Assembly Bill A6168

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits expecting and new mothers' access to their doulas

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Current Bill Status Via S5992 - Passed Assembly

  • 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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Bill Amendments

2023-A6168 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, Pub Health L

2023-A6168 - Summary

Requires maternal health care facilities provide expecting and new mothers access to their doulas.

2023-A6168 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6168
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting expect-
   ing and new mothers' access to their  doulas  and  requiring  maternal
   health care facilities provide a directory of available doulas

   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
 2500-l to read as follows:
   § 2500-L. ACCESS TO DOULAS. 1. WHEN A PERSON IS ADMITTED TO A MATERNAL
 HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY FOR DELIVERY AND/OR INPATIENT CARE POST-DELIVERY,
 SUCH PERSON MAY DESIGNATE A DOULA TO HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH PERSON AND SUCH
 PERSON'S NEWBORN INFANTS. THE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE  FACILITY  SHALL  NOT
 DENY  SUCH  PERSON  ACCESS TO SUCH PERSON'S DESIGNATED DOULA NOR SHALL A
 MATERNAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY DENY A DESIGNATED  DOULA  ACCESS  TO  SUCH
 PERSON  OR  SUCH PERSON'S NEWBORN INFANT REGARDLESS OF WHERE SUCH PERSON
 OR SUCH PERSON'S NEWBORN INFANT IS IN THE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MATERNAL HEALTH CARE FACILI-
 TY" SHALL MEAN A HOSPITAL  OR  FREESTANDING  BIRTHING  CENTER  PROVIDING
 PERINATAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAP-
 TER AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ALL MATERNAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO
 INCLUDE  A DIRECTORY OF PRACTICING DOULAS ON THEIR WEBSITES. SUCH DIREC-
 TORY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT  LIMITED  TO,  CONTACT  INFORMATION,  ANY
 CREDENTIALS  HELD,  LANGUAGES  SPOKEN,  INSURANCE ACCEPTED, AND SERVICES
 PROVIDED. THE INFORMATION SHALL BE:
   (A) POSTED ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE AS A PRINTABLE FILE;
   (B) AVAILABLE IN EACH PATIENT WAITING ROOM AS A  PRINTED  DELIVERABLE;
 AND
   (C)  WRITTEN  IN  LAYPERSON'S  LANGUAGE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN
 ENGLISH AND THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVID-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10180-02-3

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2023-A6168A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-l, Pub Health L

2023-A6168A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires maternal health care facilities provide expecting and new mothers access to their doulas.

2023-A6168A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6168--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 permitting expect-
   ing and new mothers' access to their doulas

   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
 2500-m to read as follows:
   § 2500-M. ACCESS TO DOULAS. WHEN A PERSON IS ADMITTED  TO  A  MATERNAL
 HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY FOR DELIVERY AND/OR INPATIENT CARE POST-DELIVERY,
 SUCH PERSON MAY DESIGNATE A DOULA TO HAVE ACCESS  TO  SUCH  PERSON.  THE
 MATERNAL  HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL NOT DENY SUCH PERSON ACCESS TO SUCH
 PERSON'S DESIGNATED DOULA.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM
 "MATERNAL  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY" SHALL MEAN A HOSPITAL OR FREESTANDING
 BIRTHING CENTER PROVIDING PERINATAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ARTICLE
 TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER AND APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10180-04-3

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