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NY A09687
Bill
Status
3/28/2022
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the Board for Professional Medical Conduct from charging or investigating New York-licensed health care practitioners with misconduct solely for providing reproductive health services to patients residing in states where such services are illegal.
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Defines "reproductive health services" to include abortion, emergency contraception, and medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to pregnancy or pregnancy termination.
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Prevents revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary penalties against a health care practitioner's license, certification, or authorization based solely on providing these services to out-of-state patients where such services are prohibited.
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Prohibits denial of licensure, certification, or authorization in New York to applicants who faced disciplinary action in another jurisdiction solely for providing abortions.
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Does not expand a practitioner's scope of practice and requires compliance with all other applicable professional requirements.
Legislative Description
Prohibits professional misconduct charges against health care practitioners on the basis that such health care practitioner, acting within their scope of practice, performed, recommended or provided reproductive health care services for a patient who resides in a state wherein such reproductive health services are illegal.
Last Action
substituted by s9079b
6/2/2022