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New York Senate Women's Issues Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01541 | Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements. | Crossed Over | 05/27/2025 |
| A06029 | Relates to providing education and outreach programs related to home visiting programs which provide support for pregnant and parenting families, and have been proven to improve outcomes for mothers, infants, and families; provides that such information shall include information on services available from such programs, eligibility, and relevant contact information. | Crossed Over | 05/29/2025 |
| S00520 | Ensures ovarian cancer survivors have the right to access screenings for health conditions. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| S00845 | Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing or screening is necessary for a medical emergency. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| S01283 | Prohibits health care practitioners from performing a virginity examination or supervising the performance of a virginity examination on a patient; defines "virginity examination". | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| S01305 | Requires that general hospitals that provide mastectomy surgery, lymph node dissection or lumpectomy provide information to such patients concerning options for breast reconstruction. | Crossed Over | 01/09/2025 |
| S01548 | Restricts certain substances from being used in menstrual products. | Crossed Over | 01/10/2025 |
| S01683 | Enacts the "public university emergency contraception education act" requiring public universities to develop, produce and distribute informational materials related to emergency contraception. | Crossed Over | 01/13/2025 |
| S01720 | Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. | Passed | 01/13/2025 |
| S01970 | Requires parental notice prior to the performance of an abortion upon an unemancipated minor; defines unemancipated minor as person less than eighteen years of age; allows for waiver of such notice in limited instances; establishes circumstances and procedures for proceedings to obtain an order waiving such parental notification. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| S02058 | Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase. | Crossed Over | 02/24/2025 |
| S02121 | Relates to providing education and outreach programs related to home visiting programs which provide support for pregnant and parenting families, and have been proven to improve outcomes for mothers, infants, and families; provides that such information shall include information on services available from such programs, eligibility, and relevant contact information. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| S02432 | Requires search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing to include a notice to users when searching limited services pregnancy center listings that such limited services pregnancy centers provide limited medical and abortion care and may not have medical professionals onsite; requires social media networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr and Flickr to include such consumer notice on any posts or advertisements by such centers. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| S02692 | Requires limited services pregnancy centers to disclose to clients that they do not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or supervises reproductive health services at such center; requires such disclosure to be provided in writing and orally, and to be available in English and Spanish; provides for reporting of violations; provides penalties for violations. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| S03193 | Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet regarding the laparoscopic power morcellation surgery technique. | Crossed Over | 01/24/2025 |
| S03575 | Establishes a uterine fibroids awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and the elevated risk for minority women. | Crossed Over | 01/28/2025 |
| S03576 | Establishes the statewide fibroid study program to study fibroids, the treatment of fibroids, potential barriers to the access of treatment for fibroids, and differences in symptoms and access to treatment for women of color. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| S03866 | Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in public buildings owned by the state that are determined to be opened to the public; requires reporting. | Crossed Over | 01/30/2025 |
| S04624 | Establishes the crime of assault on a pregnant individual as a class D felony. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| S04692 | Requires that free menstrual products be provided in the commonly used bathrooms of private universities. | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| S05665 | Directs the department of health to conduct an ongoing public awareness and education program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| S05734 | Expands insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization; includes coverage under individual policies; provides coverage for three complete oocyte retrievals and in vitro fertilization with unlimited embryo transfers. | In Committee | 02/28/2025 |
| S06227 | Provides that the commissioner of education may promulgate rules and regulations for a health education curriculum to include menstrual disorders, including but not limited to, endometriosis. | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| S06232 | Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid. | Crossed Over | 03/07/2025 |
| S06494 | Requires health insurance policies to include coverage for doula services as required coverage for maternity care. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| S06499 | Provides for coverage of primary and preventative obstetric and gynecological care. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| S06502 | Requires gynecological services to be offered to incarcerated individuals with cervixes unless such individuals decline such services in writing. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| S06983 | Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act to require hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires hospitals to provide expectant birthing parents with written information regarding certain patient rights; requires information related to pregnancy, if known, to be included on death certificates. | In Committee | 03/27/2025 |
| S07012 | Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance. | In Committee | 03/28/2025 |
| S07048 | Requires the commissioner of health to promulgate regulations requiring that the addition of, decertification of, or changes in the method of delivery of perinatal services by a general hospital be subject to an application under article 28 of the public health law that requires review and approval by the council. | Crossed Over | 03/31/2025 |
| S07108 | Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| S07495 | Enacts the menopause awareness improvement act; establishes a menopause education program; establishes course work or training in menopausal health; directs the commissioner of labor to conduct a study on the impact of menopause on the workforce. | In Committee | 04/17/2025 |
| S07544 | Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements. | In Committee | 04/22/2025 |
| S07545 | Requires the department of health to develop and maternal health care providers to distribute written information about episiotomy to maternity patients. | In Committee | 04/22/2025 |
| S07714 | Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices; requires such informational pamphlet to be available on the department of health's website; requires practitioners to distribute such informational pamphlet to patients seeking contraceptives. | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| S07731 | Requires insurance coverage of a hospitalized birthing parent's interhospital transport to accompany such birthing parent's newborn infant experiencing a condition necessitating transport. | Crossed Over | 05/02/2025 |
| S07879 | Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a primary cesarean section; establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the reason for performing a primary cesarean section delivery. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |