Assembly Actions -
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Aug 12, 2022 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A10679
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GONZALEZ-ROJAS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A10679 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §319, Ed L
2021-A10679 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that all student health centers on college and university campuses in the state offer medication abortion services and any additional techniques or processes that are associated with medication abortion onsite to students attending such colleges and universities free of charge.
2021-A10679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10679 I N A S S E M B L Y August 12, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro- jas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring free access to medication abortion services to all students on college and univer- sity campuses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read as follows: § 319. FREE ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION SERVICES ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "STUDENT HEALTH CENTER" SHALL MEAN A CLINIC PROVIDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO STUDENTS. (B) "MEDICATION ABORTION" SHALL MEAN THE PROCESS OF USING MEDICATION TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENT HEALTH CENTERS ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES IN THE STATE OFFER MEDICATION ABORTION SERVICES AND ANY ADDI- TIONAL TECHNIQUES OR PROCESSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICATION ABORTION ONSITE TO STUDENTS ATTENDING SUCH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FREE OF CHARGE. 3. SUCH MEDICATION ABORTION SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON STAFF AT SUCH STUDENT HEALTH CENTERS OR BY A THIRD PARTY WHO HAS CONTRACTED WITH A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE SUCH MEDICAL SERVICES. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16114-01-2
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