Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 31, 2023 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 30, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
May 24, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
May 23, 2023 |
1st report cal.1258 |
Feb 01, 2023 |
referred to women's issues |
Senate Bill S3610
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2023-S3610 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S3610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3610 SPONSOR: WEBB 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 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
2023-S3610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3610 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 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 (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. LBD02346-01-3
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