Assembly Bill A9098

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to informational leaflets for maternity patients

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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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2021-A9098 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L

2021-A9098 - Summary

Relates to informational leaflets for maternity patients; requires certain annual statistical information to be presented on the department's website for the most recent five years for which such data is available.

2021-A9098 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9098
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to informational
   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 1 of section 2803-j of the public health law,
 as amended by chapter 66 of the laws of 2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
 shall  prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the time
 of pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and,  upon
 request,  to  the  general public an informational leaflet. Such leaflet
 shall be designed by the commissioner  and  shall  contain  brief  defi-
 nitions  of  maternity  related procedures and practices as specified in
 subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
 priate by the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may  also  elect
 to  distribute  additional explanatory material along with the maternity
 patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
 tion contained in the leaflet available on the department's website  AND
 SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
 YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14254-01-2

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2021-A9098A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L

2021-A9098A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to informational leaflets for maternity patients; requires certain annual statistical information to be presented on the department's website for the most recent five years for which such data is available.

2021-A9098A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9098--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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  informational
   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 1 of section 2803-j of the public  health  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  66  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
 shall prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the  time
 of  pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon
 request, to the general public an informational  leaflet.  Such  leaflet
 shall  be  designed  by  the  commissioner and shall contain brief defi-
 nitions of maternity related procedures and practices  as  specified  in
 subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
 priate  by  the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may also elect
 to distribute additional explanatory material along with  the  maternity
 patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
 tion  contained in the leaflet available on the department's website AND
 SHALL PRESENT ALL ANNUAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION  COMPILED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS SECTION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE FOR THE
 MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS FOR WHICH SUCH DATA IS AVAILABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14254-03-2

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