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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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778--A
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 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
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 types of intrauterine devices available, their use in pregnan-
8 cy prevention and the management of medical conditions, and how they
9 differ from each other;
10 (b) the potential risks and side effects associated with intrauterine
11 devices;
12 (c) the insertion and removal process of intrauterine devices, includ-
13 ing the potential for pain during and after the procedure and medica-
14 tions that may be used to prevent or manage such pain;
15 (d) the recovery process following the insertion of an intrauterine
16 device;
17 (e) the effectiveness of intrauterine devices; and
18 (f) alternative contraceptive methods available if an individual
19 determines an intrauterine device is not appropriate for such individ-
20 ual.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. Such informational pamphlet shall be written in layperson's
2 language and shall be made available in English and the six most common
3 non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited English profi-
4 ciency in New York state as based on the most recent census.
5 3. Such informational pamphlet shall be made available on the depart-
6 ment's website as a printable file and may also be made available for
7 order as a printed deliverable on the department's website.
8 4. Practitioners shall distribute such informational pamphlet to
9 patients seeking contraceptives or interested in discussing contracep-
10 tive methods.
11 5. For purposes of this section, "practitioner" means a health care
12 professional licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to practice
13 under the education law, acting within the scope of practice.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
