What's happening
This bill requires SUNY and CUNY colleges to provide students with information and awareness materials about emergency contraception.
Why it matters
Improves student access to reproductive health information. by mandating that SUNY and CUNY campuses display and distribute clear, FDA-approved facts about emergency contraception, helping students make informed choices.
Clarifies the science and safety of emergency contraception. by requiring materials to explicitly state that it is safe, effective, and does not cause abortions, which addresses common misconceptions and stigma.
Requires collaboration with stakeholders. such as reproductive health providers, students, and university officials to ensure that educational materials are accurate, relevant, and appropriately distributed on campuses.
May reduce unintended pregnancies among college students. by increasing awareness of time-sensitive options and promoting timely use of emergency contraception when needed.
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Teach Emergency Contraception on Campus
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Sponsors
7 Co-sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Educate Students on Emergency Contraception
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4831
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, GALEF, O'DONNELL, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
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 Assembly, 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 contraception as safe and effective in the prevention of pregnancy. Emergency contraception has been found to have no effect on an established pregnancy. 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 contraception to its students and makes it available to any student who seeks it whenever practicable and in accordance with applicable law and professional 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 (p) to read as follows:
(p) A statewide emergency contraception college education and awareness program. For the purpose of this paragraph, "emergency contraception" 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
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States Food and Drug Administration, and dispensed for that purpose in accordance with applicable law and professional standards of practice.
The department shall develop, produce and distribute to every college and university of the state university of New York and the city university 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 contraception, 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, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
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