Senate Bill S2039B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to maternal depression screenings

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2023-S2039 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2870
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7138
2019-2020: A3016
2021-2022: S7865, A5076

2023-S2039 - 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-S2039 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2039 - 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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2023-S2039A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2870
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7138
2019-2020: A3016
2021-2022: S7865, A5076

2023-S2039A - 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-S2039A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2039A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2039--A
 
                        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,  SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS,
   WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Women's Issues -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  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  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.
                                                            LBD03810-02-4
 S. 2039--A                          2
              

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2023-S2039B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2870
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7138
2019-2020: A3016
2021-2022: S7865, A5076

2023-S2039B (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-S2039B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2039B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2039--B
     Cal. No. 96
 
                        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,  SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS,
   WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Women's Issues -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee -- reported favorably  from  said  committee,
   ordered  to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered
   to a third reading, and to be  reprinted  as  amended,  retaining  its
   place in the order of third reading
 
 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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