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Jan 18, 2023 | referred to women's issues |
senate Bill S2039
Sponsored By
Samra G. Brouk
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Women's Issues Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Jeremy A. Cooney
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 26th Senate District
S2039 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2039 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2039 SPONSOR: BROUK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to maternal depression screenings PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires maternal health care providers to offer a maternal depression screening to new mothers when providing prenatal, postnatal, and pedia- tric care for the mother's child. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law to define "questionnaire" for the purposes of this section as an assessment tool to detect maternal depression. Section two of this bill amends subdivision 3 of section 2500--k of the public health law to require maternal health care providers providing
S2039 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2039 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ADDABBO, CLEARE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KENNEDY, MYRIE, PERSAUD, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03810-01-3
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