Senate Bill S4981

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a healthcare provider to inform the patient of the options for treatment following confirmation of fetal demise

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Current Bill Status Via A1297 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4981 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, amd §§2500 & 2803-n, Pub Health L; add §6524-a, Ed L

2023-S4981 - Summary

Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.

2023-S4981 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4981 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4981
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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 treatment  follow-
   ing  the  confirmation of fetal or embryo death in utero; to amend the
   public health law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health
   to establish a registry of facilities providing certain  services  and
   to requiring hospitals to have healthcare providers on call to perform
   certain  procedures;  and  to  amend the education law, in relation to
   requiring training in certain procedures
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law".
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-l
 to read as follows:
   § 2500-L.   TREATMENT FOLLOWING FETAL OR EMBRYO  DEATH  IN  UTERO.  1.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, IN THE EVENT THAT A FETUS
 OR  EMBRYO DIES WHILE IN UTERO, AND SUCH DEATH IS CONFIRMED BY A HEALTH-
 CARE PROVIDER, THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHALL INFORM THE PATIENT  OF  THE
 OPTIONS  FOR  TREATMENT, INCLUDING SURGICAL EVACUATION, THE INDUCTION OF
 LABOR AND ALLOWING THE  PATIENT  TO  SPONTANEOUSLY  MISCARRY.    AT  THE
 REQUEST  OF  THE  PATIENT,  AND  IF  MEDICALLY ADVISABLE, THE HEALTHCARE
 PROVIDER SHALL ARRANGE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE FETUS OR  EMBRYO  AND  THE
 ASSOCIATED  PRODUCTS  OF  CONCEPTION  THROUGH SURGICAL EVACUATION OR THE
 COMMENCEMENT OF THE INDUCTION OF LABOR WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS  OF  THE
 CONFIRMATION  OF  FETAL  OR  EMBRYO DEATH. IF THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS
 UNABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF THE  CONFIR-
 MATION OF FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH, THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHALL REFER THE
 PATIENT  TO  ANOTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR FACILITY ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
 SERVICES WITHIN THE FORTY-EIGHT HOUR TIME FRAME  AND  SHALL  ADVISE  THE
 PATIENT  OF  THE  PROVIDER  REGISTRY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01143-01-3
              

2023-S4981A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, amd §§2500 & 2803-n, Pub Health L; add §6524-a, Ed L

2023-S4981A - Summary

Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.

2023-S4981A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4981A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4981--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
   tals  to  adopt,  implement and periodically update standard protocols
   for the management of fetal or embryo death in utero
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-o-1
 to read as follows:
   §  2803-O-1.  REQUIRED  PROTOCOLS  FOR FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH IN UTERO.
 HOSPITALS SHALL ADOPT, IMPLEMENT AND PERIODICALLY UPDATE STANDARD PROTO-
 COLS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FETAL OR EMBRYO DEATH IN UTERO.  SUCH  PROTO-
 COLS  SHALL INCLUDE INFORMING THE PATIENT OF TREATMENT OPTIONS INCLUDING
 BUT BE NOT LIMITED TO: (A) SPONTANEOUS MISCARRIAGE; (B) SURGICAL  EVACU-
 ATION; AND (C) THE INDUCTION OF LABOR.  SUCH PROTOCOLS SHALL REQUIRE THE
 HOSPITAL  TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN EXPECTANT MOTHER WITH A CONFIRMED DEAD
 FETUS OR EMBRYO IN UTERO IS EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITION,
 AND UPON MAKING A DIAGNOSIS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITION, ADMIT THE
 EXPECTANT MOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL OR TREAT THEM IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR
 POTENTIAL INTERVENTION, CLOSE  OBSERVATION,  CONTINUOUS  MONITORING  AND
 STABILIZING TREATMENT UNTIL IT IS DEEMED MEDICALLY SAFE FOR DISCHARGE OR
 TRANSFER  TO  ANOTHER MEDICAL FACILITY OR UNIT, IF NECESSARY, IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LABOR  ACT  (EMTA-
 LA).
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01143-07-3


              

2023-S4981B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, amd §§2500 & 2803-n, Pub Health L; add §6524-a, Ed L

2023-S4981B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.

2023-S4981B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4981B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4981--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
   tals to adopt, implement and periodically  update  standard  protocols
   for the management of fetal demise
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-o-1
 to read as follows:
   § 2803-O-1. REQUIRED  PROTOCOLS  FOR  FETAL  DEMISE.  HOSPITALS  SHALL
 ADOPT,  IMPLEMENT  AND  PERIODICALLY  UPDATE  STANDARD PROTOCOLS FOR THE
 MANAGEMENT OF FETAL DEMISE. SUCH PROTOCOLS SHALL REQUIRE THE HOSPITAL TO
 DETERMINE WHETHER A PREGNANT PERSON IS EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 CONDITION IN RELATION TO FETAL DEMISE, AND UPON MAKING A DIAGNOSIS OF AN
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITION, ADMIT THE PREGNANT PERSON TO  THE  HOSPITAL
 OR  TREAT  THEM  IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR CLOSE OBSERVATION, CONTINUOUS
 MONITORING AND STABILIZING TREATMENT UNTIL IT IS DEEMED  MEDICALLY  SAFE
 FOR DISCHARGE OR TRANSFER TO ANOTHER MEDICAL FACILITY OR UNIT, IF NECES-
 SARY,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND
 LABOR ACT (EMTALA).
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01143-09-3



              

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