Bill Text: NY S06657 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to maternal depression screenings; requires maternal health care providers providing pre- and postnatal care or pediatric care to the mother's infant to invite the mother to fill out a questionnaire to detect maternal depression.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-01 - PRINT NUMBER 6657A [S06657 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6657
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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  maternal
          depression screenings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-k of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  "Questionnaire"  means  an  assessment  tool  administered  by  a
     4  licensed health care professional, to detect maternal depression such as
     5  the  Edinburgh  Postnatal  Depression  Scale,  the Postpartum Depression
     6  Screening Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Patient Health Ques-
     7  tionnaire, or other validated assessment  methods  as  approved  by  the
     8  commissioner.
     9    §  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section  2500-k of the public health law is
    10  renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is  added  to  read  as
    11  follows:
    12    3.  Maternal depression screenings. (a) Maternal health care providers
    13  providing prenatal care at a prenatal visit shall invite  each  pregnant
    14  patient to complete a questionnaire and shall review the completed ques-
    15  tionnaire  in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of
    16  the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Assessment  for
    17  maternal  depression must be repeated when, in the professional judgment
    18  of the maternal health care provider, a  reasonable  possibility  exists
    19  that the pregnant patient suffers from maternal depression.
    20    (b)  Maternal  health care providers providing postnatal care to women
    21  shall invite each patient to complete a questionnaire and  shall  review
    22  the  completed  questionnaire  in accordance with the formal opinions of
    23  the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  Assessment for
    24  maternal depression must be repeated when, in the professional  judgment
    25  of  the  maternal  health care provider, a reasonable possibility exists
    26  that the pregnant patient suffers from maternal depression.
    27    (c) Maternal health care providers  providing  pediatric  care  to  an
    28  infant  shall  invite the infant's mother to complete a questionnaire at
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13780-02-6