Bill Text: NY A06766 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | 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) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A06766 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06766-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6766 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 19, 2019 ___________ 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. LBD02055-01-9