Assembly Bill A7606

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed

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Current Bill Status Via S5991 - 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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2023-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5991
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2500-m, Pub Health L

2023-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed.

2023-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7606
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 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  doulas
   to  be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being
   performed
 
   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. CESAREAN SECTION; PERSONS PRESENT. 1.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  BE
 DENIED  THE  ABILITY  TO HAVE A DOULA PRESENT IN THE OPERATING ROOM, FOR
 THE DURATION SUCH PERSON IS IN AN OPERATING ROOM, WHEN SUCH PERSON IS IN
 THE OPERATING ROOM FOR THE PURPOSES OF A CESAREAN  SECTION  AND  HAS  NO
 OTHER SUPPORT PERSON AVAILABLE TO THEM.
   2.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ALL MATERNAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO
 INCLUDE AND/OR POST  ON  THE  MATERNAL  HEALTHCARE  FACILITY'S  WEBPAGE,
 LOBBY,  AND  PATIENT WAITING AREAS INFORMATION STATING A BIRTHING PARENT
 IS ALLOWED TO HAVE A DOULA PRESENT IN THE OPERATING ROOM, FOR THE  DURA-
 TION  OF SUCH PERSON IS IN AN OPERATING ROOM, WHEN SUCH PERSON IS IN THE
 OPERATING ROOM FOR THE PURPOSES OF A  CESAREAN  SECTION  WHEN  NO  OTHER
 SUPPORT  PERSON  IS  AVAILABLE  TO THE BIRTHING PERSON. SUCH INFORMATION
 SHALL BE WRITTEN IN LAYPERSON'S LANGUAGE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  IN
 ENGLISH AND THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVID-
 UALS  WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN NEW YORK STATE AS BASED ON THE
 MOST RECENT CENSUS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE  AND  PROVIDE  MATERNAL
 HEALTHCARE  FACILITIES  WITH  INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLETS STATING A BIRTHING
 PARENT SHALL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A DOULA PRESENT IN THE  OPERATING  ROOM,
 FOR  THE  DURATION  OF  SUCH  PERSON  IS IN AN OPERATING ROOM, WHEN SUCH
 PERSON IS IN THE OPERATING ROOM FOR THE PURPOSES OF A CESAREAN  SECTION.
 THE  INFORMATIONAL  PAMPHLET SHALL BE: AVAILABLE IN EACH PATIENT WAITING
 AREA AS A PRINTED DELIVERABLE; WRITTEN IN LAYPERSON'S LANGUAGE; AND MADE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10162-04-3

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