Bill Text: NY A00778 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to health [A00778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00778-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           778

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
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        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:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  267-c to read as follows:
     3    § 267-c. Information concerning intrauterine devices. 1.  The  depart-
     4  ment shall develop an informational pamphlet for individuals considering
     5  intrauterine  devices.  Such  pamphlet  shall  include, but shall not be
     6  limited to, information concerning:
     7    (a) the potential risks and side effects associated with  intrauterine
     8  devices;
     9    (b) the insertion and removal process of intrauterine devices, includ-
    10  ing  the  potential  for pain during and after the procedure and medica-
    11  tions that may be used to prevent or manage such pain;
    12    (c) the recovery process following the insertion  of  an  intrauterine
    13  device;
    14    (d) the effectiveness of intrauterine devices; and
    15    (e)  alternative  contraceptive  methods  available  if  an individual
    16  determines an intrauterine device is not appropriate for  such  individ-
    17  ual.
    18    2.  Such  informational  pamphlet  shall  be  written  in  layperson's
    19  language and shall be made available in English and the six most  common
    20  non-English  languages spoken by individuals with limited English profi-
    21  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.
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        A. 778                              2

     1    3. Such informational pamphlet shall be made available on the  depart-
     2  ment's  website  as  a printable file and may also be made available for
     3  order as a printed deliverable on the department's website.
     4    4.  Practitioners  shall  distribute  such  informational  pamphlet to
     5  patients seeking contraceptives or interested in  discussing  contracep-
     6  tive methods.
     7    5.  For  purposes  of this section, "practitioner" means a health care
     8  professional licensed, certified or  otherwise  authorized  to  practice
     9  under the education law, acting within the scope of practice.
    10    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.