Bill Text: NY S06082 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-17 - SIGNED CHAP.533 [S06082 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06082-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Includes within the health care and wellness education and outreach program offered by the department of health resources for individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-17 - SIGNED CHAP.533 [S06082 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06082-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6082 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to develop an informational pamphlet providing resources to individuals who have suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Ava's law". 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended 4 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: 5 (w) develop and transmit to maternal health care providers in the 6 state a pamphlet containing information for individuals who have 7 suffered a pregnancy loss or infant loss, which for the purposes of this 8 paragraph shall include but not be limited to, miscarriage, stillbirth, 9 or termination for medical reasons. Each maternal health care provider 10 shall make the pamphlet available to patients who have suffered a preg- 11 nancy loss or infant loss and applicable partners, spouses or signif- 12 icant others during the discharge of the patient, in print and with a 13 link to such information on the department's women's health website. 14 (1) Such pamphlet shall include: 15 (i) Standardized information on what to expect following a pregnancy 16 loss or infant loss, including but not limited to the potential effect 17 of such a loss on mental and physical health, navigating grief, hormone 18 changes, and options to address potential milk production. The commis- 19 sioner shall work with the American College of Obstetricians and Gyne- 20 cologists and the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives to 21 develop the information provided for under this paragraph. Such pamphlet 22 shall also include standardized language about the importance of seeking 23 and receiving reproductive health follow-up care. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06322-02-3S. 6082 2 1 (ii) Contact information for local resources available in the county 2 in which such pamphlet will be distributed. The county shall submit to 3 the department annually, by a date to be determined by such department, 4 contact information for such local resources. The department shall 5 incorporate such contact information into the pamphlet to be provided to 6 the county prior to distributing such pamphlet to each county. The coun- 7 ty, at a minimum, shall provide contact information for: 8 (A) mental health services and counseling; 9 (B) milk banks where individuals can donate breastmilk either locally 10 or by mail; 11 (C) free follow-up gynecological care; and 12 (D) postpartum doula care resources. 13 If any of the resources required by this clause are not available in 14 such county, contact information for such resources in nearby counties 15 shall be provided. 16 (2) Such pamphlet may also include any other additional information, 17 resources, or contact information the county provides annually to the 18 department for inclusion in such pamphlet. 19 (3) Such pamphlet shall be made available on the department's women's 20 health website, established under subdivision seven of section two 21 hundred sixty-six of this article. Additionally, reference to such 22 website shall be included in the pamphlet as a source of further infor- 23 mation. 24 (4) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "maternal health care 25 provider" shall include a physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, physi- 26 cian assistant, other health care practitioner, and any other profes- 27 sional providing medical care or assistance to an individual experienc- 28 ing a pregnancy loss or infant loss. 29 § 3. Section 266 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 30 subdivision 7 to read as follows: 31 7. The department's website shall include the informational pamphlet 32 on pregnancy loss and infant loss created pursuant to paragraph (w) of 33 subdivision one of section two hundred six of this article. 34 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 35 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 36 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 37 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 38 completed on or before such effective date.