S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3279
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to establishing a reproductive health services training grant
   program
 
   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
 2807-nn to read as follows:
   §  2807-NN.  REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" MEANS  AN  INTERN  OR
 RESIDENT  WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  A  HOSPITAL OR OTHERWISE ENROLLED IN AN
 ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL ESTABLISH A  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES
 TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.  SUCH  GRANT  PROGRAM  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF  TWO  TO  SIX  WEEKS OF CLINICAL TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS FOR CLIN-
 ICAL TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION  AND  RELATED  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES  AND  SHALL  OTHERWISE  MEET  PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED
 TRAINING STANDARDS AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  FOR
 SUCH  PURPOSE  TO  MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH
 GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND  DEVELOP-
 MENT,  START-UP  COSTS  AND  COSTS INCURRED TEACHING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 CARE  IN  HOSPITAL-BASED  PROGRAMS  OR  NON-HOSPITAL-BASED  CARE  SITES,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATION AND TRAINEE
 RELATED EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENSES JUDGED REASONABLE AND  NECESSARY  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION, "TRAINEE RELATED EXPENSES"
 SHALL INCLUDE A TRAVEL AND HOUSING STIPEND PAID TO EACH INTERN OR  RESI-
 DENT IF DEEMED NECESSARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-qq to
 read as follows:
   §  99-QQ. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS  SECTION
 SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH.
   4.  THE  MONEYS  IN  SUCH  FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-NN OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.

                             
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                                  3279--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES,
   BURDICK, BURGOS, PAULIN, SIMON, WOERNER, LEVENBERG,  KELLES,  CUNNING-
   HAM,  DE LOS SANTOS,  OTIS,  O'DONNELL,  GLICK,  McMAHON, TAPIA, RAGA,
   SIMONE, SHRESTHA -- 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  establishing  a
   reproductive  health services training grant program; and to amend the
   state finance law, in relation to establishing the reproductive health
   training and education fund
 
   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
 2807-nn to read as follows:
   § 2807-NN. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM.
 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANT"  MEANS  ANY  LICENSEE FOR WHOM PERFORMING
 ABORTION CARE IS WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE AND IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
 TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PHYSICIAN,  A
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  LICENSED  MIDWIFE, OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, OR AN
 INTERN OR RESIDENT WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A HOSPITAL OR  OTHERWISE  ENROLLED
 IN AN ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM;
   (B)  "PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN A REPRODUCTIVE   HEALTH  SERVICES TRAINING
 AND EDUCATION  GRANT PROGRAM; AND
   (C) "ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS"  SHALL  MEAN  COMMUNITY-BASED  ORGANIZATIONS
 PROVIDING  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  CARE,  HOSPITAL-BASED  SITES  PROVIDING
 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, CONTINUING EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  FOR  QUALIFIED
 PROVIDERS   THROUGH  PROFESSIONAL  ASSOCIATIONS  OR  CLINICAL  EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL ESTABLISH A  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES
 TRAINING  AND  EDUCATION  GRANT  PROGRAM  FOR  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 RECEIVE CLINICAL TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE  OF  ABORTION  AND  RELATED
 REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES.  SUCH  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS SHALL MEET
 PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING  STANDARDS,  COMPLY  WITH  APPLICABLE
 STATE  LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY
 CONGRUENT CARE AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  FOR
 SUCH  PURPOSE  TO  MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH
 GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND  DEVELOP-
 MENT,  START-UP  COSTS  AND  COSTS INCURRED TEACHING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 CARE.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT, ON  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVERNOR AND
 TO THE LEGISLATURE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL
 AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS, THE NUMBER
 OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE  WHERE  THE  ELIGIBLE
 PROVIDER  IS  LOCATED.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  SECTION OF LAW, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REPORT ANY  INFORMATION  RELATED  TO  IDENTIFYING
 INFORMATION OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-qq to
 read as follows:
   §  99-QQ. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND
 COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS  SECTION
 SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH.
   4.  THE  MONEYS  IN  SUCH  FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-NN OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.

                             
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                                  3279--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  SEAWRIGHT,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES,
   BURDICK, BURGOS, PAULIN, SIMON, WOERNER, LEVENBERG,  KELLES,  CUNNING-
   HAM,  DE LOS SANTOS,  OTIS,  O'DONNELL,  GLICK,  McMAHON, TAPIA, RAGA,
   SIMONE, SHRESTHA, JACOBSON, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, SHIMSKY -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and  Means  in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing a reproductive health services training and
   education grant program
 
   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
 2807-nn to read as follows:
   § 2807-NN. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND  EDUCATION  GRANT
 PROGRAM. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO A PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER, MIDWIFE, OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, FOR WHOM PERFORMING
 ABORTION CARE IS WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE OR AN INTERN OR RESIDENT
 WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  BY  A HOSPITAL OR OTHERWISE ENROLLED IN AN ACCREDITED
 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM;
   (B) "PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES  TRAINING  AND
 EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM; AND
   (C)  "ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS"  SHALL  MEAN  COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
 PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, CONTINUING  EDUCATION  PROGRAMS  FOR
 QUALIFIED PROVIDERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OR CLINICAL EDUCA-
 TION PROGRAMS.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
 TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR  ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS  TO  TRAIN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPANTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION AND RELATED REPRO-
 DUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. SUCH  ELIGIBLE  PROVIDERS  SHALL  MEET  PROFES-
 SIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING STANDARDS, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW
 AND  REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT
 CARE AND IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED,  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  FOR
 SUCH  PURPOSE  TO  MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH
 GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND  DEVELOP-
 MENT,  START-UP  COSTS  AND  COSTS INCURRED TEACHING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 CARE.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT, ON  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO
 THE  LEGISLATURE  WHICH  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL
 AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS, THE NUMBER
 OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE  WHERE  THE  ELIGIBLE
 PROVIDER  IS  LOCATED.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REPORT ANY  INFORMATION  RELATED  TO  IDENTIFYING
 INFORMATION OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-g to
 read as follows:
   § 99-G. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION  FUND.  1.
 THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER AND COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL  FUND  TO  BE
 KNOWN AS THE "REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER  FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO
 THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. MONEYS SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH.
   4. THE MONEYS IN SUCH FUND SHALL  BE  EXPENDED  FOR  THE  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-NN  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.