold reimbursements from medical assistance programs to retail entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdiction within and subject to such federal government.

2025-A352 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    352
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to withholding  fund-
   ing  from  certain  entities  who decline to make available, dispense,
   distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which
   would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2599-bb  of  the public health law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO WITHHOLD ANY AND ALL FUNDS DUE TO
 ANY RETAIL ENTITY REIMBURSED  FROM  A  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  FOR
 INCOME  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUALS THAT DECLINES TO MAKE AVAILABLE, DISPENSE,
 DISTRIBUTE, OR SELL A PRODUCT APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  WHICH
 WOULD  BLOCK,  PREVENT, OR OTHERWISE NEGATE A PREGNANCY IN ANY JURISDIC-
 TION WITHIN AND SUBJECT TO SUCH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE COMMISSIONER MAY
 ELECT TO DETERMINE TO WITHHOLD SUCH FUNDS DUE TO THE ACTS  OF  A  RETAIL
 ENTITY  DOING  BUSINESS  IN  ANOTHER  STATE  OR JURISDICTION WHICH HAS A
 COMMON OWNERSHIP OR BRAND WITH A RETAIL ENTITY DOING  BUSINESS  IN  THIS
 STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01194-01-5

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