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S 5635: Provides coverage for iatrogenic fertility preservation services when caused by a medical treatment.
What S 5635 does, verified March 2, 2025
The Fertility Protection Act aims to provide coverage for fertility preservation services in New York. This law will amend the Social Services Law to include standard fertility preservation services that may cause iatrogenic infertility. Iatrogenic infertility refers to fertility impairment caused by medical treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other treatments affecting reproductive organs or processes. The law will take effect immediately, ensuring that individuals in New York can access these necessary services without financial burden.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO HEALTH (2025-02-26)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5635
- What is the current status of S 5635?
- As of March 2, 2025, S 5635 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on February 26, 2025, was "REFERRED TO HEALTH".
- Did S 5635 pass?
- Not yet. S 5635 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5635, and where is it now?
- S 5635 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Senate Health.
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| Feb. 26, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 199 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5635 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to coverage for iatrogenic fertility preservation services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fertility 2 protection act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (nn) to read as follows: 5 (nn) standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment 6 may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to a recipient. 7 For the purposes of this paragraph, "iatrogenic infertility" means an 8 impairment of fertility by surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or other 9 medical treatment affecting reproductive organs or processes. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04169-01-5
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