NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5665

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 30, 2026	advanced to third reading
Mar 26, 2026	2nd report cal.
Mar 25, 2026	1st report cal.639
Mar 16, 2026	print number 5665a
Mar 16, 2026	amend and recommit to women's issues
Jan 07, 2026	referred to women's issues
May 20, 2025	reported and committed to finance
Feb 26, 2025	referred to women's issues

Votes

- Mar 25, 2026 - Women's Issues Committee Vote
  S5665
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Women's Issues Committee Vote: Mar 25, 2026
      
      aye (7)
      
      Baskin
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Webb
      
      Weik
  May 20, 2025 - Women's Issues Committee Vote
  S5665
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Women's Issues Committee Vote: May 20, 2025
      
      aye (7)
      
      Baskin
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Webb
      
      Weik

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2025-S5665 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7332
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §207-b, Pub Health L

2025-S5665 - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct an ongoing public awareness and education program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies.

2025-S5665 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5665

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
doula awareness and education program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::

Facilitates the creation of an ongoing public awareness and education
program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::

The state law is amended by adding a new section 207-B to article 2 to
increase awareness on doulas.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

Maternal mortality has been a persistent issue that has plagued our

country. Unfortunately, in the United States racial disparities have
reinforced inequitable access to proper maternal care. This along with
other factors such as the community, facility, patient, and provider has
led to an increase in maternal deaths amongst Black women. A doula is a
trained professional who provides emotional, physical, and enlightening
support during pregnancy, delivery, and birth. They can help decrease
the maternal mortality rate especially for women with higher risk preg-
nancies.

By establishing a doula awareness and education program more people will
be informed about what a doula is and how beneficial they can be to a
pregnancy. There are often gaps when providing individualized attention
to parents during labor. A doula can fill this gap by providing contin-
uous and personalized support to ensure the safety of the birthgiver.
The birth of a child is something so beautiful - something a parent
should not have to lose their life for. By increasing awareness of
doulas and how they can improve pregnancy we can be saving lives that do
not need to be lost.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5665 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5665
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  establishing  a
   doula awareness and education program
 
   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
 207-b to read as follows:
   §  207-B.  DOULA  AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.   1. THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL CONDUCT AN ONGOING  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  AND  EDUCATION  PROGRAM  ON
 DOULAS AND HOW BENEFICIAL THEY ARE TO PREGNANCIES.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
 ON THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOULA; A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL  WHO  PROVIDES
 EMOTIONAL,  PHYSICAL,  AND ENLIGHTENING SUPPORT DURING PREGNANCY, DELIV-
 ERY, AND BIRTH. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE MADE  TO  AVAILABLE  APPROPRIATE
 HEALTH  CARE PROVIDERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS. ON ITS WEBSITE, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF DOULAS
 IN REDUCING MORTALITY RATES FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS AND  THE  INCREASED
 RISK OF THIS OCCURRING FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARILY BLACK.
   3. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE UTILI-
 ZATION  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATING  THERETO
 PRODUCED BY ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN LIEU  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION OF SUCH MATERIALS.
   4.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PERIODICALLY  REVIEW AVAILABLE DATA ON THE
 MORTALITY RATE OF PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO DOULAS AND  UPDATE
 THE  INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ON ITS INTER-
 NET WEBSITE, AS APPROPRIATE.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT EVERY THREE YEARS,  COMMENCING  JANUARY
 FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
 OF THIS SECTION AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHERING THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10386-01-5

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7332
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §207-b, Pub Health L

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct an ongoing public awareness and education program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies.

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5665A

SPONSOR: CLEARE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
doula awareness and education program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Facilitates the creation of an ongoing public awareness and education
program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The state law is amended by adding a new section 207-B to article 2 to
increase awareness on doulas.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Maternal mortality has been a persistent issue that has plagued our

country. Unfortunately, in the United States racial disparities have
reinforced inequitable access to proper maternal care. This along with
other factors such as the community, facility, patient, and provider has
led to an increase in maternal deaths amongst Black women. A doula is a
trained professional who provides emotional, physical, and enlightening
support during pregnancy, delivery, and birth. They can help decrease
the maternal mortality rate especially for women with higher risk preg-
nancies.

By establishing a doula awareness and education program more people will
be informed about what a doula is and how beneficial they can be to a
pregnancy. There are often gaps when providing individualized attention
to parents during labor. A doula can fill this gap by providing contin-
uous and personalized support to ensure the safety of the birthgiver.
The birth of a child is something so beautiful - something a parent
should not have to lose their life for. By increasing awareness of
doulas and how they can improve pregnancy we can be saving lives that do
not need to be lost.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on April lst, 2027.

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5665--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   doula awareness and education program
 
   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
 207-b to read as follows:
   § 207-B. DOULA AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.    1.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  ONGOING  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  AND EDUCATION PROGRAM ON
 DOULAS AND HOW BENEFICIAL THEY ARE TO PREGNANCIES.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS
 ON  THE  BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOULA; A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL WHO PROVIDES
 EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENLIGHTENING SUPPORT DURING  PREGNANCY,  DELIV-
 ERY,  AND  BIRTH.  SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE MADE TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATE
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS. ON ITS WEBSITE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF DOULAS
 IN  REDUCING  MORTALITY RATES FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS AND THE INCREASED
 RISK OF THIS OCCURRING FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARILY BLACK.
   3. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE UTILI-
 ZATION  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATING  THERETO
 PRODUCED  BY  ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN LIEU OF THE
 DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION OF SUCH MATERIALS.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERIODICALLY  REVIEW  AVAILABLE  DATA  ON  THE
 MORTALITY  RATE OF PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO DOULAS AND UPDATE
 THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ON ITS  INTER-
 NET WEBSITE, AS APPROPRIATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10386-02-6
 S. 5665--A                          2

 
   5.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REPORT EVERY THREE YEARS, COMMENCING APRIL
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF
 THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
 SECTION  AND  ANY  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  FURTHERING THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.

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Mar 25, 2026 - Women's Issues Committee Vote

Women's Issues Committee Vote: Mar 25, 2026

May 20, 2025 - Women's Issues Committee Vote

Women's Issues Committee Vote: May 20, 2025

Bill Amendments

2025-S5665 - Details

2025-S5665 - Summary

2025-S5665 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5665 - Bill Text download pdf

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Bill Amendments

2025-S5665 - Details

2025-S5665 - Summary

2025-S5665 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5665 - Bill Text download pdf

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5665A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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