A 352: Authorizes the commissioner of health to withhold reimbursements from medical assistance programs to retail entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdiction within and subject to such federal government.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 352 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to withholding fund- ing from certain entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2599-bb of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. The commissioner is authorized to withhold any and all funds due to 4 any retail entity reimbursed from a medical assistance program for 5 income eligible individuals that declines to make available, dispense, 6 distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which 7 would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdic- 8 tion within and subject to such federal government. The commissioner may 9 elect to determine to withhold such funds due to the acts of a retail 10 entity doing business in another state or jurisdiction which has a 11 common ownership or brand with a retail entity doing business in this 12 state. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01194-01-5