Senate Bill S8774

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to hospital standing orders for the care of newborns

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8774 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-v, Pub Health L

2017-S8774 - Summary

Authorizes hospitals to establish standing orders for the care of newborns in the hospital until the discharge of the newborn from the hospital following the birth, which may authorize an attending nurse to provide services and care to healthy newborns.

2017-S8774 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8774 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8774
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 hospital  standing
   orders for the care of newborns
 
   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
 2803-v to read as follows:
   § 2803-V. STANDING ORDERS FOR NEWBORN CARE IN A HOSPITAL.  1. A HOSPI-
 TAL MAY ESTABLISH STANDING ORDERS FOR THE CARE OF NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPI-
 TAL  UNTIL  THE DISCHARGE OF THE NEWBORN FROM THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE
 BIRTH, WHICH MAY AUTHORIZE AN ATTENDING NURSE TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  AND
 CARE TO HEALTHY NEWBORNS.
   2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
 WISE:
   (A) "HOSPITAL" MEANS A HOSPITAL THAT ROUTINELY PROVIDES PERINATAL CARE
 TO NEWBORNS.
   (B)  "ATTENDING PRACTITIONER" MEANS THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER,
 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR MIDWIFE, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR  HER  LAWFUL  SCOPE
 AND  TERMS  OF  PRACTICE,  ATTENDING  THE  BIRTH  OR POSTNATAL CARE OF A
 NEWBORN IN A HOSPITAL.
   (C) "ATTENDING NURSE" MEANS A REGISTERED NURSE ATTENDING THE POSTNATAL
 CARE OF A NEWBORN, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   (D) "STANDING ORDER" MEANS A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER FOR  THE  CARE
 OF HEALTHY NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPITAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. A STANDING ORDER MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CASE OF ANY NEWBORN WHEN
 (A)  DIRECTED  BY THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER, OR (B) IN THE ABSENCE OF A
 SPECIFIC DIRECTION BY THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER,  THE  ATTENDING  NURSE
 DETERMINES,  IN  HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THAT IMPLEMENTING THE
 STANDING ORDER FOR THE NEWBORN IS CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE AND  CONSISTENT
 WITH THE STANDING ORDER, HOSPITAL'S POLICIES AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
 THE  STANDING  ORDER  SHALL  NOT  BE IMPLEMENTED IN A SPECIFIC SITUATION
 WHERE THE HOSPITAL'S POLICIES, THE STANDING ORDER, OR  APPLICABLE  REGU-
 LATIONS PROVIDE OTHERWISE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2017-S8774A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-v, Pub Health L

2017-S8774A - Summary

Authorizes hospitals to establish standing orders for the care of newborns in the hospital until the discharge of the newborn from the hospital following the birth, which may authorize an attending nurse to provide services and care to healthy newborns.

2017-S8774A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8774A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8774--A
     Cal. No. 1508
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first  report,  amended  on  first
   report,  ordered  to  a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of second report

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to hospital standing orders for the care of newborns
 
   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
 2803-v to read as follows:
   § 2803-V. STANDING ORDERS FOR NEWBORN CARE IN A HOSPITAL.  1. A HOSPI-
 TAL MAY ESTABLISH STANDING ORDERS FOR THE CARE OF NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPI-
 TAL UNTIL THE DISCHARGE OF THE NEWBORN FROM THE HOSPITAL  FOLLOWING  THE
 BIRTH,  WHICH  MAY  AUTHORIZE AN ATTENDING NURSE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND
 CARE TO HEALTHY NEWBORNS.
   2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
 WISE:
   (A) "HOSPITAL" MEANS A HOSPITAL THAT ROUTINELY PROVIDES PERINATAL CARE
 TO NEWBORNS.
   (B) "ATTENDING PRACTITIONER" MEANS THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE  PRACTITIONER,
 PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT  OR  MIDWIFE, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE
 AND TERMS OF PRACTICE, ATTENDING  THE  BIRTH  OR  POSTNATAL  CARE  OF  A
 NEWBORN IN A HOSPITAL.
   (C) "ATTENDING NURSE" MEANS A REGISTERED NURSE ATTENDING THE POSTNATAL
 CARE OF A NEWBORN, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   (D)  "STANDING  ORDER" MEANS A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER FOR THE CARE
 OF HEALTHY NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPITAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. A STANDING ORDER MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CASE OF ANY NEWBORN WHEN
 (A) DIRECTED BY THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER, OR (B) IN THE ABSENCE  OF  A
 SPECIFIC  DIRECTION  BY  THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER, THE ATTENDING NURSE
 DETERMINES, IN HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THAT  IMPLEMENTING  THE
 STANDING  ORDER FOR THE NEWBORN IS CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT
 WITH THE STANDING ORDER, THE HOSPITAL'S POLICIES  AND  APPLICABLE  REGU-
 
              

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2017-S8774B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-v, Pub Health L

2017-S8774B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes hospitals to establish standing orders for the care of newborns in the hospital until the discharge of the newborn from the hospital following the birth, which may authorize an attending nurse to provide services and care to healthy newborns.

2017-S8774B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8774B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8774--B
     Cal. No. 1508
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first  report,  amended  on  first
   report,  ordered  to  a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of second report -- ordered to a third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to hospital standing orders for the care of newborns
 
   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
 2803-v to read as follows:
   § 2803-V. STANDING ORDERS FOR NEWBORN CARE IN A HOSPITAL.  1. A HOSPI-
 TAL MAY ESTABLISH STANDING ORDERS FOR THE CARE OF NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPI-
 TAL  UNTIL  THE DISCHARGE OF THE NEWBORN FROM THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE
 BIRTH, WHICH MAY AUTHORIZE AN ATTENDING NURSE TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  AND
 CARE TO HEALTHY NEWBORNS.
   2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
 WISE:
   (A) "HOSPITAL" MEANS A HOSPITAL THAT ROUTINELY PROVIDES PERINATAL CARE
 TO NEWBORNS.
   (B)  "ATTENDING PRACTITIONER" MEANS THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER,
 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR MIDWIFE, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR  HER  LAWFUL  SCOPE
 AND  TERMS  OF  PRACTICE,  ATTENDING  THE  BIRTH  OR POSTNATAL CARE OF A
 NEWBORN IN A HOSPITAL.
   (C) "ATTENDING NURSE" MEANS A REGISTERED NURSE ATTENDING THE POSTNATAL
 CARE OF A NEWBORN, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   (D) "STANDING ORDER" MEANS A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER FOR  THE  CARE
 OF HEALTHY NEWBORNS IN THE HOSPITAL, ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3. A STANDING ORDER MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CASE OF ANY NEWBORN WHEN
 (A)  DIRECTED  BY THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER, OR (B) IN THE ABSENCE OF A
 SPECIFIC DIRECTION BY THE ATTENDING PRACTITIONER,  THE  ATTENDING  NURSE
 DETERMINES,  IN  HIS OR HER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THAT IMPLEMENTING THE
 
              

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