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                                   1683
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
   "public university emergency contraception education act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Legislative findings and intent.  The  legislature  finds
 that  access  to  emergency  contraception  is  a basic measure that can
 prevent college students from having an unwanted pregnancy. The  federal
 Food  and  Drug Administration has approved the use of emergency contra-
 ception as safe and effective in the prevention of pregnancy.  Emergency
 contraception  has  been found to have no effect on an established preg-
 nancy. Medical research strongly indicates  that  the  sooner  emergency
 contraception  is  administered,  the better the chance of preventing an
 unwanted pregnancy.  Therefore, the legislature deems it essential  that
 each  college and university of the state university of New York and the
 city university of New York provide information on emergency  contracep-
 tion  to its students and makes it available to any student who seeks it
 whenever practicable and in accordance with applicable law  and  profes-
 sional standards of practice.
   §  2.  Short  title.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the
 "public university emergency contraception education act".
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
   (T)  A  STATEWIDE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION COLLEGE EDUCATION AND AWARE-
 NESS PROGRAM.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "EMERGENCY  CONTRACEP-
 TION"  SHALL  MEAN ONE OR MORE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, USED SEPARATELY OR IN
 COMBINATION, IN A DOSAGE AND MANNER FOR PREVENTING PREGNANCY  WHEN  USED
 AFTER  INTERCOURSE,  FOUND SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR THAT USE BY THE UNITED
 STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPENSED FOR THAT  PURPOSE  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02070-02-5
              

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   THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP, PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE TO EVERY COLLEGE
 AND UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY  UNIVER-
 SITY  OF  NEW  YORK  INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND POSTERS RELATING TO THE
 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION,  TO  BE  CONSPICUOUSLY
 DISPLAYED AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS AROUND EACH CAMPUS AND DISTRIBUTED TO
 STUDENTS  IN  A  MANNER TO BE DETERMINED BY EACH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.
 THE MATERIALS AND POSTERS SHALL EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF EMERGENCY  CONTRA-
 CEPTION,  INCLUDING  THAT  IT IS DEEMED SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
 PREGNANCY BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,  AND  CANNOT  AND
 DOES NOT CAUSE ABORTIONS.
   IN  IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 CONSULT WITH REPRESENTATIVES  OF  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,
 STUDENTS AND APPROPRIATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.