Bill Text: NY S08751 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to informational leaflets for maternity patients; requires certain annual statistical information to be presented on the department's website for the most recent five years for which such data is available.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9098A [S08751 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08751-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8751

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 11, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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  informational
          leaflets for maternity patients

          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 2803-j of the public  health  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  66  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
     5  shall prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the  time
     6  of  pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon
     7  request, to the general public an informational  leaflet.  Such  leaflet
     8  shall  be  designed  by  the  commissioner and shall contain brief defi-
     9  nitions of maternity related procedures and practices  as  specified  in
    10  subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
    11  priate  by  the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may also elect
    12  to distribute additional explanatory material along with  the  maternity
    13  patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
    14  tion  contained in the leaflet available on the department's website and
    15  shall present all annual statistical information  compiled  pursuant  to
    16  subdivision  three  of  this section on the department's website for the
    17  most recent five years for which such data is available.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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