---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to including reproductive health conditions that affect female fertility as part of the health care and wellness education and outreach program"
description: "Includes reproductive health conditions that affect female fertility as part of the health care and wellness education and outreach program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5979"
citation: "New York A 5979 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f75e2969-d946-4b1a-9560-06e9b075d0d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5979"
source_hash: "54ea9b93e260026bd9802a8fcede7bda3b0ff8f2e83d12ff64fda9f8435007ea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 5979 (2021-2022) — Relates to including reproductive health conditions that affect female fertility as part of the health care and wellness education and outreach program

Includes reproductive health conditions that affect female fertility as part of the health care and wellness education and outreach program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A5979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5979&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5979A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 5979A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED
- **2021-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.444
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6957
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1705
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.248 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f75e2969-d946-4b1a-9560-06e9b075d0d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).