Assembly Bill A1019

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to doula access during emergency situations

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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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2025-A1019 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S758
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-m, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.5992-A & A.6168-A)

2025-A1019 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that maternal health care facilities are not required to grant doula access during emergencies or when such access could compromise the safety of the patient or health care team.

2025-A1019 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1019
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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  doula  access
   during emergency situations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2500-m of the public health law, as  amended  by  a
 chapter  of  the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
 permitting expecting  and  new  mothers'  access  to  their  doulas,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  5992-A  and A. 6168-A, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 2500-m. Access to doulas. (A) When a person is admitted to a  mater-
 nal  health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-deliv-
 ery, 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 freestand-
 ing  birthing  center  providing  perinatal  services in accordance with
 article twenty-eight of this chapter and applicable regulations.
   (B) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE  A  MATERNAL  HEALTH  CARE
 FACILITY  TO  GRANT  A  DOULA ACCESS TO A PERSON OR AREA OF THE FACILITY
 DURING EMERGENCIES OR WHEN SUCH ACCESS COULD COMPROMISE  THE  SAFETY  OF
 THE PATIENT OR HEALTH CARE TEAM.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public  health  law
 relating  to  permitting  expecting  and  new  mothers'  access to their
 doulas, as proposed in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  5992-A  and  A.
 6168-A, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02834-01-5

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