S00508 Summary:
| BILL NO | S00508 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | HOYLMAN |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add S2503-a, Pub Health L | |
| Requires pregnancy service centers to disclose certain information to clients. | |
S00508 Actions:
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| 01/07/2015 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S00508 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 508 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring pregnan- cy service centers to disclose certain information to clients 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 2503-a to read as follows: 3 § 2503-a. Pregnancy service center disclosures. 1. A pregnancy 4 services center shall disclose to a client the following information: 5 (a) that the department and the department of mental hygiene encourage 6 women who are or who may be pregnant to consult with a licensed medical 7 provider; 8 (b) if it does or does not have a licensed medical provider on staff 9 who provides or directly supervises the provision of all of the services 10 at such pregnancy services center; 11 (c) if it does provide or does not provide referrals for abortion; 12 (d) if it does provide or does not provide referrals for emergency 13 contraception; and 14 (e) if it does provide or does not provide referrals for prenatal 15 care. 16 2. The disclosures required by this section must be provided: 17 (a) in writing, in English and Spanish in a size and style as deter- 18 mined in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner on: (i) 19 at least one sign conspicuously posted in the entrance of the pregnancy 20 services center; (ii) at least one additional sign posted in any area 21 where clients wait to receive services; and (iii) in any advertisement 22 promoting the services of such pregnancy services center in clear and 23 prominent letter type and in a size and style to be determined in 24 accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01837-02-5S. 508 2 1 (b) orally, whether by in person or telephone communication, upon a 2 client or prospective client request for any of the following services: 3 (i) abortion; (ii) emergency contraception; or (iii) prenatal care. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.