A08135 Summary:
BILL NO | A08135B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06013-A |
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SPONSOR | Cahill |
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COSPNSR | Seawright, Rosenthal, Galef, Glick, Jaffee, Russell, Simotas, Solages, Gottfried, Lavine, Barron, Blake, Barrett, Magnarelli, Weprin, Paulin, Moya, Abinanti, Robinson, Skoufis, Bichotte, Brindisi, Rivera, Jean-Pierre, Otis, Woerner, Hyndman |
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MLTSPNSR | Arroyo, Braunstein, Bronson, Buchwald, Cook, Duprey, Fahy, Farrell, Hooper, Lifton, Lupardo, Mayer, Mosley, Peoples-Stokes, Rozic, Schimel, Simon, Thiele, Titus |
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Amd §§3221, 4303 & 3216, Ins L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§6527, 6807, 6909 & 6951, add §6832, Ed L; amd §207, Pub Health L | |
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Enacts the "comprehensive contraception coverage act" to provide insurance coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products. |
A08135 Actions:
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06/09/2015 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2015 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/15/2016 | amend and recommit to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/15/2016 | print number 8135a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/19/2016 | amend and recommit to insurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/19/2016 | print number 8135b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/21/2016 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/21/2016 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/21/2016 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/22/2016 | advanced to third reading cal.344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/25/2016 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
A08135 Committee Votes:
Go to topA08135 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
No
Graf
No
Lopez
No
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
No
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
ER
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
No
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
ER
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
No
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Stec
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hooper
ER
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mayer
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bichotte
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonald
No
Raia
No
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
Yes
Duprey
ER
Jaffee
No
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tenney
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
No
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Brabenec
Yes
Fahy
No
Johns
ER
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kaminsky
No
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
No
Fitzpatrick
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Walter
Yes
Bronson
No
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
No
Kearns
ER
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
No
Butler
Yes
Gantt
ER
Kim
No
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
No
Garbarino
No
Kolb
No
Nojay
No
Saladino
No
Wozniak
No
Ceretto
No
Giglio
No
Lalor
ER
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
ER
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
ER
Lavine
No
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schimminger
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
ER
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
No
Corwin
No
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
ER
Sepulveda
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Linares
No
Palmesano
ER
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A08135 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8135--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, SEAWRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, GALEF, GLICK, JAFFEE, KAMINSKY, RUSSELL, SIMOTAS, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, LAVINE, BARRON, BLAKE, BARRETT, MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, BRONSON, CLARK, COOK, DUPREY, FAHY, FARRELL, HOOP- ER, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAYER, McLAUGHLIN, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROZIC, SCHIMEL, SIMON, THIELE, TITUS -- (at request of the Department of Law) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit- tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the social services law, the educa- tion law and the public health law, in relation to requiring health insurance policies to include coverage of all FDA-approved contracep- tive drugs, devices, and products, as well as voluntary sterilization procedures, contraceptive education and counseling, and related follow up services and prohibiting a health insurance policy from imposing any cost-sharing requirements or other restrictions or delays with respect to this coverage The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "comprehen- 2 sive contraception coverage act". 3 § 2. Paragraph 16 of subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance 4 law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 (16) (A) Every group or blanket policy [which provides coverage for7prescription drugs shall include coverage for the cost of contraceptive8drugs or devices approved by the federal food and drug administration or9generic equivalents approved as substitutes by such food and drug admin-EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10923-11-6A. 8135--B 2 1istration under the prescription of a health care provider legally2authorized to prescribe under title eight of the education law. The3coverage required by this section shall be included in policies and4certificates only through the addition of a rider.5(A)] that is issued, amended, renewed, effective or delivered on or 6 after January first, two thousand seventeen, shall provide coverage for 7 all of the following services and contraceptive methods: 8 (1) All FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products. 9 This includes all FDA-approved over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, 10 devices, and products as prescribed or as otherwise authorized under 11 state or federal law. The following applies to this coverage: 12 (a) where the FDA has approved one or more therapeutic and pharmaceu- 13 tical equivalent, as defined by the FDA, versions of a contraceptive 14 drug, device, or product, a group or blanket policy is not required to 15 include all such therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions in 16 its formulary, so long as at least one is included and covered without 17 cost-sharing and in accordance with this paragraph; 18 (b) if the covered therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions 19 of a drug, device, or product are not available or are deemed medically 20 inadvisable a group or blanket policy shall provide coverage for an 21 alternate therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent version of the 22 contraceptive drug, device, or product without cost-sharing; 23 (c) this coverage shall include emergency contraception without cost- 24 sharing when provided pursuant to an ordinary prescription, non-patient 25 specific regimen order, or order under section sixty-eight hundred thir- 26 ty-one of the education law and when lawfully provided other than 27 through a prescription or order; and 28 (d) this coverage must allow for the dispensing of twelve months worth 29 of a contraceptive at one time; 30 (2) Voluntary sterilization procedures; 31 (3) Patient education and counseling on contraception; and 32 (4) Follow-up services related to the drugs, devices, products, and 33 procedures covered under this paragraph, including, but not limited to, 34 management of side effects, counseling for continued adherence, and 35 device insertion and removal. 36 (B) A group or blanket policy subject to this paragraph shall not 37 impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing 38 requirement on the coverage provided pursuant to this paragraph. 39 (C) Except as otherwise authorized under this paragraph, a group or 40 blanket policy shall not impose any restrictions or delays on the cover- 41 age required under this paragraph. 42 (D) Benefits for an enrollee under this paragraph shall be the same 43 for an enrollee's covered spouse or domestic partner and covered 44 nonspouse dependents. 45 (E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a reli- 46 gious employer may request a contract without coverage for federal food 47 and drug administration approved contraceptive methods that are contrary 48 to the religious employer's religious tenets. If so requested, such 49 contract shall be provided without coverage for contraceptive methods. 50 This paragraph shall not be construed to deny an enrollee coverage of, 51 and timely access to, contraceptive methods. 52 (1) For purposes of this subsection, a "religious employer" is an 53 entity for which each of the following is true: 54 (a) The inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the entity. 55 (b) The entity primarily employs persons who share the religious 56 tenets of the entity.A. 8135--B 3 1 (c) The entity serves primarily persons who share the religious tenets 2 of the entity. 3 (d) The entity is a nonprofit organization as described in Section 4 6033(a)(2)(A)i or iii, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 5 (2) Every religious employer that invokes the exemption provided under 6 this paragraph shall provide written notice to prospective enrollees 7 prior to enrollment with the plan, listing the contraceptive health care 8 services the employer refuses to cover for religious reasons. 9 [(B) (i)] (F) (1) Where a group policyholder makes an election not to 10 purchase coverage for contraceptive drugs or devices in accordance with 11 subparagraph [(A)] (E) of this paragraph each certificateholder covered 12 under the policy issued to that group policyholder shall have the right 13 to directly purchase the rider required by this paragraph from the 14 insurer which issued the group policy at the prevailing small group 15 community rate for such rider whether or not the employee is part of a 16 small group. 17 [(ii)] (2) Where a group policyholder makes an election not to 18 purchase coverage for contraceptive drugs or devices in accordance with 19 subparagraph [(A)] (E) of this paragraph, the insurer that provides such 20 coverage shall provide written notice to certificateholders upon enroll- 21 ment with the insurer of their right to directly purchase a rider for 22 coverage for the cost of contraceptive drugs or devices. The notice 23 shall also advise the certificateholders of the additional premium for 24 such coverage. 25 [(C)] (G) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as authorizing 26 a group or blanket policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs 27 to exclude coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for reasons other 28 than contraceptive purposes. 29 [(D) Such coverage may be subject to reasonable annual deductibles and30coinsurance as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as31are consistent with those established for other drugs or devices covered32under the policy.] 33 § 3. Subsection (cc) of section 4303 of the insurance law, as added by 34 chapter 554 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 35 (cc) (1) Every contract [which provides coverage for prescription36drugs shall include coverage for the cost of contraceptive drugs or37devices approved by the federal food and drug administration or generic38equivalents approved as substitutes by such food and drug administration39under the prescription of a health care provider legally authorized to40prescribe under title eight of the education law. The coverage required41by this section shall be included in contracts and certificates only42through the addition of a rider.43(1)] that is issued, amended, renewed, effective or delivered on or 44 after January first, two thousand seventeen, shall provide coverage for 45 all of the following services and contraceptive methods: 46 (A) All FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products. 47 This includes all FDA-approved over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, 48 devices, and products as prescribed or as otherwise authorized under 49 state or federal law. The following applies to this coverage: 50 (i) where the FDA has approved one or more therapeutic and pharmaceu- 51 tical equivalent, as defined by the FDA, versions of a contraceptive 52 drug, device, or product, a contract is not required to include all such 53 therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions in its formulary, so 54 long as at least one is included and covered without cost-sharing and in 55 accordance with this subsection;A. 8135--B 4 1 (ii) if the covered therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent versions 2 of a drug, device, or product are not available or are deemed medically 3 inadvisable a contract shall provide coverage for an alternate therapeu- 4 tic and pharmaceutical equivalent version of the contraceptive drug, 5 device, or product without cost-sharing; 6 (iii) this coverage shall include emergency contraception without 7 cost-sharing when provided pursuant to an ordinary prescription, non-pa- 8 tient specific regimen order, or order under section sixty-eight hundred 9 thirty-one of the education law and when lawfully provided other than 10 through a prescription or order; and 11 (iv) this coverage must allow for the dispensing of twelve months 12 worth of a contraceptive at one time; 13 (B) Voluntary sterilization procedures; 14 (C) Patient education and counseling on contraception; and 15 (D) Follow-up services related to the drugs, devices, products, and 16 procedures covered under this subsection, including, but not limited to, 17 management of side effects, counseling for continued adherence, and 18 device insertion and removal. 19 (2) A contract subject to this subsection shall not impose a deduct- 20 ible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on 21 the coverage provided pursuant to this subsection. 22 (3) Except as otherwise authorized under this subsection, a contract 23 shall not impose any restrictions or delays on the coverage required 24 under this subsection. 25 (4) Benefits for an enrollee under this subsection shall be the same 26 for an enrollee's covered spouse or domestic partner and covered 27 nonspouse dependents. 28 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a reli- 29 gious employer may request a contract without coverage for federal food 30 and drug administration approved contraceptive methods that are contrary 31 to the religious employer's religious tenets. If so requested, such 32 contract shall be provided without coverage for contraceptive methods. 33 This paragraph shall not be construed to deny an enrollee coverage of, 34 and timely access to, contraceptive methods. 35 (A) For purposes of this subsection, a "religious employer" is an 36 entity for which each of the following is true: 37 (i) The inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the entity. 38 (ii) The entity primarily employs persons who share the religious 39 tenets of the entity. 40 (iii) The entity serves primarily persons who share the religious 41 tenets of the entity. 42 (iv) The entity is a nonprofit organization as described in Section 43 6033(a)(2)(A)i or iii, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 44 (B) Every religious employer that invokes the exemption provided under 45 this paragraph shall provide written notice to prospective enrollees 46 prior to enrollment with the plan, listing the contraceptive health care 47 services the employer refuses to cover for religious reasons. 48 [(2)](6) (A) Where a group contractholder makes an election not to 49 purchase coverage for contraceptive drugs or devices in accordance with 50 paragraph [one] five of this subsection, each enrollee covered under the 51 contract issued to that group contractholder shall have the right to 52 directly purchase the rider required by this subsection from the insurer 53 or health maintenance organization which issued the group contract at 54 the prevailing small group community rate for such rider whether or not 55 the employee is part of a small group.A. 8135--B 5 1 (B) Where a group contractholder makes an election not to purchase 2 coverage for contraceptive drugs or devices in accordance with paragraph 3 [one] five of this subsection, the insurer or health maintenance organ- 4 ization that provides such coverage shall provide written notice to 5 enrollees upon enrollment with the insurer or health maintenance organ- 6 ization of their right to directly purchase a rider for coverage for the 7 cost of contraceptive drugs or devices. The notice shall also advise the 8 enrollees of the additional premium for such coverage. 9 [(3)](7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing 10 a contract which provides coverage for prescription drugs to exclude 11 coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for reasons other than 12 contraceptive purposes. 13 [(4) Such coverage may be subject to reasonable annual deductibles and14coinsurance as may be deemed appropriate by the superintendent and as15are consistent with those established for other drugs or devices covered16under the policy.] 17 § 4. Subparagraph (E) of paragraph 17 of subsection (i) of section 18 3216 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new clause (v) to read 19 as follows: 20 (v) all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products, 21 including all over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and 22 products as prescribed or as otherwise authorized under state or federal 23 law; voluntary sterilization procedures; patient education and coun- 24 seling on contraception; and follow-up services related to the drugs, 25 devices, products, and procedures covered under this clause, including, 26 but not limited to, management of side effects, counseling for continued 27 adherence, and device insertion and removal. Except as otherwise author- 28 ized under this clause, a contract shall not impose any restrictions or 29 delays on the coverage required under this clause. However, where the 30 FDA has approved one or more therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent, 31 as defined by the FDA, versions of a contraceptive drug, device, or 32 product, a contract is not required to include all such therapeutic and 33 pharmaceutical equivalent versions in its formulary, so long as at least 34 one is included and covered without cost-sharing and in accordance with 35 this clause. If the covered therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent 36 versions of a drug, device, or product are not available or are deemed 37 medically inadvisable a contract shall provide coverage for an alternate 38 therapeutic and pharmaceutical equivalent version of the contraceptive 39 drug, device, or product without cost-sharing. This coverage shall 40 include emergency contraception without cost-sharing when provided 41 pursuant to an ordinary prescription, non-patient specific regimen 42 order, or order under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-one of the 43 education law and when lawfully provided other than through a 44 prescription or order; and this coverage must allow for the dispensing 45 of twelve months worth of a contraceptive at one time. 46 § 5. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 365-a of the social 47 services law, as amended by chapter 909 of the laws of 1974 and as 48 relettered by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as 49 follows: 50 (d) family planning services and twelve months of supplies for eligi- 51 ble persons of childbearing age, including children under twenty-one 52 years of age who can be considered sexually active, who desire such 53 services and supplies, in accordance with the requirements of federal 54 law and regulations and the regulations of the department. No person 55 shall be compelled or coerced to accept such services or supplies.A. 8135--B 6 1 § 6. Subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education law, as added by 2 chapter 573 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (c) as added by chapter 221 3 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (d) as added by chapter 429 of the laws 4 of 2005, paragraph (e) as added by chapter 352 of the laws of 2014 and 5 paragraph (f) as added by section 6 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws 6 of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 7 6. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specific 8 regimen [to a registered professional nurse], pursuant to regulations 9 promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the public health 10 law, [for] to: 11 (a) a registered professional nurse for: 12 (i) administering immunizations[.]; 13 [(b)] (ii) the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis[.]; 14 [(c)] (iii) administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests[.]; 15 [(d)] (iv) administering tests to determine the presence of the human 16 immunodeficiency virus[.]; 17 [(e)] (v) administering tests to determine the presence of the hepati- 18 tis C virus[.]; 19 [(f)] (vi) emergency contraception, to be administered to or dispensed 20 to be self-administered by the patient, under section sixty-eight 21 hundred thirty-two of this title; or 22 (vii) the urgent or emergency treatment of opioid related overdose or 23 suspected opioid related overdose. 24 (b) a licensed pharmacist, for dispensing emergency contraception, to 25 be self-administered by the patient, under section sixty-eight hundred 26 thirty-two of this title. 27 § 6-a. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education 28 law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read 29 as follows: 30 [(c)](iii) administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests or 31 other tests to detect or screen for tuberculosis infections[.]; 32 § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 6807 of the education law, as added by 33 chapter 573 of the laws of 1999, is amended and a new subdivision 4 is 34 added to read as follows: 35 3. A pharmacist may dispense drugs and devices to a registered profes- 36 sional nurse, and a registered professional nurse may possess and admin- 37 ister, drugs and devices, pursuant to a non-patient specific regimen 38 prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician, licensed midwife or 39 certified nurse practitioner, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the 40 commissioner and the public health law. 41 4. A pharmacist may dispense a non-patient specific regimen of emer- 42 gency contraception, to be self-administered by the patient, prescribed 43 or ordered by a licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or 44 licensed midwife, under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-two of this 45 article. 46 § 8. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6832 to read 47 as follows: 48 § 6832. Emergency contraception; non-patient specific prescription or 49 order. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the 50 following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: 51 (a) "Emergency contraception" means one or more prescription or 52 nonprescription drugs, used separately or in combination, in a dosage 53 and manner for preventing pregnancy when used after intercourse, found 54 safe and effective for that use by the United States food and drug 55 administration, and dispensed or administered for that purpose.A. 8135--B 7 1 (b) "Prescriber" means a licensed physician, certified nurse practi- 2 tioner or licensed midwife. 3 2. This section applies to the administering or dispensing of emergen- 4 cy contraception by a registered professional nurse or the dispensing of 5 emergency contraception by a licensed pharmacist pursuant to a 6 prescription or order for a non-patient specific regimen made by a pres- 7 criber under section sixty-five hundred twenty-seven, sixty-nine hundred 8 nine or sixty-nine hundred fifty-one of this title. This section does 9 not apply to administering or dispensing emergency contraception when 10 lawfully done without such a prescription or order. 11 3. The administering or dispensing of emergency contraception by a 12 registered professional nurse or the dispensing of emergency contracep- 13 tion by a licensed pharmacist shall be done in accordance with profes- 14 sional standards of practice and in accordance with written procedures 15 and protocols agreed to by the registered professional nurse or licensed 16 pharmacist and the prescriber or a hospital (licensed under article 17 twenty-eight of the public health law) that provides gynecological or 18 family planning services. 19 4. (a) When emergency contraception is administered or dispensed, the 20 registered professional nurse or licensed pharmacist shall provide to 21 the patient written material that includes: (i) the clinical consider- 22 ations and recommendations for use of the drug; (ii) the appropriate 23 method for using the drug; (iii) information on the importance of 24 follow-up health care; (iv) information on the health risks and other 25 dangers of unprotected intercourse; and (v) referral information relat- 26 ing to health care and services relating to sexual abuse and domestic 27 violence. 28 (b) Such written material shall be developed or approved by the 29 commissioner in consultation with the department of health and the Amer- 30 ican college of obstetricians and gynecologists. 31 § 9. Subdivision 4 of section 6909 of the education law, as added by 32 chapter 573 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (a) as amended and paragraph 33 (c) as added by chapter 221 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (d) as added 34 by chapter 429 of the laws of 2005, paragraph (e) as added by chapter 35 352 of the laws of 2014 and paragraph (f) as added by section 5 of part 36 V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 37 4. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a non-pa- 38 tient specific regimen [to a registered professional nurse], pursuant to 39 regulations promulgated by the commissioner, consistent with subdivision 40 three of section [six thousand nine] sixty-nine hundred two of this 41 article, and consistent with the public health law, for: 42 (a) a registered professional nurse for: 43 (i) administering immunizations[.]; 44 [(b)] (ii) the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis[.]; 45 [(c)] (iii) administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests[.]; 46 [(d)] (iv) administering tests to determine the presence of the human 47 immunodeficiency virus[.]; 48 [(e)] (v) administering tests to determine the presence of the hepati- 49 tis C virus[.]; 50 [(f)] (vi) emergency contraception, to be administered to or dispensed 51 to be self-administered by the patient, under section sixty-eight 52 hundred thirty-two of this title; or 53 (vii) the urgent or emergency treatment of opioid related overdose or 54 suspected opioid related overdose.A. 8135--B 8 1 (b) a licensed pharmacist, for dispensing emergency contraception, to 2 be self-administered by the patient, under section sixty-eight hundred 3 thirty-two of this title. 4 § 9-a. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 6909 of the education 5 law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read 6 as follows: 7 [(c)](iii) administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests or 8 other tests to detect or screen for tuberculosis infections[.]; 9 § 10. Subdivision 5 of section 6909 of the education law, as added by 10 chapter 573 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 11 5. A registered professional nurse may execute a non-patient specific 12 regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician, licensed midwife 13 or certified nurse practitioner, pursuant to regulations promulgated by 14 the commissioner. 15 § 11. Section 6951 of the education law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 17 4. A licensed midwife may prescribe and order a non-patient specific 18 regimen pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, 19 consistent with this section and the public health law, to: 20 (a) a registered professional nurse for emergency contraception, to be 21 administered to or dispensed to be self-administered by the patient, 22 under section sixty-eight hundred thirty-two of this title; or 23 (b) a licensed pharmacist, for dispensing emergency contraception, to 24 be self-administered by the patient, under section sixty-eight hundred 25 thirty-two of this title. 26 § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended 27 by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows: 28 (m) Emergency contraception, including information about its safety, 29 efficacy, appropriate use and availability. 30 § 13. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017; provided that 31 section six of this act shall take effect January 1, 2018; provided, 32 however, that if chapter 464 of the laws of 2015 shall not have taken 33 effect on or before such date then the amendments to paragraph (c) of 34 subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education law made by section six-a 35 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as 36 chapter 464 of the laws of 2015, takes effect; provided, further, that 37 if chapter 464 of the laws of 2015 shall not have taken effect on or 38 before such date then the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 39 of section 6909 of the education law made by section nine-a of this act 40 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 464 41 of the laws of 2015, takes effect; and provided, further, that effective 42 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 43 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 44 date is authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commis- 45 sioner of education and the board of regents on or before such effective 46 date.