A 304: Requires pharmacies to keep in stock emergency contraception.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 304 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring pharmacies to stock emergency contraception The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6833 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6833. Stock emergency contraception. 1. Every pharmacy shall possess 4 and keep in stock emergency contraception. 5 2. For purposes of this section, "emergency contraception" means one 6 or more over the counter drugs, used separately or in combination, to be 7 administered to or self-administered by the patient in a dosage and 8 manner for preventing pregnancy when used after intercourse, found safe 9 and effective for that use by the United States food and drug adminis- 10 tration, and dispensed for that purpose in accordance with professional 11 standards of practice. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00725-01-5