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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Dec 20, 2019 |
approval memo.65 signed chap.718 |
| Dec 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
| Jun 19, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1770 substituted for s4637a |
| Jun 18, 2019 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
| Jun 11, 2019 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.107 rules report cal.107 reported |
| Jun 05, 2019 |
reported referred to rules |
| May 23, 2019 |
print number 2957a |
| May 23, 2019 |
amend and recommit to health |
| Jan 28, 2019 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2957A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RICHARDSON
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Harvey Epstein
Anthony D'Urso
multi-Sponsors
Carmen De La Rosa
Jo Anne Simon
2019-A2957 - Details
2019-A2957 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2957
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON, THIELE, BICHOTTE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing informa-
tion on possible complications from pregnancy; and in relation to
screenings and referrals for serious threats to life after pregnancy
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-b of section 2803-j of the public health law,
as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
1-b. The informational leaflet shall also include information relating
to the physical and mental health of the maternity patient after
discharge from the hospital, including, but not limited to, information
about maternal depression AND INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS FROM
PREGNANCY THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH. The commissioner, in collaboration
with the commissioner of mental health, shall review and update the
information on maternal depression contained in the leaflet, as neces-
sary. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH OFFICIAL BOARDS IN THE
STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND INVESTIGATING CAUSES OF MATERNAL
MORTALITY, SHALL REVIEW AND UPDATE THE INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE COMPLI-
CATIONS FROM PREGNANCY THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH, AS NECESSARY. The infor-
mational leaflets shall be made available to patients in the top six
languages spoken in the state, other than English, according to the
latest available data from the United States Census Bureau.
§ 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2803-n of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Maternity care shall also include, at minimum, parent education,
assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, education on mater-
nal depression, education on maternal depression screening and refer-
rals, INCLUDING SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS TO IDENTIFY CONDITIONS IDENTI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Harvey Epstein
Anthony D'Urso
multi-Sponsors
Carmen De La Rosa
Jo Anne Simon
2019-A2957A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A2957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2957--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON, THIELE, BICHOTTE, EPSTEIN, D'URSO,
SAYEGH, ORTIZ, JAFFEE, GRIFFIN, BARRON, WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. DE LA ROSA, SIMON -- read once and referred 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 providing informa-
tion on possible complications from pregnancy; and in relation to
screenings and referrals for serious threats to life after pregnancy
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2803-j of the public health law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-e to read as follows:
1-E. THE INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS FROM PREGNANCY THAT CAN ENDANGER THE LIFE OR
HEALTH OF THE NEWBORN OR THE MOTHER. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
WITH ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW BOARDS,
SHALL REVIEW AND UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AS NECESSARY.
§ 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2803-n of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Maternity care shall also include, at minimum, parent education,
assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, education on mater-
nal depression, education on maternal depression screening and refer-
rals, and the performance of any necessary OR APPROPRIATE maternal and
newborn clinical assessments AND SCREENINGS AND APPROPRIATE REFERRALS.
Notwithstanding this requirement, nothing in this paragraph is intended
to result in the hospital charging any amount for such services in addi-
tion to the applicable charge for the maternity inpatient hospital
admission.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
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