Senate Bill S6952

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to lactation counseling services

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  • 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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2019-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9648
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.3387 & A.2345)

2019-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to lactation counseling services when such services are ordered by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife.

2019-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6952
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to lactation  coun-
   seling services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (x) of subdivision 2  of  section  365-a  of  the
 social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amend-
 ing  the  social services law relating to lactation counseling services,
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3387 and A. 2345, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (x)(i) lactation counseling services for pregnant and postpartum women
 WHEN SUCH SERVICES ARE ORDERED  BY  A  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  MIDWIFE  AND provided by a qualified lactation
 care provider, as determined by the commissioner  of  health;  provided,
 however,  that  the  provisions  of this paragraph shall not take effect
 unless all necessary approvals under federal  law  and  regulation  have
 been obtained to receive federal financial participation in the costs of
 health  care  services  provided  pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in
 this paragraph shall be construed to modify any licensure, certification
 or scope of practice provision under title eight of the education law.
   (ii) [For] FOR the purposes of this  paragraph,  the  following  terms
 shall have the following meanings:
   (1)  "Qualified  lactation  care  provider"  shall  mean  a person who
 possesses current certification as a  lactation  care  provider  from  a
 certification  program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting
 agency.
   (2) "Nationally recognized accrediting agency" shall mean a nationally
 recognized accrediting agency designated by the  commissioner;  provided
 that the commissioner shall designate more than one agency.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending  the  social  services
 law  relating  to lactation counseling services, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 3387 and A. 2345, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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