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Assembly Bill A4598B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain information about the facility be provided to prospective maternity patients

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2021-A4598 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S534
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8726
2023-2024: A5576, S3610

2021-A4598 - Summary

Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.

2021-A4598 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4598
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 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.
                                                            LBD04860-01-1

2021-A4598A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S534
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8726
2023-2024: A5576, S3610

2021-A4598A - Summary

Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.

2021-A4598A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4598--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain
   information about the facility 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 six new paragraphs (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) are 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) WHETHER THE FACILITY CONDUCTS SAFETY DRILLS TO PREPARE FOR OBSTET-
 RIC EMERGENCIES;
   (O) WHETHER THE FACILITY PARTICIPATES IN  QUALITY  IMPROVEMENT  INITI-
 ATIVES;
   (P)  WHETHER  THE  FACILITY HAS AN AGREEMENT AND POLICY TO ARRANGE FOR
 EMERGENT TRANSFER OF CARE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PREGNANT PEOPLE/INFANTS  TO
 HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE;
   (Q) WHETHER THE FACILITY HAS A WRITTEN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLAN
 TO REDUCE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS;
   (R)  WHETHER THE FACILITY OFFERS, UPON PATIENT REQUEST, AN AUTOPSY FOR
 STILLBIRTH; AND
   (S) WHETHER THE FACILITY OFFERS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS  THAT
 HAVE SUFFERED A STILLBIRTH OR THIRD TRIMESTER FETAL LOSS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04860-03-1

2021-A4598B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S534
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8726
2023-2024: A5576, S3610

2021-A4598B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain information about the facility and what types of plans and procedures such facility has in place to be provided to prospective maternity patients.

2021-A4598B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4598--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as  amended  and  recommitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the
   Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  certain
   information  about  the  facility  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 six new paragraphs (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) are 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) WHETHER THE FACILITY CONDUCTS SAFETY DRILLS TO PREPARE FOR OBSTET-
 RIC EMERGENCIES;
   (O)  WHETHER  THE  FACILITY PARTICIPATES IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITI-
 ATIVES;
   (P) WHETHER THE FACILITY HAS AN AGREEMENT AND POLICY  TO  ARRANGE  FOR
 EMERGENT  TRANSFER OF CARE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PREGNANT PEOPLE/INFANTS TO
 HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE (APPLICABLE ONLY FOR THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT
 THE DESIGNATED REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER OR  A  QUATERNARY  OR  TERTIARY
 CARE CENTER WITH LEVEL III-IV NICU);
   (Q) WHETHER THE FACILITY HAS A WRITTEN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLAN
 TO REDUCE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS;
   (R)  WHETHER THE FACILITY OFFERS, UPON PATIENT REQUEST, AN AUTOPSY FOR
 STILLBIRTH; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04860-05-2

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