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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7175
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 10, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          commissioner  of  health to develop and update information on possible
          complications from pregnancy that can endanger the life or  health  of
          the  newborn or the mother; and requiring hospitals offering maternity
          or women's wellness services to provide information  concerning  preg-
          nancy  complications;  and  to repeal certain provisions of the public
          health law relating to providing information on possible complications
          from pregnancy
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1-e of section 2803-j of the public health law,
     2  as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the public health law
     3  relating  to  providing information on possible complications from preg-
     4  nancy; and relating to screenings and referrals for serious  threats  to
     5  life  after pregnancy, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.4637-A
     6  and A.2957-A, is REPEALED.
     7    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 266  of  the  public  health  law,  such
     8  section  as  added  by  chapter  342  of the laws of 2014, is renumbered
     9  subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
    10    2. The commissioner shall develop and update as necessary  information
    11  on  possible  complications from pregnancy that can endanger the life or
    12  health of the newborn or the mother for purposes  of  advancing  women's
    13  health  initiatives,  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section. Such
    14  information shall be developed in consultation with any state  or  local
    15  government maternal mortality review boards and health care providers or
    16  other experts in the field of women and newborn health. Such information
    17  shall be posted on the website in a printable format, in each of the top
    18  six  languages spoken in the state, other than English, according to the
    19  latest available data from the United States Census Bureau, to allow all
    20  general hospitals,  diagnostic  and  treatment  centers,  obstetricians,
    21  primary care providers, midwives, and other health care programs provid-
    22  ing  women's  wellness  services  to  provide  the  information to their
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  patients as part of their wellness education  or  prenatal  care  activ-
     2  ities.
     3    §  3.  The public health law is amended to add a new section 2803-w to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 2803-w.  Disclosure  of  information  concerning  pregnancy  compli-
     6  cations.  Every hospital offering maternity or women's wellness services
     7  shall provide the information developed pursuant to section two  hundred
     8  sixty-six  of this chapter, as added by chapter 342 of the laws of 2014,
     9  to pregnant patients as clinically appropriate, but prior to  discharge.
    10  Such  information  shall also be provided by every diagnostic and treat-
    11  ment center offering prenatal care services upon  the  initial  prenatal
    12  care visit.
    13    §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    14  manner as a chapter of the laws of  2019,  as  proposed  in  legislative
    15  bills numbers S.4637-A and A.2957-A, takes effect.

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