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Aug 12, 2022 | referred to health |
assembly Bill A10659
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Judy Griffin
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
A10659 (ACTIVE) - Details
A10659 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires a healthcare provider to inform a patient of the options for treatment following confirmation of the death of a fetus or embryo in utero, including surgical evacuation, the induction of labor and allowing the patient to spontaneously miscarriage; requires the healthcare provider to arrange for the removal of the fetus or embryo and the associated products of conception through surgical evacuation or the induction of labor within forty-eight hours of the confirmation of fetal or embryo death if requested to do so by the patient and if medically advisable, or to refer the patient to another healthcare provider capable of providing such services and to advise the patient of the facility registry; requires a healthcare provider to notify the patient of fetal or embryo death within twenty-four hours of confirmation of the death; requires the commissioner of health to establish a registry of facilities that provide certain services(view more)
A10659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10659 I N A S S E M B L Y August 12, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to treatment follow- ing the confirmation of fetal or embryo death in utero; to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to establish a registry of facilities providing certain services and to requiring hospitals to have healthcare providers on call to perform certain procedures; and to amend the education law, in relation to requiring training in certain procedures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law". § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-l to read as follows: § 2500-L. TREATMENT FOLLOWING FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH IN UTERO. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, IN THE EVENT THAT A FETUS OR EMBRYO DIES WHILE IN UTERO, AND SUCH DEATH IS CONFIRMED BY A HEALTH- CARE PROVIDER, THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHALL INFORM THE PATIENT OF THE OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT, INCLUDING SURGICAL EVACUATION, THE INDUCTION OF LABOR AND ALLOWING THE PATIENT TO SPONTANEOUSLY MISCARRY. AT THE REQUEST OF THE PATIENT, AND IF MEDICALLY ADVISABLE, THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHALL ARRANGE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE FETUS OR EMBRYO AND THE ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION THROUGH SURGICAL EVACUATION OR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE INDUCTION OF LABOR WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF THE CONFIRMATION OF FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH. IF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF THE CONFIR- MATION OF FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH, THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHALL REFER THE PATIENT TO ANOTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR FACILITY ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITHIN THE FORTY-EIGHT HOUR TIME FRAME AND SHALL ADVISE THE PATIENT OF THE PROVIDER REGISTRY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE. 2. IF A PATIENT HAS LEFT THE OFFICE OR FACILITY OF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHO CONFIRMED THE FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH PRIOR TO BEING ADVISED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.