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Assembly Bill A10514A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to screening for placenta accreta spectrum screenings as part of routine prenatal care

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Bill Amendments

2025-A10514 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9662
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-n, Pub Health L

2025-A10514 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to publish guidance for incorporating placenta accreta spectrum screenings into routine prenatal care.

2025-A10514 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10514
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  guidance,  recom-
   mendations and best practices related to incorporating placenta accre-
   ta spectrum screenings into routine prenatal care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2500-n to read as follows:
   §  2500-N.  PLACENTA  ACCRETA  SPECTRUM SCREENINGS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION "PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM" MEANS A PREGNANCY  COMPLICATION
 THAT  OCCURS  WHEN THE PLACENTA ATTACHES TOO DEEPLY INTO THE WALL OF THE
 UTERUS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER RELEVANT  STAKEHOLDERS
 AS  DETERMINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL PUBLISH GUIDANCE FOR INCORPO-
 RATING PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM SCREENINGS INTO ROUTINE PRENATAL  CARE.
 THIS  GUIDANCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, RECOMMENDATIONS AND
 BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO:
   (A) WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR  OTHER  AUTHORIZED  PRACTITIONER  ATTENDING  A
 PREGNANT PERSON SHOULD INITIATE PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM SCREENINGS AND
 HOW OFTEN SUCH SCREENINGS SHOULD BE REPEATED THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY;
   (B) SCREENING FOR RISK FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PLACENTA ACCRETA
 SPECTRUM  SUCH  AS MULTIPLE CESAREAN SECTIONS, PLACENTA PREVIA, ADVANCED
 MATERNAL AGE, MULTIPARITY AND PRIOR UTERINE SURGERIES OR CURETTAGE;
   (C) REFERRALS FOR APPROPRIATE  FOLLOW-UP  EVALUATION,  DIAGNOSIS,  AND
 TREATMENT; AND
   (D) REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGIES TO INCENTIVIZE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14949-01-6

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2025-A10514A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9662
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-n, Pub Health L

2025-A10514A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to publish guidance for incorporating placenta accreta spectrum screenings into routine prenatal care.

2025-A10514A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10514--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  guidance,  recom-
   mendations and best practices related to incorporating placenta accre-
   ta spectrum screenings into routine prenatal care

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2500-n to read as follows:
   §  2500-N.  PLACENTA  ACCRETA  SPECTRUM SCREENINGS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION "PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM" MEANS A PREGNANCY  COMPLICATION
 THAT  OCCURS  WHEN THE PLACENTA ATTACHES TOO DEEPLY INTO THE WALL OF THE
 UTERUS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER RELEVANT  STAKEHOLDERS
 AS  DETERMINED  BY THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL PUBLISH GUIDANCE FOR INCORPO-
 RATING PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM SCREENINGS INTO ROUTINE PRENATAL  CARE.
 THIS  GUIDANCE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, RECOMMENDATIONS AND
 BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO:
   (A) WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR  OTHER  AUTHORIZED  PRACTITIONER  ATTENDING  A
 PREGNANT PERSON SHOULD INITIATE PLACENTA ACCRETA SPECTRUM SCREENINGS AND
 HOW OFTEN SUCH SCREENINGS SHOULD BE REPEATED THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY;
   (B) SCREENING FOR RISK FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PLACENTA ACCRETA
 SPECTRUM  SUCH  AS MULTIPLE CESAREAN SECTIONS, PLACENTA PREVIA, ADVANCED
 MATERNAL AGE, MULTIPARITY AND PRIOR UTERINE SURGERIES OR CURETTAGE; AND
   (C) REFERRALS FOR APPROPRIATE  FOLLOW-UP  EVALUATION,  DIAGNOSIS,  AND
 TREATMENT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14949-02-6

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