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SECTION 570.17

Extradition for legally protected health activity

Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 3, TITLE Q, ARTICLE 570

§ 570.17 Extradition for legally protected health activity.

1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

(a) "Reproductive health care" shall mean and include all services,
care, or products of a medical, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic,
diagnostic, mental health, behavioral health, preventative,
rehabilitative, supportive, consultative, referral, prescribing, or
dispensing nature relating to the human reproductive system provided in
accordance with the constitution and the laws of this state, whether
provided in person or by means of telehealth or telehealth services,
which includes, but is not limited to, all services, care and products
relating to pregnancy, assisted reproduction, contraception, miscarriage
management or abortion, including but not limited to care an individual
provides to themself.

(b) "Gender-affirming care" shall mean and include any type of care
provided to an individual to affirm their gender identity or gender
expression, including but not limited to care an individual provides to
themself; provided that surgical interventions on minors with variations
in their sex characteristics that are not sought and initiated by the
individual patient are not gender-affirming care.

(c) "Legally protected health activity" shall mean and include the
following acts and omissions by providers, facilitators, seekers, and
recipients of reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, to the
extent they are not in violation of the constitution or the laws of this
state:

(i) the receipt or attempt to receive reproductive health care or
gender-affirming care, regardless of such person's location;

(ii) any act or omission undertaken while physically present in this
state to aid or encourage, or attempt to aid or encourage, any person in
the receipt of or attempt to receive reproductive health care or
gender-affirming care, regardless of the location of the recipient or
provider of such care;

(iii) the provision of or attempt to provide insurance coverage for
reproductive health care or gender-affirming care, by any entity
located, headquartered, or incorporated in the state, regardless of the
location of the recipient or provider of such care; or

(iv) the provision of or attempt to provide reproductive health care
or gender-affirming care by a person duly licensed under the laws of
this state and physically present in this state, regardless of the
recipient's location.

2. Except as required by federal law, no demand for the extradition of
a person subject to criminal liability that is in whole or in part based
on the alleged provision or receipt of, assistance in provision or
receipt of, material support for, or any theory of vicarious, joint,
several or conspiracy liability for any legally protected health
activity shall be recognized by the governor unless the executive
authority of the demanding state shall allege in writing that the
accused was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the
commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter such accused fled
from that state.