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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         210--B
            Cal. No. 381
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD,  BIAGGI,  BROUK, MANNION, PARKER -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on  Women's  Issues  -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
          department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients
          undergoing pelvic examinations and to make the informational  pamphlet
          available  for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic examina-
          tions and to require medical practitioners performing pelvic exams  to
          disseminate such pamphlets
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  2504-b to read as follows:
     3    §  2504-b.  Information  concerning pelvic exams. 1. On or before July
     4  first, two thousand twenty-two, the department shall develop an informa-
     5  tional pamphlet for patients undergoing pelvic examinations.  In  devel-
     6  oping the pamphlet, the department shall consult with state professional
     7  societies representing physicians in general, obstetricians and gynecol-
     8  ogists,  family  practice  physicians,  nurse  practitioners,  physician
     9  assistants and midwives.  The pamphlet shall include but not be  limited
    10  to information concerning, the following:
    11    (a) what a pelvic exam is and how it is properly performed;
    12    (b) if applicable, a description of other relevant exams;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03288-04-1
        S. 210--B                           2
 
     1    (c)  privacy  expectations,  including that privacy should be provided
     2  for the patient both when undressing and dressing and that a gown  or  a
     3  drape should be provided;
     4    (d) an explanation of what a speculum is and how it should be properly
     5  used during an examination;
     6    (e) that gloves should be worn by the practitioner during the examina-
     7  tion; and
     8    (f)  a telephone number for the office of professional medical conduct
     9  in the department and the office of the professions in the state  educa-
    10  tion  department,  at which a patient may report any misconduct that the
    11  patient feels may have occurred.
    12    2. The informational pamphlet shall be made available for use by prac-
    13  titioners. The informational pamphlet shall be  posted  as  a  printable
    14  file  on  the department's internet website, and may also be made avail-
    15  able for order as a printed deliverable  on  the  department's  internet
    16  website.
    17    3. The informational pamphlet shall be written in layperson's language
    18  and shall be made available in English and the six most common non-Engl-
    19  ish  languages spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in
    20  New York state as based on the most recent census.
    21    4. A practitioner may provide the patient the  informational  pamphlet
    22  developed pursuant to this section.
    23    5.  For  purposes  of this section, "practitioner" means a health care
    24  professional licensed, certified, or otherwise  authorized  to  practice
    25  under the education law, acting within the scope of practice.
    26    §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundredth day after it
    27  shall have become a law. Effective immediately the  addition,  amendment
    28  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    29  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
    30  completed on or before such date.

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