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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S8729
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
(D) 20th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) 10th Senate District
2019-S8729 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10885
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S3052, A5509
2023-2024: A3350
2019-S8729 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8729 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including statis- tics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, and other injuries in information leaflets for maternity patients PURPOSE: To expand the information hospitals and the Department of Health are currently required to provide to maternity patients and the public to include details on maternal outcomes, including deaths and injuries, and the racial makeup of those outcomes in information leaflets. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the Public Health Law by adding additional requirements to be reported on hospital infor- mation leaflets for maternity patients relative to birth outcomes,
2019-S8729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8729 I N S E N A T E July 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including statis- tics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, and other injuries in information leaflets for maternity patients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1996 and paragraph (m) as amended by chapter 431 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 2. Such leaflet shall also include statistics relating to the annual percentage of maternity related procedures performed, MATERNAL OUTCOMES AND MATERNAL DEATHS at such hospital or birth center, as provided by the commissioner, including but not limited to the following: (a) THE ANNUAL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEATHS RESULTING FROM COMPLICATIONS DURING CHILDBIRTH, FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN CHILDBIRTH AND SIX WEEKS AFTER DELIVERY, AND THE TOP SIX COMPLICATIONS FROM PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY THAT RESULT IN SUCH DEATHS BROKEN DOWN BY THE AGE AND RACE OF THE MOTHER; (B) THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF THIRD TRIMESTER FETAL LOSSES AND STILLBIRTHS OCCURRING THE HOSPITAL OR BIRTH CENTER; (C) THE ANNUAL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF HEMORRHAGES AND INJURIES MOTH- ERS SUSTAIN RELATED TO CHILDBIRTH INCLUDING DAMAGE TO TISSUE AND ORGANS DURING CESAREAN BIRTH, THIRD AND FOURTH DEGREE TEARING, BROKEN DOWN BY THE AGE AND RACE OF THE MOTHER; (D) the annual rate of cesarean sections, primary, repeat and total, performed at such facility; [(b)] (E) the annual percentage of women with previous cesarean sections who have had a subsequent successful vaginal birth; [(c)] (F) the annual percentage of deliveries by midwives; [(d)] (G) the annual percentage of births utilizing electronic fetal monitoring listed on the basis of external and internal; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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