Assembly Bill A1594

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the departments of health and mental hygiene to create a pamphlet of mental health resources for those who have suffered a pregnancy loss

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1594 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§2997-f-2 & 267-a, amd §2997-b, Pub Health L; add §7.50, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10674

2023-A1594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the departments of health and mental hygiene to create a pamphlet of mental health resources for those who have suffered a pregnancy loss, including, but not limited to, a miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion; requires providers to give patients an adequate supply of menstrual products upon discharge to help with their aftercare.

2023-A1594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1594
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation  to requiring the departments of health and mental hygiene to
   create a pamphlet of  mental  health  resources  for  those  who  have
   suffered a pregnancy loss

   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
 2997-f-2 to read as follows:
   § 2997-F-2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
 FOR  THOSE  WHO  HAVE  SUFFERED  A PREGNANCY LOSS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIB-
 UTE TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS A PAMPHLET OF MENTAL  HEALTH  RESOURCES
 FOR  PATIENTS  WHO  HAVE  SUFFERED  A  PREGNANCY LOSS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH OR ABORTION.
   2. HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  PAMPHLET  DEVELOPED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  TO  PATIENTS  DURING  THE FIRST APPOINTMENT
 FOLLOWING SUCH PATIENT'S PREGNANCY LOSS.
   § 2. Section 2997-b of the public health law, as added by chapter  477
 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2997-b.  Pamphlet  of  department  programs. The commissioner shall
 develop and transmit to physicians in the state a pamphlet describing  a
 variety of department programs and initiatives, including but not limit-
 ed  to  smoking  cessation  programs,  public health insurance programs,
 health and quality improvement information, the patient  safety  center,
 MENTAL  HEALTH RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED A PREGNANCY LOSS
 and physician profiles. Each physician practicing  in  the  state  shall
 make  the  pamphlet  available in [his or her] SUCH PHYSICIAN'S practice
 reception area so that it is accessible to patients.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05853-01-3
 A. 1594                             2

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