NY A05499

Defines "limited service pregnancy centers" as facilities primarily serving pregnant women that are not state-licensed health care facilities and do not provide or refer for comprehensive reproductive health care services including contraception, STI testing and treatment, abortion care, and prenatal care.

Authorizes the Department of Health Commissioner to conduct a study examining unmet health needs of pregnant women in New York and the impact of limited service pregnancy centers on women's access to accurate health information and comprehensive reproductive services.

Requires entities to provide data to the Commissioner including information on government funding received, services offered, number of patients served, demographic information in aggregate form, staffing qualifications, and whether centers misrepresent themselves as medical facilities.

Establishes a nine-member temporary taskforce with representation from consumer protection, maternal health, obstetrics, reproductive rights, free speech expertise, and the Attorney General's office to support the study and develop recommendations.

Requires the Commissioner to issue a report with findings and policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by eighteen months after the act takes effect, with the report published on the Department's website.