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Assembly Bill A9914

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires maternal depression screening of pregnant women

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2015-A9914 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A875

2015-A9914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires maternal depression screening of pregnant women.

2015-A9914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9914

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring maternal
  depression screenings for pregnant women

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

  Section 1. 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 SCREENING. EVERY MATERNAL HEALTH CARE  PROVIDER
ATTENDING  PREGNANT  WOMEN  IN  THE  STATE  SHALL SCREEN, OR CAUSE TO BE
SCREENED, EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN SO ATTENDED FOR  MATERNAL  DEPRESSION  AT
INTERVALS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14933-01-6

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