S 7714: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7714 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the department of health to create an informational pamphlet concerning intrauterine devices 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 2 267-c to read as follows: 3 § 267-c. Information concerning intrauterine devices. 1. The depart- 4 ment shall develop an informational pamphlet for individuals considering 5 intrauterine devices. Such pamphlet shall include, but shall not be 6 limited to, information concerning: 7 (a) the potential risks and side effects associated with intrauterine 8 devices; 9 (b) the insertion and removal process of intrauterine devices, includ- 10 ing the potential for pain during and after the procedure and medica- 11 tions that may be used to prevent or manage such pain; 12 (c) the recovery process following the insertion of an intrauterine 13 device; 14 (d) the effectiveness of intrauterine devices; and 15 (e) alternative contraceptive methods available if an individual 16 determines an intrauterine device is not appropriate for such individ- 17 ual. 18 2. Such informational pamphlet shall be written in layperson's 19 language and shall be made available in English and the six most common 20 non-English languages spoken by individuals with limited English profi- 21 ciency in New York state as based on the most recent census. 22 3. Such informational pamphlet shall be made available on the depart- 23 ment's website as a printable file and may also be made available for 24 order as a printed deliverable on the department's website. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02572-01-5 
 S. 7714 2 1 4. Practitioners shall distribute such informational pamphlet to 2 patients seeking contraceptives or interested in discussing contracep- 3 tive methods. 4 5. For purposes of this section, "practitioner" means a health care 5 professional licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to practice 6 under the education law, acting within the scope of practice. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law.