Senate Bill S8336

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure by crisis pregnancy centers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8336 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5911
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2509, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3638
2011-2012: A3328
2013-2014: A3748
2015-2016: A4055
2019-2020: S2264, A2352
2021-2022: A9122

2017-S8336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires disclosure by crisis pregnancy centers to clients that such center will not provide abortion or birth control services or make a referral for such services, and that such center is not a licensed medical provider; such notice shall be conducted upon first communication or first contact with the client and shall be either in a written statement or oral communication by staff assisting the client.

2017-S8336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8336
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  disclo-
   sure by crisis pregnancy centers
 
   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
 2509 to read as follows:
   §  2509.  CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER; DISCLOSURE. 1. ANY CRISIS PREGNANCY
 CENTER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE TO A  CLIENT  THAT  WHEN  INQUIRING
 ABOUT PREGNANCY TERMINATION, ABORTION OR BIRTH CONTROL, SUCH CENTER WILL
 NOT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES OR MAKE A REFERRAL FOR SUCH SERVICES.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION "CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER" MEANS AN
 ORGANIZATION WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE  PREGNANCY  COUNSELING,
 ASSISTANCE  AND/OR  INFORMATION, WHETHER FOR A FEE OR AS A FREE SERVICE,
 BUT DOES NOT PERFORM ABORTIONS OR REFER FOR ABORTIONS. "CRISIS PREGNANCY
 CENTER" DOES NOT INCLUDE  LICENSED  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  HOSPITALS,
 FAMILY  PLANNING  CLINICS  THAT  PROVIDE  OR  REFER  FOR ABORTION AND/OR
 CONTRACEPTION, OR FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL  TITLE  X
 FUNDS.
   3. THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 CONDUCTED  UPON  FIRST COMMUNICATION OR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE CLIENT OR
 POTENTIAL CLIENT AND SHALL BE EITHER IN  A  WRITTEN  STATEMENT  OR  ORAL
 COMMUNICATION  BY  STAFF ASSISTING THE POTENTIAL CLIENT. SUCH DISCLOSURE
 SHALL FURTHER BE REASONABLY UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE CLIENT.
   4. ANY PERSON WHO BELIEVES  THAT  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SECTION  HAS
 OCCURRED MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF
 RECEIVING  SUCH COMPLAINT, THE DEPARTMENT MUST INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT
 AND DETERMINE WHETHER A VIOLATION HAS OCCURRED.
   5. ANY CRISIS  PREGNANCY  CENTER  VIOLATING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS ON THE FIRST VIOLATION AND  NOT  MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY
 DOLLARS ON THE SECOND AND ALL SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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