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Assembly Bill A6181

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for the reporting to the department of health of the birth of premature, low birth weight and high risk infants and of hospital admissions within 6 months of birth

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2015-A6181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2816-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7590
2017-2018: A1416

2015-A6181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the reporting, to the department of health, of information relating to the birth of premature, low birth weight and high risk infants; also requires the reporting of information relating to hospital admissions of such infants during their first 6 months of life; directs the department of health to develop standardized procedures for the discharge of and follow-up care for such infants.

2015-A6181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6181

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to premature and high
  risk infant information and quality improvement

  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
2816-b to read as follows:
  S 2816-B. PREMATURE AND  HIGH  RISK  INFANT  INFORMATION  AND  QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT.  1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS SECTION, THE
FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "PREMATURE INFANT" SHALL MEAN ANY INFANT BORN  THIRTY-SEVEN  WEEKS
GESTATIONAL OR LESS.
  (B)  "LOW  BIRTH  WEIGHT"  SHALL  MEAN ANY INFANT WEIGHING TWENTY-FIVE
HUNDRED GRAMS OR LESS.
  (C) "HIGH RISK INFANT" SHALL MEAN ANY INFANT BORN  WITH  A  HIGH  RISK
PROBLEM OR PROBLEMS, AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  2.  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS  AFTER THE BIRTH OF ANY PREMATURE INFANT, INFANT
WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR HIGH RISK INFANT, EACH GENERAL HOSPITAL OR,  IN
THE  CASE  OF A BIRTH OUTSIDE A GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE
FOR DELIVERY SHALL FILE WRITTEN INFORMATION ON SUCH BIRTH  IN  A  FORMAT
DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  3.  WITHIN  THE  FIRST  SIX  MONTHS  AFTER  THE BIRTH OF ANY PREMATURE
INFANT, INFANT WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR HIGH RISK INFANT,  EACH  GENERAL
HOSPITAL  SHALL  FILE  WRITTEN INFORMATION IN A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT ON THE ADMISSION OF  SUCH  INFANT  TO  THE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL
INCLUDING THE CAUSE OR CAUSES OF SUCH ADMISSION TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
  4.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT COMMENCING ON JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT
OF  THE  SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE STATUS  OF  PREMA-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09857-01-5
              

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