NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A364

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 13, 2019	tabled vetoed memo.195
Dec 06, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.243 substituted for s3344b referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 17, 2019	ordered to third reading rules cal.315 rules report cal.315 reported
Jun 14, 2019	reported referred to rules
Jun 11, 2019	reported referred to ways and means
Jun 05, 2019	reported referred to codes
May 30, 2019	print number 364b
May 30, 2019	amend and recommit to health
Apr 17, 2019	print number 364a
Apr 17, 2019	amend and recommit to health
Jan 09, 2019	referred to health

Votes

- Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote
  A364
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas

Bill Amendments

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2019-A364 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3344
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A11147
2021-2022: S2137

2019-A364 - Summary

Authorizes the professional certification of doulas; only those certified may provide doula services defined as continuous emotional and physical support provided by a certified doula throughout labor and birth, and intermittently during the prenatal and postpartum periods.

2019-A364 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    364
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL,
   COOK, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, BLAKE, DICKENS, PICHARDO,  THIELE,  McDONOUGH
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to professional
   certification of doulas

   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
 2509 to read as follows:
   § 2509. CERTIFIED DOULAS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CERTIFIED DOULA" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION
 WHO PROVIDES CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES.
   (B) "CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES" MEANS CONTINUOUS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL
 SUPPORT PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED DOULA THROUGHOUT LABOR  AND  BIRTH,  AND
 INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM PERIODS.
   2.  USE  OF TITLE. ONLY A PERSON CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO USE THE TITLE "CERTIFIED DOULA".
   3. REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFICATION.  TO  QUALIFY  AS  A
 CERTIFIED DOULA, AN APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B) EDUCATION: SATISFACTORILY:
   (I)  COMPLETE  AN  EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S REGULATIONS; OR
   (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CERTIFICATION, THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR
 WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE FOREGOING,
 FROM ANY STATE OR COUNTRY, SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (C) EXAMINATION: PASS AN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT
 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (D) AGE: BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01668-01-9

 A. 364                              2
 
   (E) CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   (F) FEE: PAY A FEE OF FORTY DOLLARS TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ADMISSION TO
 A  DEPARTMENT  CONDUCTED  EXAMINATION  FOR  AN INITIAL LICENSE, A FEE OF
 FORTY DOLLARS FOR EACH RE-EXAMINATION, A FEE OF  FORTY  DOLLARS  FOR  AN
 INITIAL  LICENSE  FOR  PERSONS  NOT  REQUIRING ADMISSION TO A DEPARTMENT
 CONDUCTED EXAMINATION, AND A FEE OF TEN DOLLARS FOR A LIMITED PERMIT.
   4. LIMITED PERMIT:
   (A) A LIMITED PERMIT TO  PRACTICE  CERTIFIED  DOULA  SERVICES  MAY  BE
 GRANTED  FOR  A  PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWELVE MONTHS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
 HAS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT MET ALL  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION EXCEPT PASSING THE EXAMINATION.
   (B)  A  LIMITED  PERMIT  SHALL  ENTITLE  THE  HOLDER TO PRACTICE DOULA
 SERVICES ONLY UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED DOULA.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.  Effective immediately, the commissioner of health shall make regu-
 lations and take other actions reasonably necessary  to  implement  this
 act on such date.

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2019-A364A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3344
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A11147
2021-2022: S2137

2019-A364A - Summary

2019-A364A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  364--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL,
   COOK, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, BLAKE, DICKENS, PICHARDO, THIELE,  McDONOUGH,
   SOLAGES  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee 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 professional
   certification of doulas
 
   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
 2509 to read as follows:
   § 2509. CERTIFIED DOULAS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CERTIFIED DOULA" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION
 WHO PROVIDES CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES.
   (B) "CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES" MEANS CONTINUOUS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL
 SUPPORT PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED DOULA THROUGHOUT LABOR  AND  BIRTH,  AND
 INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM PERIODS.
   2.  USE  OF TITLE. ONLY A PERSON CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO USE THE TITLE "CERTIFIED DOULA".
   3. CERTIFICATE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE AS A CERTI-
 FIED DOULA TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLIES FOR CERTIFICATION AND WHO QUALI-
 FIES UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   4. REQUIREMENTS FOR A  PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFICATION.  TO  BE  CERTIFIED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AN APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
 MENTS:
   (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B) EDUCATION: SATISFACTORILY:
   (I) COMPLETE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER'S REGULATIONS; OR

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

                                                            LBD01668-02-9

 A. 364--A                           2
 
   (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CERTIFICATION, THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR
 WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE FOREGOING,
 FROM ANY STATE OR COUNTRY, SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (C)  EXAMINATION:  PASS  AN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT
 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (D) AGE: BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   (E) CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   (F) FEE: PAY A FEE OF FORTY DOLLARS TO THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR  CONSIDER-
 ATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION.
   5.   PROCEEDINGS   AND  GROUNDS  FOR  SUSPENSION  OR  REVOCATION.  (A)
 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CERTIFICATE HOLDER UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE
 COMMENCED  BY  FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT A WRITTEN CHARGE OR CHARGES IN
 THE FORM OF A PETITION UNDER OATH  AGAINST  SUCH  CERTIFIED  DOULA.  THE
 PETITION  MAY BE FILED BY ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION OR PUBLIC
 OFFICER, OR BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
   (B) IF THE COMMISSIONER DECIDES THAT THE CHARGES SHOULD BE HEARD,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  APPOINT A HEARING OFFICER TO HEAR AND REPORT ON THE
 CHARGES AND SHALL SET A TIME AND PLACE FOR THE HEARING. A  COPY  OF  THE
 CHARGES,  TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING, SHALL
 BE SERVED ON THE ACCUSED AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE DATE FIXED FOR
 THE HEARING.
   (C) THE RESPONDENT IN ALL SUCH CASES BROUGHT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL,
 AT LEAST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE RETURN DATE OF THE PETITION CONTAINING THE
 CHARGES, FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT A VERIFIED ANSWER,  IN  DUPLICATE,  TO
 THE ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN THE PETITION. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE THE
 OPPORTUNITY  AT  SUCH HEARING TO APPEAR EITHER PERSONALLY OR BY COUNSEL,
 TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES IN  THE
 RESPONDENT'S DEFENSE.
   (D) UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING, THE HEARING OFFICER SHALL MAKE
 A  WRITTEN  REPORT  OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS AND SHALL TRANSMIT THEM,
 TOGETHER WITH A RECOMMENDATION, TO THE COMMISSIONER. IF THE COMMISSIONER
 FINDS THAT THE CHARGES ARE NOT SUSTAINED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ORDER A
 DISMISSAL OF THE CHARGES AND AN EXONERATION. IF THE  COMMISSIONER  FINDS
 THAT  ANY  OF  THE CHARGES ARE SUSTAINED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN THE
 COMMISSIONER'S  DISCRETION,  ISSUE  AN  ORDER  SUSPENDING,  REVOKING  OR
 ANNULLING  THE  CERTIFICATE  OF  THE  RESPONDENT,  OR SET REASONABLE AND
 APPROPRIATE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESPONDENT'S PRACTICE UNDER THE CERTIF-
 ICATE.
   (E) WHERE A CERTIFICATE  HAS  BEEN  REVOKED  OR  ANNULLED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY, AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS, ENTER-
 TAIN AN APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION OF THE CERTIFICATE.
   (F) A RESPONDENT AGGRIEVED BY ANY ACTION  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  UNDER
 THIS  SECTION  MAY  COMMENCE A PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF
 THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IN THE SUPREME  COURT,  ALBANY  COUNTY,
 CHALLENGING THAT ACTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately,  the  commissioner  of  health
 shall  make  regulations  and take other actions reasonably necessary to
 implement this act on such date.

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2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3344
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2509, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A11147
2021-2022: S2137

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  364--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL,
   COOK, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, BLAKE, DICKENS, PICHARDO, THIELE,  McDONOUGH,
   SOLAGES  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Health --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
   with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to professional
   certification of doulas
 
   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
 2509 to read as follows:
   § 2509. CERTIFIED DOULAS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CERTIFIED DOULA" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION
 WHO PROVIDES CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES.
   (B) "CERTIFIED DOULA SERVICES" MEANS CONTINUOUS EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL
 SUPPORT PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED DOULA THROUGHOUT LABOR  AND  BIRTH,  AND
 INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM PERIODS.
   2.  USE  OF TITLE. ONLY A PERSON CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO USE THE TITLE "CERTIFIED DOULA".
   3. CERTIFICATE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE AS A CERTI-
 FIED DOULA TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO APPLIES FOR CERTIFICATION AND WHO QUALI-
 FIES UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   4. REQUIREMENTS FOR A  PROFESSIONAL  CERTIFICATION.  TO  BE  CERTIFIED
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AN APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
 MENTS:
   (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B) EDUCATION: SATISFACTORILY:

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

                                                            LBD01668-04-9

 A. 364--B                           2
 
   (I) COMPLETE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER'S REGULATIONS; OR
   (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CERTIFICATION, THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION FOR
 WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE FOREGOING,
 FROM ANY STATE OR COUNTRY, SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (C)  EXAMINATION:  PASS  AN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO THE DEPARTMENT
 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (D) AGE: BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
   (E) CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   (F) FEE: PAY A FEE OF FORTY DOLLARS TO THE  DEPARTMENT  FOR  CONSIDER-
 ATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION.
   5.  SCOPE  OF PRACTICE. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION AUTHORIZES A CERTIFIED
 DOULA TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF  PRACTICE  OF  ANY  OTHER
 PROFESSION  UNDER  TITLE  EIGHT  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW,
 UNLESS THE CERTIFIED DOULA WOULD BE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED  TO  DO  SO  BY
 LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately,  the  commissioner  of  health
 shall  make  regulations  and take other actions reasonably necessary to
 implement this act on such date.

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Assembly Bill A364

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2019-A364 - Details

2019-A364 - Summary

2019-A364 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-A364A - Details

2019-A364A - Summary

2019-A364A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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PAULIN

Archive: Last Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Richard Gottfried

Sandy Galef

Ellen C. Jaffee

Linda Rosenthal

2019-A364 - Details

2019-A364 - Summary

2019-A364 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Richard Gottfried

Sandy Galef

Ellen C. Jaffee

Linda Rosenthal

2019-A364A - Details

2019-A364A - Summary

2019-A364A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Richard Gottfried

Sandy Galef

Ellen C. Jaffee

Linda Rosenthal

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-A364B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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