FPA 2009 Memos of Support
The Healthy Teens Act
A. 1806 (Gottfried)
S. 3836 (Duane)
The Healthy Teens Act establishes a competitive grant program through the NYS Department of Health for the specific purpose of awarding grants to school districts, boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES),school-based health centers and community-based organizations for age-appropriate sex education programs.
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The Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act
A. 627 (Paulin)
S. 1410 (Schneiderman)
The Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act would increase the availability of emergency contraception to women by enabling pharmacists and nurses to dispense the medication through collaborative agreements with physicians. The legislation would also mandate that all insurance policies that cover prescription contraception cover emergency contraception when provided by a non-patient specific prescription or over-the-counter.
The Reproductive Health Act
S. 5805 (Stewart-Cousins)
The Reproductive Health Act updates New York’s abortion laws and establishes a fundamental, statutory right to privacy in making personal reproductive decisions.
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A. 8924 (Hoyt)
S.6112 (Parker)
The Protection of Reproductive Health Care Act would create enhanced penalties for anyone who causes injury or serious physical injury to a reproductive healthcare provider, an employee or volunteer of a health provider that offers reproductive health care services or a patient seeking such medical care.
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A. 8397a (Gottfried)
S. 3257a (Duane)
This legislation ensures that the state's prenatal services to low-income women meet contemporary standards of care by providing the Department of Health the flexibility to update the standards of care as they change. This bill also increases access to prenatal care by expanding the numbers of health care providers eligible to participate in the program.
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A. 733 (Gottfried)
S. 2875 (Espada)
This legislation would provide reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments and diagnostic treatment centers to Medicaid patients.
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HIV Testing and Confidentiality
A. 7610 (Gottfried)
S. 3293 (Duane)
This legislation would promote expanded HIV testing while maintaining written informed consent and confidentiality protections.
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