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                                   6571
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   comprehensive sexual and reproductive health program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "comprehen-
 sive sexual and reproductive health program".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 25-C  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 25-C
           COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM
 SECTION 2599-DD. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM.
   § 2599-DD. COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM. 1. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A)  "COMPREHENSIVE  SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE" SHALL MEAN A
 RANGE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION THAT  POSITIVELY  SUPPORTS
 AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BE-
 ING IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION.
   (B)  "PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH PROGRAM.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUC-
 TIVE HEALTH PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL  PROVIDE  FUNDING  TO  PROVIDERS
 WHOSE  PRIMARY  FUNCTION IS TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL
 AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND  INFORMATION  FOR  LOW-INCOME,
 UNINSURED  AND  UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED
 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROVIDERS  TO  FACILITATE  ACCESS  TO  CARE,  FUND
 UNCOMPENSATED  CARE,  AND  SUPPORT  COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF COMPREHENSIVE
 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING THE  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 CONSULT  A  RANGE  OF  EXPERTS WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AND/OR EXPAND
 ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND  REPRODUCTIVE  CARE,  TO  ENSURE  THE
 PROGRAM  STRUCTURE  AND  EXPENDITURES  ARE  REFLECTIVE  OF  THE NEEDS OF
 PROVIDERS  AND  CONSUMERS.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.
   4. FUNDING USED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  PURSUANT  TO  FUNDS
 APPROPRIATED  BY  THE LEGISLATURE AND PURSUANT TO SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS OF
 LAW AND SHALL BE, AT MINIMUM, EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED ON  APRIL
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  INCLUDING  ANY FEDERAL FUNDING, FOR
 SIMILAR PURPOSES PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT INCREASE TO SUCH  FUND-
 ING  ANNUALLY.  SUCH  FUNDING  SHALL ALSO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE COST OF
 ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM AND FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 ARTICLE.  THE LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  REVIEW AND APPROVAL ANNUALLY THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET PROC-
 ESS.
   § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part
 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to
 be  invalid,  such  judgment  shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
 remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
 sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly  involved  in  the
 controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.