Bill Text: NY S08307 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of health shall approve the operating certificate of a midwifery birth center which is accredited by a recognized accrediting organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-11 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08307 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08307-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8307 IN SENATE May 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 accreditation, approval, and operation of midwifery birth centers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 2803 of the public health law, as 2 added by chapter 397 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 3 11. (a) The commissioner shall make regulations relating to midwifery 4 birth centers, including relating to establishment, construction, and 5 operation, considering the standards of state and national professional 6 associations of midwifery birth centers, in consultation with represen- 7 tatives of midwives, midwifery birth centers, and general hospitals 8 providing obstetric services. 9 (b) (i) As used in this subdivision, "accrediting organization" means 10 a national accrediting organization that provides accreditation to 11 midwifery birth centers, recognized by the commissioner in consultation 12 with representatives of midwives, midwifery birth centers, and general 13 hospitals providing obstetric services. The commissioner shall not 14 unreasonably withhold recognition of an organization seeking to be 15 recognized under this paragraph. 16 (ii) Where a proposed midwifery birth center demonstrates the intent 17 and capability to obtain and maintain accreditation by an accrediting 18 organization, it shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this arti- 19 cle for a midwifery birth center for approval of a certificate of incor- 20 poration, articles of organization and establishment, as to any matter 21 provided for in the accrediting organization's standards. 22 (iii) Regulations and requirements of the commissioner for approval of 23 a certificate of incorporation, articles of organization, establishment, 24 and operation of a midwifery birth center established or seeking to be 25 established under this article, including a determination of public need 26 and compliance with operational and physical plant standards, shall not 27 be inconsistent with article one hundred forty of the education law and 28 the standards of the accrediting organization from which the midwifery 29 birth center proposes to seek, seeks or has obtained accreditation. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16348-01-0