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Senate Bill S2058

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase

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2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9175
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4400

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2058
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBB,  BROUK,  CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
   GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  KRUEGER,  LIU,
   MAY,  MYRIE,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA,  SKOUFIS  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01857-01-5

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