NY State Senate Bill S1409A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	committed to rules
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading amended (t) 1409b
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.853
Feb 15, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2022	print number 1409a
Jan 06, 2022	amend and recommit to health
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
May 24, 2021	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Apr 28, 2021	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2021	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2021	1st report cal.781
Jan 25, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Jan 12, 2021	referred to health

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Apr 26, 2022 - Finance committee Vote

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Jan 25, 2021 - Health committee Vote

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S1409 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2815
2019-2020: S5480
2023-2024: S266

S1409 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

S1409 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1409

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Department of Health in conjunction with the Office of
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services to establish a pilot program of
infant recovery centers for infants experiencing opioid or other drug
withdrawal symptoms.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 2500 of the Public Health law to direct the
Department of Health to establish a pilot program of infant recovery,
centers for infants experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms. The bill also

directs the Department to report to the Legislature on the program and
pilots.

Section 2. Provides an immediate effective date and has the program
sunset in four years so that it can be evaluated and updated if neces-
sary.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

One aspect of the nation's opioid abuse is the number of babies born
with severe withdrawal symptoms. Hospitals are scrambling to find ways
to care for the burgeoning population of drug addicted newborns.  The
result is symptoms consistent with withdrawal, acute toxicity or
sustained signs consistent with a lasting drug effect. This is known as
neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). These babies require specialized
care and are often treated in newborn intensive care units with an esti-
mated cost of $66,700 per infant. Hospital diversion programs for these
infants can provide less costly and more focused care for newborns and
their parents.

Nationwide, it is estimated the number of pregnant woman using heroin,
prescription opioids, or addiction treatment medications either metha-
done or buprenorphine has increased fivefold since 2000. This act
directs the Department of Health, in consultation with the Office of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to establish pilot infant recov-
ery centers outside of the hospital where newborns can withdraw and
recover from NAS and other symptoms of addiction as as it is safe for
them to leave the hospital. At the recovery centers, infants would
receive the same kind of medical treatment for their withdrawal symptoms
as they would in the hospital while simultaneously being provided a
better, cost efficient help for newborns through the painful, weeks long
process of drug withdrawal.

In Huntington, West Virginia, it was reported that in 2010, babies born
to mothers using heroin were filling up so many beds in the newborn
intensive care unit at the city's main hospital that little space was
left for babies with other life-threatening conditions. As a result, by
2012, Lily's Place, an infant recovery center outside of the hospital
was created where the newborns could be taken as soon as it was safe for
them to leave the hospital. Lily's Place is staffed by the same doctor
and team of nurses who treat drug exposed babies in those hospitals,
plus a social worker and adminis- trative staff and is a transitional
care center where parents can visit their babies throughout the day and
occasionally stay overnight before taking them home. Lily's Place has
become a model for communities in the rest of the country that are expe-
riencing the same kind of growth in drug exposed newborns as Huntington.
The cost of caring for a drug exposed newborn in a hospital is nearly 20
times the cost of hospital care for a healthy infant, whereas the cost
of caring for newborns at Lily's Place is one-fifth the daily rate of a
hospital intensive care unit.

As part of the New York State budget adopted in April 2018, the Senate
added $350,000 to support up to four infant recovery centers. This
legislation supports that appropriation and insures New York moves
forward.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S2815 Hannon/A7913A Simotas - passed Senate in 2017 and
appropriation added for such a program as part of the enacted 2018-19
budget.
2019-2020: S5480/A11141 Simotas - Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Savings to state as addicted infants receive needed care in less costly
setting than hospitals, and mothers receive support that can help foster
healthy babies and families. Funding was added by the Senate to the
enacted budget in 2018-19 for $350 million to establish up to 4 infant
recovery programs.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be deemed
repealed 4 years after such date.

S1409 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1409
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2509-c to read as follows:
   §  2509-C.  INFANT  RECOVERY  CENTERS  PILOT PROGRAM.   THERE SHALL BE
 ESTABLISHED AN INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM WHEREBY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ADDICTION SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS  ABUSE  SERVICES, SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST FOUR INFANT RECOVERY
 CENTERS IN AREAS OF NEED IN THE STATE. SUCH CENTERS SHALL  PROVIDE  COST
 EFFECTIVE,  NECESSARY  SERVICES  AND  ENHANCE  THE  QUALITY  OF CARE FOR
 TARGETED POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS  OF  SUCH
 PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE INFANTS SHALL BE UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE AND SUFFER FROM
 WITHDRAWAL  RESULTING FROM IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO DRUGS. SUCH INFANT WITH-
 DRAWAL MAY BE THE RESULT OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE MORE APPROPRIATE
 SETTINGS AND COST EFFECTIVE CARE FOR THESE INFANTS THAN HOSPITALS, WHILE
 ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO PARENTS PREPARING TO BRING THEIR
 INFANTS  HOME. ACCESS TO SUCH SUPPORTS SHALL CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD AFTER
 THE INFANT HAS LEFT A CENTER.
   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY, APPRO-
 PRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CENTERS  AND  SHALL  REPORT  TO  THE
 LEGISLATURE  WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INFANT RECOVERY
 CENTERS AND AGAIN WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed 4 years after such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06826-01-1

Co-Sponsors

S1409A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2815
2019-2020: S5480
2023-2024: S266

S1409A - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

S1409A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1409A

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Department of Health in conjunction with the Office of
Addiction Services and Supports to establish a pilot program of infant
recovery centers for infants experiencing opioid or other drug with-
drawal symptoms.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 2500 of the Public Health law to direct the
Department of Health to establish a pilot program of infant recovery,
centers for infants experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms. The bill also
directs the Department to report to the Legislature on the program and

pilots.

Section 2. Provides an immediate effective date and has the program
sunset in four years so that it can be evaluated and updated if neces-
sary.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

One aspect of the nation's opioid abuse is the number of babies born
with severe withdrawal symptoms. Hospitals are scrambling to find ways
to care for the burgeoning population of drug addicted newborns.  The
result is symptoms consistent with withdrawal, acute toxicity or
sustained signs consistent with a lasting drug effect. This is known as
neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). These babies require specialized
care and are often treated in newborn intensive care units with an esti-
mated cost of $66,700 per infant. Hospital diversion programs  for these
infants can provide less costly and more focused care for newborns and
their parents.

Nationwide, it is estimated the number of pregnant woman using heroin,
prescription opioids, or addiction treatment medications either metha-
done or buprenorphine has increased fivefold since 2000. This act
directs the Department of Health, in consultation with the Office of
Addiction Services and Supports to establish pilot infant recovery
centers outside of the hospital where newborns can withdraw and recover
from NAS and other symptoms of addiction as as it is safe for them to
leave the hospital. At the recovery centers, infants would receive the
same kind of medical treatment for their withdrawal symptoms as they
would in the hospital while simultaneously being provided a better, cost
efficient help for newborns through the painful, weeks long process of
drug withdrawal.

In Huntington, West Virginia, it was reported that in 2010, babies born
to mothers using heroin were filling up so many beds in the newborn
intensive care unit at the city's main hospital that little space was
left for babies with other life-threatening conditions. As a result, by
2012, Lily's Place, an infant recovery center outside of the hospital
was created where the newborns could be taken as soon as it was safe for
them to leave the hospital. Lily's Place is staffed by the same doctor
and team of nurses who treat drug exposed babies in those hospitals,
plus a social worker and administrative staff and is a transitional care
center where parents can visit their babies throughout the day and occa-
sionally stay overnight before taking them home. Lily's Place has become
a model for communities in the rest of the country that are expe- rienc-
ing the same kind of growth in drug exposed newborns as Huntington.  The
cost of caring for a drug exposed newborn in a hospital is nearly 20
times the cost of hospital care for a healthy infant, whereas the cost
of caring for newborns at Lily's Place is one-fifth the daily rate of a
hospital intensive care unit.

As part of the New York State budget adopted in April 2018, the Senate
added $350,000 to support up to four infant recovery centers. This
legislation supports that appropriation and insures New York moves
forward.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S2815 Hannon/A7913A Simotas - passed Senate in 2017 and
appropriation added for such a program as part of the enacted 2018-19
budget.

2019-2020: S5480/A11141 Simotas - Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Savings to state as addicted infants receive needed care in less costly
setting than hospitals, and mothers receive support that can help foster
healthy babies and families. Funding was added by the Senate to the
enacted budget in 2018-19 for $350 million to establish up to 4 infant
recovery programs.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be deemed
repealed 4 years after such date.

S1409A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1409--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BROUK, HINCHEY, KAPLAN, MANNION, MAY, PARKER
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the  Committee  on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   infant recovery centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2509-d to read as follows:
   §  2509-D.  INFANT  RECOVERY  CENTERS  PILOT PROGRAM.   THERE SHALL BE
 ESTABLISHED AN INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM WHEREBY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ADDICTION SERVICES  AND
 SUPPORTS, SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST FOUR INFANT RECOVERY CENTERS IN AREAS
 OF  NEED IN THE STATE. SUCH CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE COST EFFECTIVE, NECES-
 SARY SERVICES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF CARE FOR  TARGETED  POPULATIONS
 IN  ORDER  TO  DEMONSTRATE  THE  EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE
 INFANTS SHALL BE UNDER ONE  YEAR  OF  AGE  AND  SUFFER  FROM  WITHDRAWAL
 RESULTING FROM IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO DRUGS. SUCH INFANT WITHDRAWAL MAY BE
 THE  RESULT OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEONATAL ABSTI-
 NENCE SYNDROME. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE MORE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS  AND
 COST EFFECTIVE CARE FOR THESE INFANTS THAN HOSPITALS, WHILE ALSO PROVID-
 ING  SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES TO PARENTS PREPARING TO BRING THEIR INFANTS
 HOME. ACCESS TO SUCH SUPPORTS SHALL CONTINUE  FOR  A  PERIOD  AFTER  THE
 INFANT HAS LEFT A CENTER.
   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY, APPRO-
 PRIATENESS  AND  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THE  CENTERS AND SHALL REPORT TO THE
 LEGISLATURE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INFANT  RECOVERY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06826-04-1

 S. 1409--A                          2
 
 CENTERS AND AGAIN WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed 4 years after such date.

Co-Sponsors

S1409B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2815
2019-2020: S5480
2023-2024: S266

S1409B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

S1409B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1409B

SPONSOR: RIVERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
maternal-infant care centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To require the Department of Health in conjunction with the Office of
Addiction Services and Supports to establish a pilot program of mater-
nal-infant care centers for infants experiencing neonatal abstinence
syndrome, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, or other drug withdrawal
symptoms.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Adds a new section 2509-d to the public health law to direct
the commissioner of the Department of Health, in consultation with the
commissioner of Addiction Services and Supports to establish a pilot

program of at least 4 maternal-infant carecenters in areas of need
across the state.Such maternal-infant care centers shall be available to
families of infants experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal
opioid withdrawal syndrome, or other symptoms of withdrawal. The program
shall implement clinically appropriate evidence-based practicesincluding
breastfeeding, rooming in, and other practices proven to reduce the
length of stay compared to standard neonatal intensive units, and
supporting family unification when appropriate. The bill would establish
that admittance to a maternal-infant care center, nor diagnosis of
neonatal abstinence or opioid withdrawal syndrome could be the sole
factor in determining if there was child abuse or maltreatment.The bill
also directs the Department to report to the Legislature on the program
and pilots.

Section 2. Providesfor the effective date, which isimmediately, and has
the program sunset in four years so that it can be evaluated and updated
if necessary.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

For some time, hospitals have struggled to find ways to care for infants
experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), neonatal opioid with-
drawal syndrome (NOWS), or otherwise experiencing symptoms of withdrawal
due to exposure to opioids in utero.NAS and NOWS are temporary condi-
tions that are treatable with proper supports. Often, treatment of these
infants is providedin newborn intensive care units with an estimated
cost of $66,700 per infant, where the mother and baby are not able to
stay in the same room. Maternal-infant care centers for these infants
and their families can provide less costly and more focused care for
newborns and their parents.

Nationwide, it is estimated the number of pregnantindividuals using
opioids or medication-assisted treatment, such as methadone or buprenor-
phine, has increased fivefold since 2000. This act directs the Depart-
ment of Health, in consultation with the Office of Addiction Services
and Supports, to establish at least 4 pilot maternal-infant care centers
outside of the hospital, where newborns and their parents can receive
treatment and support services shown to reduce the length of stay
compared to standard neonatal intensive care unit treatment and support
family unification, which is beneficial for both infants and parents.The
care provided to infants and their families in these maternal-infant
care centerswill be rooted in evidence-based practices thatare both
extremely effectivefor treating NAS and NOWS,as well as cost efficient.
These practices include skin-to- skin contact, breastfeeding, and caring
for the mother and baby in the same room ("rooming in").

These maternal-infant care centers are based on a national model,with
the models effectivenessbeing demonstrated over the past ten years. In
Huntington, West Virginia, an infant recovery center called Lily's Place
was created in 2012 in response to overcrowding in the newborn intensive
care unit. At Lily's Place, infants born with in utero drug exposure
were treated by the same doctor and team of nurses who treated drug
exposed babies in the hospital, plus a social worker and administrative
staff. Parents were able to visit their newborns throughout the day and
stay overnight before taking them home. The cost of caring for an infant
experiencing NAS, NOWS, or symptoms of withdrawal due to in-utero drug
exposure in a hospital is nearly 20 times the cost of hospital care for
an infant not experiencing NAS, NOWS, or other symptoms of withdrawal ,
whereas the cost of caring for newborns at Lily's Place is one-fifth the
daily rate of a hospital intensive care Unit. Lily's Place has become a
model for communities in the rest of the country that are experiencing
the same kind of growth in drug exposed newborns as Huntington.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: A1141 referred to Health / S5480 passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Savings to state as addicted infants receive needed care in less costly
setting than hospitals, and mothers receive support that can help foster
healthy babies and families.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be deemed
repealed 4 years after such date.

S1409B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1409--B
     Cal. No. 853
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  BIAGGI, BROUK, HINCHEY, KAPLAN, MANNION,
   MAY, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
   committed  to  the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Health in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee and
   committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from  said
   committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second  report, amended on second
   report, ordered to a third reading, and to be  reprinted  as  amended,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   maternal-infant care centers pilot  program;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2509-d to read as follows:
   §  2509-D. MATERNAL-INFANT CARE CENTERS PILOT PROGRAM.  THERE SHALL BE
 ESTABLISHED A MATERNAL-INFANT CARE CENTERS  PILOT  PROGRAM  WHEREBY  THE
 COMMISSIONER,   IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ADDICTION
 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, SHALL CERTIFY OR DESIGNATE AT LEAST  FOUR  MATER-
 NAL-INFANT  CARE  CENTERS  IN  AREAS  OF NEED IN THE STATE. SUCH CENTERS
 SHALL PROVIDE COST EFFECTIVE, NECESSARY SERVICES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY
 OF CARE FOR TARGETED POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE  EFFECTIVE-
 NESS  OF  SUCH  PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE INFANTS SHALL BE UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE
 AND BE EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWAL  RESULTING  FROM  IN  UTERO  EXPOSURE  TO
 DRUGS. SUCH INFANT WITHDRAWAL MAY BE THE RESULT OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  NEONATAL  ABSTINENCE SYNDROME OR NEONATAL OPIOID
 WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE MORE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS
 AND COST EFFECTIVE CARE FOR THESE INFANTS  THAN  HOSPITALS,  WHILE  ALSO
 PROVIDING  SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES  TO  PARENTS PREPARING TO BRING THEIR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06826-06-2
 S. 1409--B                          2
 
 INFANTS HOME. ACCESS TO SUCH SUPPORTS SHALL CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD  AFTER
 THE  INFANT  HAS  LEFT A CENTER.   THE PROGRAM SHALL IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-
 BASED PRACTICES SHOWN TO REDUCE THE LENGTH  OF  STAY  WHEN  COMPARED  TO
 STANDARD  NEONATAL  INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CARE AND SUPPORT FAMILY UNIFICA-
 TION WHEN THE  PRACTICES  ARE  CLINICALLY  APPROPRIATE  FOR  THE  FAMILY
 RECEIVING  SERVICES. THE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, ROOMING-IN, ENCOURAGING BREASTFEEDING, PROVIDING    TRAU-
 MA-INFORMED  CARE  TO  THE PARENT-INFANT DYAD, AND EVALUATING THE SOCIAL
 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.  NEITHER  A  DIAGNOSIS  OF  NEONATAL  ABSTINENCE
 SYNDROME  OR  NEONATAL  OPIOID  WITHDRAWAL  SYNDROME, NOR ADMISSION TO A
 MATERNAL-INFANT CARE CENTER, SHALL CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE OR
 MALTREATMENT, OR, BY ITSELF, JUSTIFY  A  REPORT  TO  THE  STATE  CENTRAL
 REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT.
   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY, APPRO-
 PRIATENESS  AND  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THE  CENTERS AND SHALL REPORT TO THE
 LEGISLATURE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE  MATERNAL-INFANT
 CARE  CENTERS  AND  AGAIN WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire  and  be
 deemed repealed 4 years after such date.

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Apr 26, 2022 - Finance committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022

Feb 15, 2022 - Health committee Vote

Health Committee Vote: Feb 15, 2022

May 24, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 24, 2021

Apr 27, 2021 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: Apr 27, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 - Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2021

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S1409B (ACTIVE) - Details

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