Bill Text: NY A05764 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5764 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the department of health to conduct education and outreach programs on neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, intervention, and counseling for pregnant women.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A05764 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05764-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5764

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 24, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
          department of health to conduct education  and  outreach  programs  on
          neonatal  abstinence  syndrome and the importance of screening, inter-
          vention, and counseling for pregnant women

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
     2  health law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (g)  Improving  birth outcomes, including the importance of preconcep-
     5  tional care, early prenatal care, considerations of health risks  during
     6  pregnancy,  considerations  of  benefits and risks of labor and delivery
     7  options including, but not limited  to,  vaginal  and  cesarean  section
     8  delivery,  elective  or repeat cesarean sections, and appropriate use of
     9  drugs during delivery.  There  shall  also  be  education  and  outreach
    10  concerning: spina bifida, a permanently disabling birth defect occurring
    11  at the end of the first month of pregnancy which involves the incomplete
    12  development  of  the spinal cord or its coverings, and the importance of
    13  encouraging all women in their child-bearing  years  to  increase  their
    14  folic  acid  intake  in  order  to reduce the incidence of spina bifida;
    15  neonatal abstinence syndrome and the  importance  of  screening,  inter-
    16  ventions, and counseling for pregnant women.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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