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Int 0200-2026
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | Proposed Int. No. 200-A | Creating resources for access to doulas and a doula advisory council. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to develop materials to inform the public about options for obtaining doula care, including information about State laws regarding access by a doula to hospital spaces and Medicaid reimbursement for doula services. The bill would also require such Commissioner to develop a submission form to receive feedback from doulas working with birthing parents in hospitals in New York City and to share a summary of the feedback annually. Finally, the bill would establish a doula advisory council to study the work of doulas in the city and advise the Citywide Doula Program, comprised of doulas, advocates for birthing people, a DOHMH appointee, and, upon invitation, a representative of NYC Health + Hospitals. The doula advisory council would meet 3 times annually and disband after 6 such meetings and after submitting a report of its findings and recommendations to the Mayor and to the Speaker and posting the report on the DOHMH website. | | |
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Int 0211-2026
| * | Shahana K. Hanif | | Proposed Int. No. 211-A | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to provide information regarding fertility treatment, including insurance coverage of fertility treatment. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct a public education and outreach campaign by December 1, 2027 on fertility treatment services, including information about insurance coverage, Medicaid coverage, and information about benefits administered or provided by New York City or New York State that may assist individuals in accessing fertility treatment services. The campaign would be conducted via internet, subway and other public transportation advertisements, and LinkNYC kiosks. Campaign information would be made available in physical and digital formats at DOHMH facilities, and would be provided to public hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health care providers, and clinics citywide. These materials would also be posted on the DOHMH website. Beginning by December 1, 2028, DOHMH would be required annually to provide campaign materials to health care providers for distribution to the public. | | |
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Int 0953-2026
| * | Nantasha M. Williams | | Proposed Int. No. 953-A | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to make medication abortion available at no cost to a patient at all of its sexual health clinics. | Introduction | The law currently requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to make FDA-approved medication for medication abortion available at no cost to patients at certain health clinics that it operates where services relating to sexual health are offered. This bill would expand this requirement to specify that DOHMH must make this medication available at all health clinics that it operates where services relating to sexual health are offered. | | |
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Res 0089-2026
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | Proposed Res. No. 89-A | Require each institution within the State University of New York and the City University of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase. (S.2058/A.9175) | Resolution | | | |
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Res 0108-2026
| * | Frank Morano | | Proposed Res. No. 108-A | Creating a refundable tax credit for up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization not covered by insurance. (S.5262/A.3051) | Resolution | Refundable tax credit for in vitro fertilization | | |
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Res 0447-2026
| * | Kayla Santosuosso | | | Ensure insurance companies cover the cost of Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidies. | Resolution | | | |
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