Assembly Bill A9175

                             
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                                   9175
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring institutions
   within the state university of New York and the city university of New
   York to have at least one vending machine on campus which makes  emer-
   gency contraception available for purchase
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES  SHALL  ADOPT  A  POLICY  FOR  THE
 PROVISION  OF  EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH AT
 LEAST ONE VENDING MACHINE, EXISTING OR NEW, LOCATED ON EACH  STATE-OPER-
 ATED  INSTITUTION  IN  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY OFFERING IN-PERSON STUDENT
 INSTRUCTION.   THE VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE  LOCATED  IN  A  SECURE  AND
 ACCESSIBLE AREA OF CAMPUS.  THE LOCATION OF THE VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE
 INCLUDED ON THE INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   (A)  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION  MADE  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  EACH  VENDING
 MACHINE SHALL SATISFY, AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (I) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE SOLD ONLY IN THE  MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S  CLEARLY LABELED, ORIGINAL, UNBROKEN, TAMPER-PROOF, AND EXPIRATION-
 DATED PACKAGING.
   (II) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION MAY NOT BE OLDER THAN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S EXPIRATION DATE.
   (III) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE STORED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EMERGENCY CONTRA-
 CEPTION" MEANS OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION TO BE SELF-ADMINISTERED  THAT
 IS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN SIGNIF-
 ICANTLY  REDUCE  THE RISK OF PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THE PROVISION
 OF  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH AT LEAST ONE
 VENDING MACHINE, EXISTING OR NEW, LOCATED ON  EACH  INSTITUTION  OF  THE
 CITY  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OFFERING IN-PERSON STUDENT INSTRUCTION. THE
 VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE LOCATED IN A  SECURE  AND  ACCESSIBLE  AREA  OF
 CAMPUS.    THE  LOCATION OF THE VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE INCLUDED ON THE
 INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   (A)  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION  MADE  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  EACH  VENDING
 MACHINE SHALL SATISFY, AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (I)  THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE SOLD ONLY IN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S CLEARLY LABELED, ORIGINAL, UNBROKEN, TAMPER-PROOF, AND  EXPIRATION-
 DATED PACKAGING.
   (II) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION MAY NOT BE OLDER THAN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S EXPIRATION DATE.
   (III)  THE  EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EMERGENCY  CONTRA-
 CEPTION"  MEANS OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION TO BE SELF-ADMINISTERED THAT
 IS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN SIGNIF-
 ICANTLY REDUCE THE RISK OF PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS
 AFTER UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
   §  3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026. The boards of trustees
 for the state university of New York and the city university of New York
 shall adopt policies to implement the provisions of this act  within  60
 days after this act shall have become a law.