S 2533 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication

Summary

Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

S2533 → S2533A · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill amendment modifies provisions related to dispensing abortion medication by licensed pharmacists and registered professional nurses. The changes remove references to midwives as authorized prescribers and eliminate several patient protection requirements, including the ability to opt out of practitioner reporting, the provision of a self-screening risk assessment questionnaire, and the requirement to provide a fact sheet with specific information about follow-up care and reporting opt-out options.

Scope change

The scope of authorized providers was narrowed by removing midwives from the list of professionals who can prescribe abortion medication, and the scope of patient protections was reduced by removing opt-out rights and certain informational requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed licensed midwives from the list of healthcare professionals authorized to prescribe abortion medication.

REQUIREMENT

Eliminated the requirement for pharmacists to provide patients with a self-screening risk assessment questionnaire to identify known risk factors.

Removed the ability for patients to opt out of practitioner reporting requirements when abortion medication is dispensed.

Deleted the requirement for pharmacists to provide a fact sheet that includes information about the ability to opt out of practitioner reporting.

Removed the requirement for pharmacists to notify a patient's primary health care practitioner within seventy-two hours of dispensing abortion medication, unless the patient opts out.

Simplified the fact sheet requirements by removing specific mentions of follow-up health care importance, health care referral information, and opt-out capability.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 2533A

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

upper

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors