Bill Text: NY S06727 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes lactation counseling services without a referral from a physician, registered physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-15 - PRINT NUMBER 6727B [S06727 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06727-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6727--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 15, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to lactation  coun-
          seling services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (x) of subdivision 2  of  section  365-a  of  the
     2  social  services  law,  as added by section 6 of part D of chapter 56 of
     3  the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (x)(i) lactation counseling services for pregnant and postpartum women
     5  [when such services are ordered by  a  physician,  registered  physician
     6  assistant,  registered  nurse  practitioner,  or  licensed  midwife and]
     7  provided  by  a  [certified]  qualified  lactation   [consultant]   care
     8  provider,  as determined by the commissioner of health; provided, howev-
     9  er, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not take  effect  unless
    10  all  necessary  approvals  under  federal  law  and regulation have been
    11  obtained to receive federal financial  participation  in  the  costs  of
    12  health  care  services  provided  pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in
    13  this paragraph shall be construed to modify any licensure, certification
    14  or scope of practice provision under title eight of the education law.
    15    (ii) For the purposes of this paragraph,  the  following  terms  shall
    16  have the following meanings:
    17    (1)  "Qualified  lactation  care  provider"  shall  mean  a person who
    18  possesses current certification as a  lactation  care  provider  from  a
    19  certification  program accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting
    20  agency.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (2) "Nationally recognized accrediting agency" shall mean a nationally
     2  recognized accrediting agency designated by the  commissioner;  provided
     3  that the commissioner shall designate more than one agency.
     4    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.