Bill Text: NY A00399 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature, newborn infants.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A00399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00399-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           399
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, CAHILL, JAFFEE, COOK, COLTON,
          KEARNS,  RIVERA,  BRONSON, MOSLEY, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, TITONE --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient  discharge
          information concerning certain premature newborn infants
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  2803-v to read as follows:
     3    § 2803-v. Patient discharge information. 1. Any hospital that provides
     4  birthing services shall provide written, educational material containing
     5  information  about  the  possible complications, proper care and support
     6  associated with newborn infants who are  born  premature  at  less  than
     7  thirty-seven  weeks  gestational  age.  The  written  information  shall
     8  include but not be limited to, the following:
     9    (a) The unique health issues affecting infants  born  premature,  such
    10  as:    increased risk of developmental problems; nutritional challenges;
    11  infection; chronic lung disease (bronchopulmonary dysplasia); vision and
    12  hearing  impairment;  breathing  problems;  feeding;  maintaining   body
    13  temperature;  jaundice;  hyperactivity;  infant  mortality and long-term
    14  complications associated with fine motor skills, reading, writing, math-
    15  ematics and speaking;
    16    (b) The proper care needs of premature infants, developmental  screen-
    17  ings  and  monitoring  and  healthcare  services  available to premature
    18  infants;
    19    (c) infectious disease awareness and methods to  prevent  or  minimize
    20  infections common to premature infants; and
    21    (d)  Community resources to assist parents and family members with the
    22  care and support of premature infants.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 399                              2
     1    2. Such materials shall  be  written  in  clear  language  to  educate
     2  parents  of premature infants across a variety of socioeconomic statuses
     3  and shall be updated at least every two years.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.