NY State Assembly Bill A446

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 04, 2016	signed chap.397
Oct 26, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 14, 2016	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.671 substituted for s4325
May 11, 2016	referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly
Jan 06, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.35 returned to assembly died in senate
Mar 11, 2015	referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly
Feb 05, 2015	advanced to third reading cal.6
Feb 03, 2015	reported
Jan 07, 2015	referred to health

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A446 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4325
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2801 & 2803, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A9398, S7121

A446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to midwifery birth centers; includes term within the definition of a hospital; directs the commissioner of health to make regulations relating to establishment and operation of midwifery birth centers.

A446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   446

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, PAULIN, GALEF, CLARK,
  ROBINSON, RYAN, BROOK-KRASNY, PEOPLES-STOKES, STECK, HOOPER, LIFTON --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. ARROYO, BRENNAN, CAMARA, COOK, LENTOL,
  RIVERA, SKARTADOS, THIELE, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to midwifery birth
  centers

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law, as
separately amended by chapters 297 and 416  of  the  laws  of  1983,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  "Hospital"  means a facility or institution engaged principally in
providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, OR,  IN  THE
CASE  OF  A  MIDWIFERY  BIRTH  CENTER, OF A MIDWIFE, for the prevention,
diagnosis or treatment of human  disease,  pain,  injury,  deformity  or
physical  condition,  including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental  clin-
ic,  dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used
solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis  hospi-
tal,  chronic  disease  hospital,  maternity  hospital,  MIDWIFERY BIRTH
CENTER,  lying-in-asylum,  out-patient  department,  out-patient  lodge,
dispensary  and  a laboratory or central service facility serving one or
more such institutions, but the  term  hospital  shall  not  include  an
institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid-
ing  services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disa-
bility and which is subject to the powers  of  visitation,  examination,
inspection  and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except
for those distinct parts of  such  a  facility  which  provide  hospital

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

                                                           LBD02738-01-5

A. 446                              2

service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or
institution  engaged  principally  in providing services by or under the
supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli-
gious  organization  whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means
through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such
organization and where services are provided in  accordance  with  those
teachings.
  S  2. Section 2801 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11. "MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTER" MEANS A HOSPITAL ENGAGED  PRINCIPALLY  IN
PROVIDING  PRENATAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE, WHERE SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
PRINCIPALLY BY MIDWIVES.
  S 3. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE  REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIDWIFERY
BIRTH CENTERS, INCLUDING RELATING TO  ESTABLISHMENT,  CONSTRUCTION,  AND
OPERATION,  CONSIDERING THE STANDARDS OF STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS OF MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTERS, IN CONSULTATION WITH  REPRESEN-
TATIVES  OF  MIDWIVES,  MIDWIFERY  BIRTH  CENTERS, AND GENERAL HOSPITALS
PROVIDING OBSTETRIC SERVICES.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Co-Sponsors

Ellen C. Jaffee

Felix Ortiz

Amy Paulin

Sandy Galef

Annette Robinson

Sean Ryan

Crystal Peoples-Stokes

Phil Steck

Earlene Hooper

Barbara Lifton

Harry B. Bronson

John T. McDonald III

Guillermo Linares

Pamela Harris

Charles Lavine

Patricia Fahy

Multi-Sponsors

Carmen E. Arroyo

James F. Brennan

Vivian Cook

Joseph Lentol

Chad A. Lupinacci

N. Nick Perry

Jose Rivera

Frank Skartados

Michaelle C. Solages

Fred Thiele

Helene Weinstein

Keith L.T. Wright

A446 (ACTIVE) - Details

A446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

A446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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