Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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May 08, 2023 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A6823
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRUZ
Current 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
2023-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6508
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2599-bb, Pub Health L
2023-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the commissioner of health to withhold reimbursements from medical assistance programs to retail entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdiction within and subject to such federal government.
2023-A6823 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6823 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to withholding fund- ing from certain entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2599-bb of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO WITHHOLD ANY AND ALL FUNDS DUE TO ANY RETAIL ENTITY REIMBURSED FROM A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE WOMEN THAT DECLINES TO MAKE AVAILABLE, DISPENSE, DISTRIBUTE, OR SELL A PRODUCT APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD BLOCK, PREVENT, OR OTHERWISE NEGATE A PREGNANCY IN ANY JURISDIC- TION WITHIN AND SUBJECT TO SUCH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ELECT TO DETERMINE TO WITHHOLD SUCH FUNDS DUE TO THE ACTS OF A RETAIL ENTITY DOING BUSINESS IN ANOTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION WHICH HAS A COMMON OWNERSHIP OR BRAND WITH A RETAIL ENTITY DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10410-01-3
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