S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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928--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- 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 funding for
abortion services and travel-related expenses for New York state resi-
dents that are active duty members of the armed forces of the United
States, or the spouse or dependent of such member
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2599-bb-1 of the public health law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) FUNDING ABORTION SERVICES, INCLUDING SURGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL
ABORTIONS, AND ANY NECESSARY TRAVEL-RELATED EXPENSES INCURRED BY A RESI-
DENT OF THE STATE WHO IS AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED STATES, OR WHO IS A SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT OF SUCH MEMBER, WHEN
SUCH PERSON IS LOCATED WITHIN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND
WHERE SUCH SERVICES COULD NOT LEGALLY BE OBTAINED, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED
BY ANY OTHER INSURANCE OR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
WHEN SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, OR AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ACTING
WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER'S LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation 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.
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