NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7977

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Mar 06, 2020	referred to health

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2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld & add Art 25 Title 3 §§2560 & 2561, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S322
2023-2024: S2898

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the Chisholm Chance Act; creates an administrative hub in Kings county and Bronx county to coordinate community-based organizations and community health workers to combat the maternal health crisis.

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7977

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the maternal
health crisis

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a plan to address the severe maternal morbidity crisis in
parts of the state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Chisholm
Chance Act".

Section 2: Repeals title 3 of article 25 of the public health law and
adds a new title 3.

Section 2560 consists of Legislative findings.

Section 2561 directs the Department of Health to develop, establish and
administer a community led and operated administrative HUB in Kings
County and Bronx County to contract with multiple payers in order to
coordinate outreach by specially trained community-based organizations
and community health workers to find and engage the highest need women
and children in those counties. The section also directs the Department
of health to: (1) establish the infrastructure of the HUB; (2) establish
an advisory board and governance structure for the HUB; (3) hire and
train community health workers and doulas; (4) establish a single point
of entry for addressing social determinants of health; (5) synchronize
systems across networks of community-based organizations with health-
care, behavioral and social service delivery systems, and; (6) achieve
certification from the Pathways Community HUB institute within six
months of the beginning of operations. The section further states that:
(1) Community health workers shall be contracted to identify and address
standardized health risks via shared metrics or standardized pathways
that have demonstrated an impact on the social determinants of health;
(2) the administrative hub shall coordinate participating community-
based organizations and community health workers to address gaps in the
systems of care for the highest need women and children in Kings county,
and Bronx county, and; (3) The administrative hub shall begin operations
before the first of January next succeeding the effective date of this
title.

Section 3: States that the act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In New York, severe maternal morbidity constitutes a maternal health
crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and quality of life of
many women and children. New York is among the bottom third of states
for the number of pregnancy-related deaths, with women of color dying at
a rate three and one-half times more than other women.  The highest
rates of severe maternal morbidity occurs in two counties, Kings and the
Bronx, with the highest rate occurring in north and central Brooklyn.

This is a disgrace that requires the establishment of a plan to address
the severe maternal morbidity crisis.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7977
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  the  maternal
   health crisis
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Chisholm
 Chance Act".
   §  2. Title 3 of article 25 of the public health law is REPEALED and a
 new title 3 is added to read as follows:
                                 TITLE III
                            CHISHOLM CHANCE ACT
 SECTION 2560. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
         2561. ADMINISTRATIVE HUB.
   § 2560. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. 1.  THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  AND
 DECLARES  THAT  SEVERE  MATERNAL MORBIDITY CONSTITUTES A MATERNAL HEALTH
 CRISIS THAT POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE  OF
 MANY  WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN. NEW YORK IS AMONG THE BOTTOM THIRD OF STATES
 FOR THE NUMBER OF WOMEN DYING, WITH WOMEN OF COLOR DYING AT A RATE THREE
 AND ONE-HALF TIMES MORE THAN OTHER WOMEN. THE HIGHEST  RATES  OF  SEVERE
 MATERNAL  MORBIDITY OCCURS IN TWO COUNTIES, KINGS AND BRONX COUNTY, WITH
 THE HIGHEST RATE OCCURRING IN NORTH AND CENTRAL BROOKLYN.
   2. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER FINDS AND DECLARES THAT A  PLAN  SHOULD  BE
 ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY CRISIS.
   § 2561. ADMINISTRATIVE HUB. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP, ESTABLISH
 AND  ADMINISTER A COMMUNITY LED AND OPERATED ADMINISTRATIVE HUB IN KINGS
 COUNTY AND BRONX COUNTY TO CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE  PAYERS  IN  ORDER  TO
 COORDINATE  OUTREACH  BY SPECIALLY TRAINED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
 AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO FIND AND ENGAGE THE HIGHEST  NEED  WOMEN
 AND  CHILDREN  IN  KINGS  COUNTY  AND BRONX COUNTY. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 ALSO:
   (A) ESTABLISH THE ADMINISTRATIVE HUB'S INFRASTRUCTURE;
   (B) ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY  BOARD  AND  GOVERNANCE  STRUCTURE  FOR  THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE HUB;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15635-01-0

 S. 7977                             2
 
   (C)  HIRE AND TRAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND DOULAS, UP TO ONE PER
 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION;
   (D)  ESTABLISH  A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMI-
 NANTS OF HEALTH;
   (E) SYNCHRONIZE SYSTEMS ACROSS NETWORKS OF  COMMUNITY-BASED  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS  WITH  HEALTHCARE, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS;
 AND
   (F) ACHIEVE CERTIFICATION FROM THE PATHWAYS  COMMUNITY  HUB  INSTITUTE
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE BEGINNING OF OPERATIONS.
   2.  COMMUNITY  HEALTH  WORKERS  SHALL  BE  CONTRACTED  TO IDENTIFY AND
 ADDRESS STANDARDIZED HEALTH RISKS VIA  SHARED  METRICS  OR  STANDARDIZED
 PATHWAYS  THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
 HEALTH.
   3. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HUB SHALL  COORDINATE  PARTICIPATING  COMMUNITY-
 BASED  ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO ADDRESS GAPS IN THE
 SYSTEMS OF CARE FOR THE HIGHEST NEED WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN KINGS  COUNTY
 AND BRONX COUNTY.
   4.  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE HUB SHALL BEGIN OPERATIONS BEFORE THE FIRST OF
 JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S7977

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

co-Sponsors

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Zellnor Myrie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

co-Sponsors

Kevin S. Parker

Gustavo Rivera

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7977 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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