Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 23, 2024 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.1 substituted for a2870b |
Jan 23, 2024 |
substituted by s2039b |
Jan 22, 2024 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.1 rules report cal.1 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 17, 2024 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 12, 2024 |
print number 2870b |
Jan 12, 2024 |
amend and recommit to health |
Jan 11, 2024 |
print number 2870a |
Jan 11, 2024 |
amend and recommit to health |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to health |
Jan 27, 2023 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2870B
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SOLAGES
Current Bill Status Via S2039 - Passed Assembly
- 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Anna Kelles
Steven Raga
Brian Cunningham
2023-A2870 - Details
2023-A2870 - Summary
Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.
2023-A2870 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2870 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to maternal depression screenings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: (C) "QUESTIONNAIRE" MEANS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL ADMINISTERED BY A LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, TO DETECT MATERNAL DEPRESSION SUCH AS THE EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE, THE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCREENING SCALE, THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY, THE PATIENT HEALTH QUES- TIONNAIRE, OR OTHER VALIDATED ASSESSMENT METHODS AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 2500-k of the public health law, subdivision 4 as renumbered by chapter 463 of the laws of 2017, are renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows: 3. MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENINGS. (A) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE AT A PRENATAL VISIT SHALL INVITE EACH PREGNANT PATIENT TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND SHALL REVIEW THE COMPLETED QUES- TIONNAIRE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAL OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS. ASSESSMENT FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION MUST BE REPEATED WHEN, IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT OF THE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE PREGNANT PATIENT SUFFERS FROM MATERNAL DEPRESSION. (B) MATERNAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS PROVIDING POSTNATAL CARE TO PERSONS WHO GAVE BIRTH SHALL INVITE EACH PATIENT TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND SHALL REVIEW THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAL OPINIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS. ASSESSMENT FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION MUST BE REPEATED WHEN, IN THE PROFES- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03810-01-3
co-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Anna Kelles
Steven Raga
Brian Cunningham
2023-A2870A - Details
2023-A2870A - Summary
Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.
2023-A2870A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2870--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KELLES, RAGA, CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- 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 maternal depression screenings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law, as added by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Maternal depression" means a wide range of emotional and psycho- logical reactions [a woman] AN INDIVIDUAL may experience [during] THROUGHOUT pregnancy [or after childbirth] AND THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD. These reactions may include, but are not limited to, feelings of despair or extreme guilt, prolonged sadness, lack of energy, difficulty concen- trating, fatigue, extreme changes in appetite, and thoughts of suicide or of harming the baby. Maternal depression may include prenatal depression, PERINATAL MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDER, the "baby blues," post- partum depression, or postpartum psychosis[-- the severest form]. (b) "Maternal health care provider" means a physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, or other health care practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice, attending a [pregnant woman or a woman up to one year after childbirth] PERINATAL INDIVIDUAL, including [a] ANY practitioner attending the [woman's] INDIVIDUAL'S child, FROM CONCEPTION up to one year [after childbirth] POSTPARTUM. § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 2500-k of the public health law, subdivision 4 as renumbered by chapter 463 of the laws of 2017, are EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03810-03-4 A. 2870--A 2
co-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Anna Kelles
Steven Raga
Brian Cunningham
2023-A2870B (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A2870B (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the office of mental health and other relevant stakeholders, to develop guidance and standards for routine maternal depression screenings, referrals, diagnosis and treatment, and to provide training and materials on issues related to maternal depression.
2023-A2870B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2870--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KELLES, RAGA, CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- 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 -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to maternal depression screenings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law, as added by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Maternal depression" means a wide range of emotional and psycho- logical reactions [a woman] AN INDIVIDUAL may experience [during] THROUGHOUT pregnancy [or after childbirth] AND THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD. These reactions may include, but are not limited to, feelings of despair or extreme guilt, prolonged sadness, lack of energy, difficulty concen- trating, fatigue, extreme changes in appetite, and thoughts of suicide or of harming the baby. Maternal depression may include prenatal depression, PERINATAL MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDER, the "baby blues," post- partum depression, or postpartum psychosis[-- the severest form]. (b) "Maternal health care provider" means a physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, or other health care practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice, attending a [pregnant woman or a woman up to one year after childbirth] PERINATAL INDIVIDUAL, including [a] ANY practitioner attending the [woman's] INDIVIDUAL'S child, FROM CONCEPTION up to one year [after childbirth] POSTPARTUM. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03810-05-4 A. 2870--B 2
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