Bill Text: NY A05911 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires disclosure by crisis pregnancy centers to clients that such center will not provide abortion or birth control services or make a referral for such services, and that such center is not a licensed medical provider; such notice shall be conducted upon first communication or first contact with the client and shall be either in a written statement or oral communication by staff assisting the client.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-27 - print number 5911a [A05911 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05911-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5911--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 17, 2017
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        Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  GLICK,  JAFFEE,  DINOWITZ,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          L. ROSENTHAL, TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  GALEF,  GOTT-
          FRIED,  PERRY  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
          recommitted to the Committee on Health  in  accordance  with  Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  disclo-
          sure by crisis pregnancy centers
          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  2509 to read as follows:
     3    §  2509.  Crisis pregnancy center; disclosure. 1. Any crisis pregnancy
     4  center shall be required to disclose to a  client  that  when  inquiring
     5  about pregnancy termination, abortion or birth control, such center will
     6  not provide such services or make a referral for such services.
     7    2.  For  purposes  of  this section "crisis pregnancy center" means an
     8  organization whose primary purpose is to provide  pregnancy  counseling,
     9  assistance  and/or  information, whether for a fee or as a free service,
    10  but does not perform abortions or refer for abortions. "Crisis pregnancy
    11  center" does not include  licensed  health  care  providers,  hospitals,
    12  family  planning  clinics  that  provide  or  refer  for abortion and/or
    13  contraception, or family planning clinics that receive federal  Title  X
    14  funds.
    15    3. The disclosure required by subdivision one of this section shall be
    16  conducted  upon  first communication or first contact with the client or
    17  potential client and shall be either in  a  written  statement  or  oral
    18  communication  by  staff assisting the potential client. Such disclosure
    19  shall further be reasonably understandable to the client.
    20    4. Any person who believes  that  a  violation  of  this  section  has
    21  occurred may file a complaint with the department. Within thirty days of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  receiving  such complaint, the department must investigate the complaint
     2  and determine whether a violation has occurred.
     3    5.  Any  crisis  pregnancy  center  violating  the  provisions of this
     4  section shall be subject to a civil fine of not more  than  one  hundred
     5  dollars  on  the  first  violation  and  not more than two hundred fifty
     6  dollars on the second and all subsequent violations.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.