NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6657A

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Jun 01, 2016	print number 6657a
Jun 01, 2016	amend and recommit to health
Feb 03, 2016	referred to health

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2015-S6657 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9430
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S1319

2015-S6657 - Summary

Relates to maternal depression screenings; requires maternal health care providers providing pre- and postnatal care or pediatric care to the mother's infant to invite the mother to fill out a questionnaire to detect maternal depression.

2015-S6657 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6657

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to maternal
depression screenings

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Requires maternal health care providers to screen new mothers for
maternal depression while providing prenatal, postnatal, and pediatric
care for the mother's child.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the
public health law to define "questionnaire" for the purposes of this
section as an assessment tool to detect maternal depression.

Section two of this bill amends subdivision 3 of section 2500-k of the
public health law to require maternal health care providers providing
prenatal care, postnatal care, and pediatric care to screen the mother
for maternal depression by inviting her to fill out a questionnaire
that will help detect maternal depression. "Maternal health care
providers" are already defined in the public health law as a
physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant

attending a pregnant woman or a woman or her child up to one year
after childbirth. This section also requires consent be obtained from
the mother before the mother's results of the questionnaire may be
shared with the mother's primary health care professional.

Section three provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Maternal depression, also known as "post-partum" depression or "baby
blues" is a set of serious mental health conditions that can affect
women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child. Maternal
Depression can lead to significant negative consequences for those
affected and their children and families.  Mothers experiencing
maternal depression can have trouble caring for their new baby, be
unable to work or look for work, and may even harm themselves or their
babies. This depression can also negatively impact the essential
growth and development of families and young children.

Currently there are several accepted screening tools to allow
healthcare providers who are already seeing pregnant women or new
mothers to detect maternal depression.

Hospitals are already required to provide "maternity care" including
education on maternal depression screening referrals during the first
48 hours after the birth of a child (or up to 96 hours for a caesarian
section). Although a new mother may be seen by a health professional
at her 6 week post-birth checkup and her annual checkup, maternal
depression could arise at any point between these visits.  However,
there are regular checkups for well-baby visits for the newborn that
the mother would attend. These are excellent opportunities for the
health care professional who is caring for the child to also check on
the mother's mental health.

The United States Preventative Services Taskforce recently recommended
screenings were an effective tool to detect and treat depression. In
addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that
pediatricians screen mothers for post-partum depression at the 1
month, 2 month and 4 month well-baby visits.

This bill seeks to increase the screening of new mothers for maternal
depression by providing screenings for mothers not just at their pre
and post-partum checkups, but also at the pediatric checkups of their
newly born children. This will help health care professionals better
detect and refer patients suffering from maternal depression to get
appropriate care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This bill shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall become a law.

2015-S6657 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6657

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  maternal
  depression screenings

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  "QUESTIONNAIRE"  MEANS  AN  ASSESSMENT  TOOL  ADMINISTERED  BY  A
LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, TO DETECT MATERNAL DEPRESSION SUCH AS
THE  EDINBURGH  POSTNATAL  DEPRESSION  SCALE,  THE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
SCREENING SCALE, THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY, THE PATIENT HEALTH QUES-
TIONNAIRE, OR OTHER VALIDATED ASSESSMENT  METHODS  AS  APPROVED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER.
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section  2500-k of the public health law is
renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is  added  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENINGS. (A) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE AT A PRENATAL VISIT SHALL INVITE  EACH  PREGNANT
PATIENT TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND SHALL REVIEW THE COMPLETED QUES-
TIONNAIRE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAL OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS. ASSESSMENT  FOR
MATERNAL  DEPRESSION MUST BE REPEATED WHEN, IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT
OF THE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, A  REASONABLE  POSSIBILITY  EXISTS
THAT THE PREGNANT PATIENT SUFFERS FROM MATERNAL DEPRESSION.
  (B)  MATERNAL  HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS PROVIDING POSTNATAL CARE TO WOMEN
SHALL INVITE EACH PATIENT TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND  SHALL  REVIEW
THE  COMPLETED  QUESTIONNAIRE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAL OPINIONS OF
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS.  ASSESSMENT FOR
MATERNAL DEPRESSION MUST BE REPEATED WHEN, IN THE PROFESSIONAL  JUDGMENT
OF  THE  MATERNAL  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY EXISTS
THAT THE PREGNANT PATIENT SUFFERS FROM MATERNAL DEPRESSION.
  (C) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PEDIATRIC  CARE  TO  AN
INFANT  SHALL  INVITE THE INFANT'S MOTHER TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE AT

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

                                                           LBD13780-02-6

S. 6657                             2

ANY WELL-CHILD CHECK-UP AT WHICH THE MOTHER  IS  PRESENT  PRIOR  TO  THE
INFANT'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, AND SHALL REVIEW THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH THE FORMAL OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE  OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE INFANT IS NOT COMPROMISED BY AN UNDIAGNOSED
CONDITION OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION IN THE MOTHER.  ASSESSMENT FOR MATERNAL
DEPRESSION MUST BE REPEATED WHEN, IN THE PROFESSIONAL  JUDGMENT  OF  THE
MATERNAL  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE
PREGNANT PATIENT SUFFERS FROM MATERNAL DEPRESSION.
  (D) CONSENT FROM THE MOTHER MUST BE OBTAINED BEFORE A MATERNAL  HEALTH
CARE  PROVIDER  MAY  SHARE  RESULTS FROM AN ASSESSMENT WITH THE MOTHER'S
PRIMARY LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, UNLESS THE MOTHER  IS  DETER-
MINED TO PRESENT A DANGER TO HERSELF OR OTHERS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
authorized  to be made and completed by the commissioner of health on or
before such effective date.

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9430
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S1319

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6657A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public health law, in relation
to maternal depression screenings

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Requires maternal health care providers to screen new mothers for
maternal depression while providing prenatal, postnatal, and pediatric
care

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the
public health law to define "questionnaire" for the purposes of this
section as an assessment tool administered by a maternal health care
provider or their agent to detect maternal depression.

Section two of this bill amends subdivision 3 of section 2500-k of the
public health law to require maternal health care providers providing
prenatal care, postnatal care, and pediatric care to screen the mother
for maternal depression by inviting her to fill out a questionnaire
that will help detect maternal depression. "Maternal health care
providers" are already defined in the public health law as a
physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
attending a pregnant woman or a woman or her child up to one year

after childbirth. This section also requires consent be obtained from
the mother before the mother's results of the questionnaire may be
shared with the mother's primary health care professional.

Section three provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Maternal depression, also known as "post-partum" depression or "baby
blues" is a set of serious mental health conditions that can affect
women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child. Maternal
Depression can lead to significant negative consequences for those
affected and their children and families. Mothers experiencing
maternal depression can have trouble caring for their new baby, be
unable to work or look for work, and may even harm themselves or their
babies. This depression can also negatively impact the essential
growth and development of families and young children.

Currently there are several accepted screening tools to allow
healthcare providers who are already seeing pregnant women or new
mothers to detect maternal depression.

Hospitals are already required to provide "maternity care" including
education on maternal depression screening referrals during the first
48 hours after the birth of a child (or up to 96 hours for a caesarian
section). Although a new mother may be seen by a health professional
at her 6 week post-birth checkup and her annual checkup, maternal
depression could arise at any point between these visits.  However,
there are regular checkups for well-baby visits for the newborn that
the mother would attend. These are excellent opportunities for the
health care professional who is caring for the child to also check on
the mother's mental health.

The United States Preventative Services Taskforce recently recommended
screenings were an effective tool to detect and treat depression. In
addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that
pediatricians screen mothers for post-partum depression at the 1
month, 2 month and 4 month well-baby visits.


This bill seeks to increase the screening of new mothers for maternal
depression by providing screenings for mothers not just at their pre
and post-partum checkups, but also at the pediatric checkups of their
newly born children. This will help health care professionals better
detect, treat and refer patients suffering from maternal depression to
get appropriate care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This bill shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall become a law.

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6657--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

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

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  "QUESTIONNAIRE" MEANS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL ADMINISTERED BY A MATER-
NAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR THEIR AGENT, TO DETECT  MATERNAL  DEPRESSION
SUCH  AS  THE  EDINBURGH  POSTNATAL  DEPRESSION  SCALE,  THE  POSTPARTUM
DEPRESSION SCREENING SCALE, THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY,  THE  PATIENT
HEALTH  QUESTIONNAIRE, OR OTHER VALIDATED ASSESSMENT METHODS AS APPROVED
BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 2500-k  of  the  public  health  law  is
renumbered  subdivision  4  and  a new subdivision 3 is added to read as
follows:
  3. MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENINGS.  (A) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE SHALL AT A PRENATAL VISIT  OFFER  EACH  PREGNANT
PATIENT  A  QUESTIONNAIRE  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF SCREENING THE PATIENT FOR
DEPRESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS.  THE  MATERNAL  HEALTH
CARE  PROVIDER  SHALL  PROVIDE  TREATMENT  OR REFER WHEN APPROPRIATE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS, ANY WOMAN WHO TEST POSITIVE  ON  THE
QUESTIONNAIRE AND WHO CONSENTS TO SUCH TREATMENT OR REFERRAL.
  (B)  MATERNAL HEALTH PROVIDERS PROVIDING POSTNATAL CARE TO WOMEN SHALL
THEMSELVES OR THROUGH THEIR AGENTS OFFER A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SCREENING THE WOMAN FOR DEPRESSION. THE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
SHALL PROVIDE TREATMENT OR REFER WHEN APPROPRIATE,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
NATIONAL  STANDARDS,  ANY  WOMAN WHO TESTS POSITIVE ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE
AND WHO CONSENTS TO SUCH TREATMENT OR REFERRAL.
  (C) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PEDIATRIC  CARE  TO  AN
INFANT SHALL THEMSELVES OR THROUGH THEIR AGENTS OFFER THE INFANT'S MOTH-

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

                                                           LBD13780-04-6

S. 6657--A                          2

ER  A  QUESTIONNAIRE  AT  ANY WELL-CHILD CHECK-UP AT WHICH THE MOTHER IS
PRESENT PRIOR TO THE  INFANT'S  FIRST  BIRTHDAY.  MATERNAL  HEALTH  CARE
PROVIDERS  SHALL  PROVIDE TREATMENT OR REFER WHEN APPROPRIATE IN ACCORD-
ANCE  WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS, ANY WOMAN WHO TESTS POSITIVE ON THE QUES-
TIONNAIRE AND WHO CONSENTS TO SUCH TREATMENT OR REFERRAL.
  (D) CONSENT FROM THE MOTHER MUST BE  OBTAINED  BEFORE  DISCLOSING  THE
RESULTS  OF  THE ASSESSMENT UNLESS THE MOTHER IS DETERMINED TO PRESENT A
DANGER TO HERSELF OR OTHERS OR UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE
LAW OR REGULATIONS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made and completed by the commissioner of health on  or
before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S6657A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Bill Amendments

2015-S6657 - Details

2015-S6657 - Summary

2015-S6657 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6657 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Roxanne J. Persaud

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Bill Amendments

2015-S6657 - Details

2015-S6657 - Summary

2015-S6657 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6657 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6657A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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