Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 16, 2021 |
signed chap.66 |
Feb 12, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 01, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.48 substituted for a1254 |
Feb 01, 2021 |
substituted by s1303 |
Jan 21, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.48 |
Jan 20, 2021 |
reported |
Jan 07, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A1254
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1303 - 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
2021-A1254 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S1303
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §2509-b, §2803-j sub 1-f, amd §§2803-j, 2803-n, 266 & 2803-w, Pub Health L; amd §4, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8525 & A.2770-C)
2021-A1254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1254 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by 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 pre-term labor care and directing the commissioner of health to require hospitals to provide pre-term labor patients with information regarding the poten- tial health effects of pre-term labor and pre-term delivery on an expectant mother and on her fetus; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the public health law relating to enacting the Jonah Bichotte Cowan law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8525 and A.2770-C, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of the public health law related thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2509-b of the public health law as added by a chap- ter of the laws of 2020, amending the public health law relating to enacting the Jonah Bichotte Cowan law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8525 and A.2770-C is REPEALED. § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the public health law relating to enacting the Jonah Bichotte Cowan law, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8525 and A.2770-C, are amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center shall prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the time of pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon request, to the general public an informational leaflet. [Such leaflet shall also be distributed to any expectant mother who presents at the hospital during pregnancy.] Such leaflet shall be designed by the commissioner and shall contain brief definitions of maternity related procedures and practices as specified in subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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