Assembly Bill A778

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A778 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §267-c, Pub Health L

2025-A778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices; requires such informational pamphlet to be available on the department of health's website; requires practitioners to distribute such informational pamphlet to patients seeking contraceptives.

2025-A778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    778
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   department  of  health  to create an informational pamphlet concerning
   intrauterine devices

   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
 267-c to read as follows:
   § 267-C. INFORMATION CONCERNING INTRAUTERINE DEVICES. 1.  THE  DEPART-
 MENT SHALL DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET FOR INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERING
 INTRAUTERINE  DEVICES.  SUCH  PAMPHLET  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, INFORMATION CONCERNING:
   (A) THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH  INTRAUTERINE
 DEVICES;
   (B) THE INSERTION AND REMOVAL PROCESS OF INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, INCLUD-
 ING  THE  POTENTIAL  FOR PAIN DURING AND AFTER THE PROCEDURE AND MEDICA-
 TIONS THAT MAY BE USED TO PREVENT OR MANAGE SUCH PAIN;
   (C) THE RECOVERY PROCESS FOLLOWING THE INSERTION  OF  AN  INTRAUTERINE
 DEVICE;
   (D) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; AND
   (E)  ALTERNATIVE  CONTRACEPTIVE  METHODS  AVAILABLE  IF  AN INDIVIDUAL
 DETERMINES AN INTRAUTERINE DEVICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR  SUCH  INDIVID-
 UAL.
   2.  SUCH  INFORMATIONAL  PAMPHLET  SHALL  BE  WRITTEN  IN  LAYPERSON'S
 LANGUAGE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND THE SIX MOST  COMMON
 NON-ENGLISH  LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFI-
 CIENCY IN NEW YORK STATE AS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT CENSUS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02572-01-5
 A. 778                              2

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