Extends legal protection to telehealth providers in the state of New York offering telehealth reproductive health services, regardless of the location of the patient.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1475
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, SIMON, EPSTEIN -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending legal
protection to telehealth providers in the state of New York offering
telehealth reproductive health services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2999-cc of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. "Telehealth reproductive health services" means any of the follow-
4 ing services provided via telehealth or telemedicine:
5 (a) abortion pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of
6 this chapter;
7 (b) emergency contraception as defined in section twenty-eight hundred
8 five-p of this chapter; or
9 (c) medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to the
10 human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy or
11 the termination of a pregnancy.
12 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2999-ff
13 to read as follows:
14 § 2999-ff. Telehealth reproductive health services. The provision of
15 telehealth reproductive health services by a telehealth provider located
16 at a distant site within the state of New York shall be legally
17 protected where such service is otherwise permitted under the laws of
18 the state of New York, regardless of the location of the originating
19 site.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05851-01-3
