NY State Senate Bill S534A

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Mar 23, 2022	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 28, 2022	amended on third reading 534b
Feb 03, 2022	advanced to third reading
Feb 02, 2022	2nd report cal.
Feb 01, 2022	1st report cal.405
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 10, 2021	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
May 03, 2021	amended on third reading (t) 534a
Feb 24, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 23, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 22, 2021	1st report cal.374
Jan 06, 2021	referred to health

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S534 - Details

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: S3610

S534 - 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.

S534 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S534

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would require statistics on maternal deaths and inju-
ries by race to be included in the informational material provided to
prospective maternal patients at all hospitals and birth centers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new paragraph (n) to Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of
the Public Health Law. This new language requires new information to be
included in the informational leaflet provided by a hospital or birth

center as already required under this section of law. This language
would include the annual percentage broken down by race, of maternal
deaths before, during and up to six weeks after childbirth; third
trimester fetal losses and stillbirths, hemorrhage and other injuries
related to childbirth.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation seeks to provide information and to increase transpar-
ency as it relates to the racial disparities of pregnancy and birth
outcomes. Further this bill seeks to expand on an already existing law
that is aimed at presenting important information to prospective moth-
ers. There is significant evidence that expectant mothers in minority
communities are presented with limited options for prenatal care and
childbirth, we need to provide information to expectant mothers that
will help them make an informed decision. Statistics have presented that
black women are at least three times more likely to die from pregnancy
and birth related complications and are 50% more likely to suffer severe
pregnancy and birth complications.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8726 of 2020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day.

S534 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    534
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KAPLAN, BENJAMIN, GAUGHRAN, SALAZAR -- 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 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

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S534A - Details

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: S3610

S534A - 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.

S534A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER:S534A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain
information about the facility to be included in the informational mate-
rial provided to prospective maternity patients at all hospitals and
birth centers

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would require certain information about the facility to
be included in the informational material provided to prospective mater-
nity patients at all hospitals and birth centers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new paragraph (n) to Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of
the Public Health Law. This new language requires information related to
the conduct of safety drills, whether a facility participates in quality
improvement initiatives, whether an agreement has a policy to arrange

emergency transfer if care for critically ill pregnant people/infants,
whether a facility has a written community needs assessment plan to
reduce racial disparities and address community needs, whether an autop-
sy is available upon request for stillbirth, and if bereavement services
are offered.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation seeks to provide information and to increase transpar-
ency as it relates to the racial disparities of pregnancy and birth
outcomes. Further this bill seeks to expand on an already existing law
that is aimed at presenting important information to prospective moth-
ers. There is significant evidence that expectant mothers in minority
communities are presented with limited options for prenatal care and
childbirth, we need to provide information to expectant mothers that
will help them make an informed decision. Statistics have presented that
black women are at least three times more likely to die from pregnancy
and birth related complications and are 50% more likely to suffer severe
pregnancy and birth complications.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8726 of 2020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day.

S534A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  534--A
     Cal. No. 374
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, BENJAMIN, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, SALAZAR -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
   to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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.
                                                            LBD04860-02-1

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S534B (ACTIVE) - Details

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: S3610

S534B (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.

S534B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S534B

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain
information about the facility to be included in the informational mate-
rial provided to prospective maternity patients at all hospitals and
birth centers

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would require certain information about the facility to
be included in the informational material provided to prospective mater-
nity patients at all hospitals and birth centers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new paragraph (n) to Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of
the Public Health Law. This new language requires information related to
the conduct of safety drills, whether a facility participates in quality
improvement initiatives, whether an agreement has a policy to arrange

emergency transfer if care for critically ill pregnant people/infants,
whether a facility has a written community needs assessment plan to
reduce racial disparities and address community needs, whether an autop-
sy is available upon request for stillbirth, and if bereavement services
are offered.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation seeks to provide information and to increase transpar-
ency as it relates to the racial disparities of pregnancy and birth
outcomes. Further this bill seeks to expand on an already existing law
that is aimed at presenting important information to prospective moth-
ers. There is significant evidence that expectant mothers in minority
communities are presented with limited options for prenatal care and
childbirth, we need to provide information to expectant mothers that
will help them make an informed decision. Statistics have presented that
black women are at least three times more likely to die from pregnancy
and birth related complications and are 50% more likely to suffer severe
pregnancy and birth complications.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8726 of 2020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day.

S534B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  534--B
     Cal. No. 405
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
   second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,
   sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
   second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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);
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04860-04-2
 S. 534--B                           2
 
   (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.

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