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                                   7084
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   search  engines and social media networks to include a consumer notice
   on limited services pregnancy center listings and posts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 394-cccc to read as follows:
   §  394-CCCC. SEARCH ENGINE CONSUMER NOTICES FOR LIMITED SERVICES PREG-
 NANCY CENTERS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "LIMITED SERVICES PREGNANCY CENTER" SHALL MEAN A FACILITY OR ENTI-
 TY,  INCLUDING  A  MOBILE  FACILITY,  THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO
 PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS WHO ARE OR MAY BE PREGNANT,  THAT  DOES  NOT
 PROVIDE  OR  REFER  FOR THE FULL RANGE OF COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE AND
 SEXUAL HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES  REIMBURSED  UNDER  THE  STATE'S  MEDICAID
 PROGRAM.    "LIMITED SERVICES PREGNANCY CENTER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE HEALTH
 CARE FACILITIES LICENSED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNDER ARTICLE  TWENTY-
 EIGHT  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ARTICLES THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF
 THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, NOR ENTITIES WHOSE PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO FACIL-
 ITATE ADOPTION.
   (B) "SEARCH ENGINE" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM THAT SEARCHES FOR AND IDENTI-
 FIES ITEMS IN A DATABASE THAT CORRESPOND TO KEYWORDS OR CHARACTERS SPEC-
 IFIED BY THE USER, USED  ESPECIALLY  FOR  FINDING  PARTICULAR  SITES  OR
 SERVICES  ON  THE  INTERNET  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 GOOGLE, YAHOO AND BING.
   (C) "SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK" SHALL MEAN AN INTERNET  PLATFORM  WHICH  IS
 DESIGNED  TO  ENABLE  USERS  TO SHARE ANY CONTENT WITH OTHER USERS OR TO
 MAKE SUCH CONTENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09532-01-3
 A. 7084                             2
              

 
 LIMITED  TO, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, TUMBLR AND
 FLICKR.
   2.  (A) EVERY SEARCH ENGINE, WHEN RESPONDING TO A SEARCH AND PROVIDING
 INFORMATION FOR  LISTINGS  OF  ABORTION  OR  PREGNANCY  CARE,  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  TO  IDENTIFY  AND  PROVIDE A NOTICE TO A USER OR CONSUMER IN A
 CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER THAT CERTAIN FACILITIES LISTED ARE  LIMITED
 SERVICES PREGNANCY CENTERS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS,
 AND DO NOT HAVE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ONSITE.
   (B)  EVERY  SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK SHALL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE A NOTICE
 WITH ANY POST BY A LIMITED SERVICES PREGNANCY  CENTER  IN  A  CLEAR  AND
 CONSPICUOUS MANNER TO ALL USERS THAT SUCH FACILITY IS A LIMITED SERVICES
 PREGNANCY CENTER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER, AND DOES
 NOT HAVE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ONSITE.
   3.  SUCH  NOTICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE ADDED TO ALL LIMITED SERVICES
 PREGNANCY CENTER LISTINGS AS WELL AS TO ADVERTISEMENTS PURCHASED BY SUCH
 CENTERS THAT APPEAR  IN  SEARCH  ENGINE  RESULTS  AND  ON  SOCIAL  MEDIA
 NETWORKS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.