A 398: Relates to the continuity of family planning services in the state; establishes a family planning program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the state; covers family planning providers who lost eligibility for federal funding under Title X of the Federal Public Health Service Act.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 398 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, SIMONE, GLICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to the continuity of family planning services in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2832 to read as follows: 3 § 2832. Family planning program. 1. For the purpose of this section, 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "family planning providers" means providers of services: 6 (i) funded under Title X of the Federal Public Health Service Act as 7 of December thirty-first, two thousand sixteen; and 8 (ii) that lost eligibility for Title X funding; 9 (b) "family planning services" means services provided under Title X 10 of the Federal Public Health Service Act as of December thirty-first, 11 two thousand sixteen; and 12 (c) "program" means the family planning program established under this 13 section. 14 2. There is hereby established in the department a family planning 15 program to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the 16 state. The program shall provide family planning services to individuals 17 who are eligible for family planning services through family planning 18 providers that meet program requirements. 19 3. The department may adopt regulations to implement this section, 20 including regulations establishing requirements for family planning 21 providers that are the same as the requirements for providers of 22 services under Title X of the Federal Public Health Service Act. 23 4. Funding used to support family planning services under the program 24 shall be in addition to any funding applied by the department before EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01419-01-5 
 A. 398 2 1 December thirty-first, two thousand sixteen, to the maintenance of 2 effort requirement for federal funding under Title X of the Federal 3 Public Health Service Act. 4 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 367-z 5 to read as follows: 6 § 367-z. Provision of family planning services. The department of 7 health shall, to the extent permitted, subject to the limitations of the 8 state budget, ensure access to and the continuity of services provided 9 by family planning providers that received funding under Title X of the 10 Federal Public Health Service Act as of December thirty-first, two thou- 11 sand sixteen by: 12 1. reimbursing for the services provided under the medical assistance 13 program; and 14 2. establishing medical assistance program requirements for the family 15 planning providers that are the same as requirements for other providers 16 of the same services. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.