Relates to prescription labels for mifepristone and misoprostol

Latest action Mar 20, 2025

Provides the prescription label for mifepristone or misoprostol may include the address of the dispensing health care practice and shall include the address of the prescribing health care practice at the prescriber's request; provides that a health care prescriber shall inform a patient if such prescriber has included or has requested to include the name or address of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of such prescriber on the prescription label when prescribing mifepristone or misoprostol.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A5285, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A5285, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Education Law.

Committee

Higher Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Higher Education · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2025 C.7 to permit prescription labels for mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives to include the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of the prescriber at the prescriber's request.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 10, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A5285, the matching Assembly bill.
(40) (21) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesMar 4, 2025Result: passed
(15) (5) (0) (1)

Cosponsors

Lea Webb

Democratic1

Lea Webb

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Shelley Mayer says this is needed

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Mar 20, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Mar 20, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.108
NY Assembly
Mar 10, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.447
3RD READING CAL.447
NY Senate
Mar 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 10, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A5285
NY Senate

Show full history (9 earlier events)

Mar 5, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Mar 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.447
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.447
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Feb 25, 2025
Rules Report CAL.103
RULES REPORT CAL.103
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
Feb 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
Feb 7, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate

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