Assembly Bill A4313

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature, newborn infants

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A4313 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2281
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-bb, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4715
2011-2012: A2023
2013-2014: A2266
2015-2016: A1851
2017-2018: A399
2019-2020: A3618, S7020
2021-2022: A5244, S182

2023-A4313 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature newborn infants.

2023-A4313 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4313
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER,  BENEDETTO,  COOK, COLTON, BRONSON,
   STIRPE, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient  discharge
   information concerning certain premature newborn infants
 
   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
 2803-bb to read as follows:
   §  2803-BB.  PATIENT  DISCHARGE  INFORMATION.  1.  ANY  HOSPITAL  THAT
 PROVIDES BIRTHING SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN,  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIAL
 CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS, PROPER CARE AND
 SUPPORT  ASSOCIATED  WITH NEWBORN INFANTS WHO ARE BORN PREMATURE AT LESS
 THAN THIRTY-SEVEN WEEKS GESTATIONAL AGE. THE WRITTEN  INFORMATION  SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE  UNIQUE  HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING INFANTS BORN PREMATURE, SUCH
 AS:  INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS;  NUTRITIONAL  CHALLENGES;
 INFECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE (BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA); VISION AND
 HEARING   IMPAIRMENT;  BREATHING  PROBLEMS;  FEEDING;  MAINTAINING  BODY
 TEMPERATURE; JAUNDICE; HYPERACTIVITY;  INFANT  MORTALITY  AND  LONG-TERM
 COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FINE MOTOR SKILLS, READING, WRITING, MATH-
 EMATICS AND SPEAKING;
   (B)  THE PROPER CARE NEEDS OF PREMATURE INFANTS, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREEN-
 INGS AND MONITORING  AND  HEALTHCARE  SERVICES  AVAILABLE  TO  PREMATURE
 INFANTS;
   (C)  INFECTIOUS  DISEASE  AWARENESS AND METHODS TO PREVENT OR MINIMIZE
 INFECTIONS COMMON TO PREMATURE INFANTS; AND
   (D) COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO ASSIST PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WITH  THE
 CARE AND SUPPORT OF PREMATURE INFANTS.
   2.  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL  BE  WRITTEN  IN  CLEAR LANGUAGE TO EDUCATE
 PARENTS OF PREMATURE INFANTS ACROSS A VARIETY OF SOCIOECONOMIC  STATUSES
 AND SHALL BE UPDATED AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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