Assembly Bill A7332

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a doula awareness and education program

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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-A7332 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5665
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-b, Pub Health L

2025-A7332 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct an ongoing public awareness and education program on doulas and how beneficial they are to pregnancies.

2025-A7332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7332
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   doula awareness and education program
 
   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
 207-b to read as follows:
   § 207-B. DOULA AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.    1.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  ONGOING  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  AND EDUCATION PROGRAM ON
 DOULAS AND HOW BENEFICIAL THEY ARE TO PREGNANCIES.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS
 ON  THE  BENEFITS OF HAVING A DOULA; A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL WHO PROVIDES
 EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENLIGHTENING SUPPORT DURING  PREGNANCY,  DELIV-
 ERY,  AND  BIRTH.  SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE MADE TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATE
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PATIENTS. ON ITS WEBSITE,  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF DOULAS
 IN  REDUCING  MORTALITY RATES FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS AND THE INCREASED
 RISK OF THIS OCCURRING FOR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARILY BLACK.
   3. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE UTILI-
 ZATION  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATING  THERETO
 PRODUCED  BY  ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN LIEU OF THE
 DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION OF SUCH MATERIALS.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERIODICALLY  REVIEW  AVAILABLE  DATA  ON  THE
 MORTALITY  RATE OF PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN RELATION TO DOULAS AND UPDATE
 THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ON ITS  INTER-
 NET WEBSITE, AS APPROPRIATE.
   5.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT EVERY THREE YEARS, COMMENCING JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
 OF  THIS  SECTION AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHERING THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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