Assembly Bill A6766

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to conduct education and outreach programs on neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, intervention, and counseling for pregnant women

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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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2019-A6766 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §266, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9096
2017-2018: A1200
2021-2022: A5764

2019-A6766 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to conduct education and outreach programs on neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, intervention, and counseling for pregnant women.

2019-A6766 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6766
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
   department of health to conduct education  and  outreach  programs  on
   neonatal  abstinence  syndrome and the importance of screening, inter-
   vention, and counseling for pregnant women

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (g)  Improving  birth outcomes, including the importance of preconcep-
 tional care, early prenatal care, considerations of health risks  during
 pregnancy,  considerations  of  benefits and risks of labor and delivery
 options including, but not limited  to,  vaginal  and  cesarean  section
 delivery,  elective  or repeat cesarean sections, and appropriate use of
 drugs during delivery.  There  shall  also  be  education  and  outreach
 concerning: spina bifida, a permanently disabling birth defect occurring
 at the end of the first month of pregnancy which involves the incomplete
 development  of  the spinal cord or its coverings, and the importance of
 encouraging all women in their child-bearing  years  to  increase  their
 folic  acid  intake  in  order  to reduce the incidence of spina bifida;
 NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AND THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  SCREENING,  INTER-
 VENTIONS, AND COUNSELING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02055-01-9

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