STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1297--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, REYES, COLTON, WALKER, GIBBS, KELLES, FORREST -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reference changed to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law". 2 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-o-1 3 to read as follows: 4 § 2803-o-1. Required protocols for fetal demise. Hospitals shall 5 adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the 6 management of fetal demise. Such protocols shall require the hospital to 7 determine whether a pregnant person is experiencing an emergency medical 8 condition in relation to fetal demise, and upon making a diagnosis of an 9 emergency medical condition, admit the pregnant person to the hospital 10 or treat them in the emergency room for close observation, continuous 11 monitoring and stabilizing treatment until it is deemed medically safe 12 for discharge or transfer to another medical facility or unit, if neces- 13 sary, in accordance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and 14 Labor Act (EMTALA). 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01143-08-3