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Senate Bill S383

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to postpartum depression

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2009-S383 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2507, Pub Health L

2009-S383 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to postpartum depression; directs the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the state board of medicine and the state board of nursing, to work with health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop policies and procedures to achieve certain outlined requirements concerning postpartum depression, including but not limited to, information provided to departing new mothers and fathers and other family members about postpartum depression and its symptoms and methods of coping with the illness and treatment resources; requires a screening for postpartum depression of new mothers; makes related changes.

2009-S383 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S383 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   383

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  postpartum
  depression

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
2507 to read as follows:
  S  2507. DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, PROCEDURES FOR CARE. THE COMMISSION-
ER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE AND THE STATE  BOARD
FOR  NURSING, SHALL WORK WITH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND LICENSED HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE STATE TO DEVELOP POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  TO
ACHIEVE  THE  FOLLOWING  REQUIREMENTS  CONCERNING  POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  1. PHYSICIANS, NURSE MIDWIVES AND OTHER LICENSED HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
SIONALS  PROVIDING  PRENATAL  CARE  TO  WOMEN SHALL PROVIDE EDUCATION TO
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IN ORDER  TO  LOWER
THE  LIKELIHOOD  THAT  NEW  MOTHERS  WILL  CONTINUE  TO SUFFER FROM THIS
ILLNESS IN SILENCE;
  2. ALL BIRTHING FACILITIES IN THE STATE SHALL  PROVIDE  DEPARTING  NEW
MOTHERS  AND  FATHERS  AND  OTHER  FAMILY  MEMBERS, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH
COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION,  INCLUDING  ITS  SYMP-
TOMS, METHODS OF COPING WITH THE ILLNESS AND TREATMENT RESOURCES;
  3.  PHYSICIANS,  NURSE MIDWIVES AND OTHER LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFES-
SIONALS PROVIDING POSTNATAL CARE TO WOMEN SHALL SCREEN NEW  MOTHERS  FOR
POSTPARTUM  DEPRESSION  SYMPTOMS  PRIOR  TO  DISCHARGE FROM THE BIRTHING
FACILITY AND AT THE FIRST FEW POSTNATAL CHECK-UP VISITS; AND
  4. PHYSICIANS, NURSE MIDWIVES AND OTHER LICENSED HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
SIONALS  PROVIDING  PRENATAL  AND  POSTNATAL CARE TO WOMEN SHALL INCLUDE
FATHERS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, AS APPROPRIATE, IN BOTH THE  EDUCATION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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