Assembly Bill A4337

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act"

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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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2021-A4337 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8233
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 25 Title 4-A §§2576 - 2579, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7955
2023-2024: A317, S5095

2021-A4337 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act" to provide guidance, education and assistance to healthcare providers caring for expectant mothers with substance use disorder; provides for the screening of newborns for substance abuse exposure.

2021-A4337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4337
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to children and
   recovering mothers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act".
   § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a  new
 title 4-A to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 4-A
                      CHILDREN AND RECOVERING MOTHERS
 SECTION 2576. RECOVERING EXPECTANT MOTHER PROGRAM.
         2577. NEWBORN SCREENING.
         2578. PROVIDER EDUCATION.
         2579. WORKGROUP.
   § 2576. RECOVERING  EXPECTANT  MOTHER  PROGRAM.  THERE SHALL BE ESTAB-
 LISHED A RECOVERING EXPECTANT  MOTHERS  PROGRAM  WITHIN  THE  DEPARTMENT
 WHEREBY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCO-
 HOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE, EDUCATION
 AND ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDERS CARING  FOR  RECOVERING  EXPECTANT  MOTHERS,
 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   1.  ESTABLISHING, IN CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,
 GUIDANCE ON UNIVERSAL SCREENING TECHNIQUES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AT
 PRENATAL VISITS. SUCH GUIDANCE SHALL RELY ON VALIDATED  SCREENING  TOOLS
 AND QUESTIONNAIRES AND UTILIZE LANGUAGE TO HELP REDUCE STIGMA;
   2.  PROVIDING  INFORMATION REGARDING USE OF MEDICATION ASSISTED TREAT-
 MENT FOR PREGNANT  WOMEN,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  INFORMATION  REGARDING
 BUPRENORPHINE  TRAINING,  TOOLS FOR PROVIDERS ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF
 WOMEN WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER IN PREGNANCY,  AND  A  REFERRAL  LIST  OF
 CERTIFIED PROVIDERS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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