Bill Text: NY S05479 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the reporting, to the department of health, of information relating to the birth of premature, low birth weight and high risk infants; also requires the reporting of information relating to hospital admissions of such infants during their first 6 months of life; directs the department of health to develop standardized procedures for the discharge of and follow-up care for such infants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05479 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05479-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5479
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to premature and high
         risk infant information and quality improvement
         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  2816-b to read as follows:
    3    S 2816-B. PREMATURE AND  HIGH  RISK  INFANT  INFORMATION  AND  QUALITY
    4  IMPROVEMENT.  1.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS SECTION, THE
    5  FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    6    (A) "PREMATURE INFANT" SHALL MEAN ANY INFANT BORN  THIRTY-SEVEN  WEEKS
    7  GESTATIONAL OR LESS.
    8    (B)  "LOW  BIRTH  WEIGHT"  SHALL  MEAN ANY INFANT WEIGHING TWENTY-FIVE
    9  HUNDRED GRAMS OR LESS.
   10    (C) "HIGH RISK INFANT" SHALL MEAN ANY INFANT BORN  WITH  A  HIGH  RISK
   11  PROBLEM OR PROBLEMS, AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   12    2.  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS  AFTER THE BIRTH OF ANY PREMATURE INFANT, INFANT
   13  WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR HIGH RISK INFANT, EACH GENERAL HOSPITAL OR,  IN
   14  THE  CASE  OF A BIRTH OUTSIDE A GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE
   15  FOR DELIVERY SHALL FILE WRITTEN INFORMATION ON SUCH BIRTH  IN  A  FORMAT
   16  DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   17    3.  WITHIN  THE  FIRST  SIX  MONTHS  AFTER  THE BIRTH OF ANY PREMATURE
   18  INFANT, INFANT WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR HIGH RISK INFANT,  EACH  GENERAL
   19  HOSPITAL  SHALL  FILE  WRITTEN INFORMATION IN A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE
   20  DEPARTMENT ON THE ADMISSION OF  SUCH  INFANT  TO  THE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL
   21  INCLUDING THE CAUSE OR CAUSES OF SUCH ADMISSION TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
   22    4.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT COMMENCING ON JANUARY
   23  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF
   24  THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
   25  SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE STATUS  OF  PREMA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11105-01-3
       S. 5479                             2
    1  TURE,  LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND HIGH RISK INFANTS. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE,
    2  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    3    (A)  INFORMATION  ABOUT  THE  INCIDENCE  AND CAUSE OF RE-ADMISSIONS OF
    4  INFANTS BORN PREMATURE, WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR HIGH RISK WITHIN  THEIR
    5  FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LIFE; AND
    6    (B)  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PREMATURE, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT OR
    7  HIGH RISK INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ENSURING CONTINUED  HEALTH  QUALITY
    8  IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS TO
    9  IMPROVE  MONITORING OF PREMATURE, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND HIGH RISK INFANTS
   10  AFTER DISCHARGE FROM A GENERAL HOSPITAL AFTER BIRTH.
   11    5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES  FOR  HOSPITAL
   12  DISCHARGE  AND  FOLLOW-UP  CARE FOR PREMATURE, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND HIGH
   13  RISK INFANTS AND SHALL ENSURE THAT STANDARDIZED  AND  COORDINATED  PROC-
   14  ESSES  ARE FOLLOWED AS SUCH INFANTS LEAVE THE GENERAL HOSPITAL AND TRAN-
   15  SITION TO FOLLOW-UP CARE BY A HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER  AND/OR  HOME  CARE
   16  SERVICES  AGENCY.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL UTILIZE NATIONAL EVIDENCE-BASED
   17  GUIDELINES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FROM THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
   18  AND MEDICAID SERVICES' NEONATAL  OUTCOMES  IMPROVEMENT  PROJECT  OR  THE
   19  INSTITUTE  FOR  HEALTHCARE  IMPROVEMENT'S  NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR CHIL-
   20  DREN'S HEALTHCARE QUALITY AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL REPORT  AS  REQUIRED  IN
   21  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION TO ESTABLISH GENERAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE
   22  AND FOLLOW-UP CARE PROCEDURES.
   23    6.  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE SUCH RULES AND REGU-
   24  LATIONS AS HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF  THIS
   25  SECTION.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   27  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided that effective immediately, the
   28  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   29  for  the  implementation  of the provisions of this act on its effective
   30  date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.