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senate Bill S8726
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
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- In Committee
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- Passed Senate
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Co-Sponsors
Brian A. Benjamin
(D) 0 Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
Julia Salazar
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022: S534
2023-2024: S3610
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8726 SPONSOR: KAPLAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring statis- tics on maternal deaths and injuries by race to be included in the informational material provided to prospective maternity patients at all hospitals and birth centers PURPOSE: This legislation would require statistics on maternal deaths and inju- ries by race to be included in the informational material provided to prospective maternal patients at all hospitals and birth centers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new paragraph (n) to Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the Public Health Law. This new language requires new information to be included in the informational leaflet provided by a hospital or birth
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8726
I N S E N A T E
July 10, 2020
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Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring statis-
tics on maternal deaths and injuries by race to be included in the
informational material provided to prospective maternity patients at
all hospitals and birth centers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 431 of the laws of 2004, is
amended and a new paragraph (n) is added to read as follows:
(m) whether rooming-in is available in the facility, on the basis of
twenty-four hours a day or daytime[.];
(N) THE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE OF: MATERNAL DEATHS, BEFORE, DURING AND UP
TO SIX WEEKS AFTER CHILDBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER FETAL LOSSES AND STILL-
BIRTHS; HEMORRHAGE; AND INJURIES RELATED TO CHILDBIRTH INCLUDING DAMAGE
TO TISSUE AND ORGANS DURING CESAREAN BIRTH AND THIRD AND FOURTH DEGREE
TEARING. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A
RACIAL BREAKDOWN ON ALL DATA POINTS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16892-03-0
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