NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7700A

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Jan 22, 2024	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 16, 2024	advanced to third reading
Jan 09, 2024	2nd report cal.
Jan 08, 2024	1st report cal.102
Jan 04, 2024	print number 7700a
Jan 04, 2024	amend (t) and recommit to women's issues
Jan 03, 2024	referred to women's issues
Oct 13, 2023	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 22, 2024 - Floor Vote
  S7700A
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jan 22, 2024
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Oberacker
      
      Walczyk
  Jan 8, 2024 - Women's Issues Committee Vote
  S7700A
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Women's Issues Committee Vote: Jan 8, 2024
      
      aye (6)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Persaud
      
      Salazar
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Webb
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serrano

Bill Amendments

Original

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co-Sponsors

2023-S7700 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2504-c, Pub Health L

2023-S7700 - Summary

Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

2023-S7700 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7700

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to authorizing a
prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

 
PURPOSE:

Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 directs the commissioner to contract with a platform provider
for a New York specific, membership-based mobile application to be made
available to birthing individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

Section 2. The effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The World Health Organization (WHO) data from 2000-2020 indicates that
maternal mortality rates in the United States are increasing while live
birth data has decreased. As health care government leaders work to
address the issues with these pregnancy outcomes, there have been
several states, including Michigan and Wyoming, that rely on technology
to connect with at-risk birthing individuals to provide greater access
to education and provider information and monitoring through a custom-
ized mobile application made available to Medicaid recipients. There are
a multitude of reasons that contribute to these poor maternal health
outcomes that include many women, especially in more rural areas with
the lack of access to obstetric care who may lack the awareness of heal-
thy prenatal and postpartum behaviors.

According to a report from the National Vital Statistics Reports, over
32% of all pregnant women on Medicaid do not start care until the second
trimester or later and may not be aware of necessary lifestyle changes
that should take place prior to conception as they continue to smoke, do
not take prenatal vitamins and miss routine obstetric and gynecological
visits. Additionally, "babies born to women with low health literacy had
a higher frequency of preterm birth before 34 weeks, small for gesta-
tional age status, low birth weight, and an Apgar score less than 4," as
reported by a researcher out of the Feinberg School of Medicine at
Northwestern University.

New York's women and families are faced with an ever-growing dearth in
maternity care, including the recent action to close a birthing hospital
in Troy, New York that serves many low-income individuals.  These
actions make it more difficult for women to have access to critical
obstetric care. The introduction of a New York-based mobile application
for Medicaid recipients would be a positive step in aiding birthing
individuals in accessing critical prenatal and postpartum information.

As three out of five maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable accord-
ing to the CDC, increasing awareness of healthy prenatal and postpartum
behaviors will increase the probability that mothers will have healthier
pregnancies and positive birth outcomes.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

There will be a cost to the state of approximately $2 million for the
procurement of a New York-tailored prenatal and postpartum mobile appli-
cation. Potential cost savings to be expected from the expansion of
important information to birthing individuals and a reduction in costly
medical emergencies for both birthing individuals and babies.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S7700 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7700
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  authorizing  a
   prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 365-k of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED TO CONTRACT WITH A PLATFORM
 PROVIDER TO PROVIDE A NEW YORK-TAILORED, MEMBERSHIP-BASED MOBILE  APPLI-
 CATION  AVAILABLE  TO  PRENATAL, PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS WHO
 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID FOLLOWING A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AS SET
 FORTH IN THE STATE FINANCE LAW. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR
 PROPOSALS NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DELIVERABLES
 AND ADDITIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH:
   (I) THE SELECTED VENDOR SHALL DELIVER EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
 TO PRENATAL, PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES;
   (II)  THE  SELECTED VENDOR SHALL PROVIDE NEW YORK-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
 ON ITS MOBILE APPLICATION, INCLUDING LINKS TO THE DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH
 AND  OTHER  STATE  AGENCY  PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PRENATAL,
 PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN;
   (III) THE SELECTED VENDOR SHALL DEMONSTRATE A CONSISTENT  WORKFLOW  TO
 INCREASE  AWARENESS  OF STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
 USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (IV) THE SELECTED VENDOR SHALL ENABLE THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND
 OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO USERS OF THE MOBILE
 APPLICATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13141-01-3
 S. 7700                             2

 
   (V) THE SELECTED VENDOR SHALL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SHARE
 SPECIFIC CONTENT AND RESOURCES, AS DETERMINED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  WITH
 USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (VI)  THE  SELECTED  VENDOR SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES IN
 THE MOBILE APPLICATION THAT MEET ACCEPTABLE UNITED STATES CLINICAL STAN-
 DARDS, INCLUDING STANDARDS DEFINED BY ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION;
   (B) THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH;
   (C) THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS;
   (D) THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; AND
   (E) THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS;
   (VII) THE SELECTED VENDOR SHALL MAKE ITS MOBILE APPLICATION  AVAILABLE
 IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AS MANY USERS IN THE STATE AS
 POSSIBLE;
   (VIII)  THE  SELECTED VENDOR SHALL REGULARLY PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH WITH AGGREGATE, DEIDENTIFIED DATA CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION  THAT  ARE  ELIGIBLE
 FOR MEDICAID;
   (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION THAT ARE ENGAGING
 WITH NEW YORK-SPECIFIC CONTENT;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION  SEEKING  ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION  ABOUT ENROLLMENT IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM OR OTHER AVAILABLE
 RESOURCES;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF MONTHLY USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF DAILY USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (F) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME A USER USES THE MOBILE APPLICATION; AND
   (G) ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  OR
 OTHER STATE AGENCIES; AND
   (IX)  THE  SELECTED VENDOR SHALL MAKE ITS MOBILE APPLICATION AVAILABLE
 ON MULTIPLE MOBILE PLATFORMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2504-c, Pub Health L

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application for individuals who are eligible for Medicaid.

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7700A

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing a
prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

 
PURPOSE:

Authorizes a prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new section of public health law that directs the
commissioner to create and operate a New York specific, membership-based
mobile application to be made available to birthing individuals who are
eligible for Medicaid.

Section 2. The effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The World Health Organization (WHO) data from 2000-2020 indicates that
maternal mortality rates in the United States are increasing while live
birth data has decreased. As health care government leaders work to
address the issues with these pregnancy outcomes, there have been
several states, including Michigan and Wyoming, that rely on technology
to connect with at-risk birthing individuals to provide greater access
to education and provider information and monitoring through a custom-
ized mobile application made available to Medicaid recipients. There are
a multitude of reasons that contribute to these poor maternal health
outcomes that include many women, especially in more rural areas with
the lack of access to obstetric care who may lack the awareness of heal-
thy prenatal and postpartum behaviors.

According to a report from the National Vital Statistics Reports, over
32% of all pregnant women on Medicaid do not start care until the second
trimester or later and may not be aware of necessary lifestyle changes
that should take place prior to conception as they continue to smoke, do
not take prenatal vitamins and miss routine obstetric and gynecological
visits. Additionally, "babies born to women with low health literacy had
a higher frequency of preterm birth before 34 weeks, small for gesta-
tional age status, low birth weight, and an Apgar score less than 4," as
reported by a researcher out of the Feinberg School of Medicine at
Northwestern University.

New York's women and families are faced with an ever-growing dearth in
maternity care, including the recent action to close a birthing hospital
in Troy, New York that serves many low-income individuals.  These
actions make it more difficult for women to have access to critical
obstetric care. The introduction of a New York-based mobile application
for Medicaid recipients would be a positive step in aiding birthing
individuals in accessing critical prenatal and postpartum information.

As three out of five maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable accord-
ing to the CDC, increasing awareness of healthy prenatal and postpartum
behaviors will increase the probability that mothers will have healthier
pregnancies and positive birth outcomes.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Potential cost savings to be expected from the expansion of important
information to birthing individuals and a reduction in costly medical
emergencies for both birthing individuals and babies.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7700--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. WEBB, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted
   to the Committee on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  a
   prenatal and postpartum informational mobile application
 
   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
 2504-c to read as follows:
   § 2504-C. PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM INFORMATIONAL MOBILE APPLICATION. 1.
 THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CREATE  AND OPERATE A NEW YORK-TAILORED, MEMBER-
 SHIP-BASED MOBILE APPLICATION  FOR  PRENATAL,  PREGNANT  AND  POSTPARTUM
 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID.
   2. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTRACT WITH A MOBILE DEVEL-
 OPER TO CREATE AND OPERATE SUCH APPLICATION ON A STATEWIDE BASIS FOLLOW-
 ING A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS AS SET FORTH IN THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL
 HEALTH, SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION PLATFORM DELIVERABLES IN
 THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:
   (I) THE PLATFORM SHALL  HAVE  THE  CAPABILITY  TO  DELIVER  EDUCATION,
 RESOURCES  AND  SUPPORT TO PRENATAL, PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS
 AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING  NEW  YORK-SPECIFIC  INFORMATION  SUCH  AS
 LINKS TO DEPARTMENT AND OTHER STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AVAIL-
 ABLE TO PRENATAL, PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS;
   (II)  THE PLATFORM SHALL DEMONSTRATE A CONSISTENT WORKFLOW TO INCREASE
 AWARENESS OF STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO  USERS  OF
 THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (III) THE PLATFORM SHALL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES
 TO DIRECTLY INTERFACE WITH USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13141-02-3

 S. 7700--A                          2
 
   (IV) THE PLATFORM SHALL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO
 SHARE  SPECIFIC  CONTENT AND RESOURCES WITH USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICA-
 TION;
   (V) THE PLATFORM SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES IN THE MOBILE
 APPLICATION  THAT  MEET  THE  STANDARDS  SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-K OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW; AND
   (VI) THE PLATFORM SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   3.  THE  SELECTED MOBILE DEVELOPER SHALL REGULARLY PROVIDE THE DEPART-
 MENT WITH AGGREGATE, DEIDENTIFIED DATA CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION  THAT  ARE  ELIGIBLE
 FOR MEDICAID;
   (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION THAT ARE ENGAGING
 WITH NEW YORK-SPECIFIC CONTENT;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION  SEEKING  ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION  ABOUT ENROLLMENT IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM OR OTHER AVAILABLE
 RESOURCES;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF MONTHLY USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF DAILY USERS OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION;
   (F) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME A USER USES THE MOBILE APPLICATION; AND
   (G) ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR  OTHER  STATE
 AGENCIES.
   4.  THE MOBILE APPLICATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE MOBILE PLAT-
 FORMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2025; provided, however, that
 the department of health shall issue a request for  proposals  no  later
 than one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S7700A

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Jan 22, 2024 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 22, 2024

Jan 8, 2024 - Women's Issues Committee Vote

Women's Issues Committee Vote: Jan 8, 2024

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2023-S7700 - Details

2023-S7700 - Summary

2023-S7700 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7700 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2023-S7700 - Details

2023-S7700 - Summary

2023-S7700 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7700 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7700A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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