Amd §207, rpld §2803-j sub 1-e, Pub Health L; amd §3, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.9283 & A.7516-A)
Includes information on congenital heart defect births as part of the department of health's health care and wellness education and outreach program; amends the effectiveness thereof.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A927
SPONSOR: Fall TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including informa-
tion on congenital heart defect births as part of the department of
health's health care and wellness education and outreach program; to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto; and to amend a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
including information on congenital heart defect births in the informa-
tional leaflets required to be given to maternity patients, as proposed
in legislative bills numbers S. 9283 and A. 7516-A, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE:
To require the Department of Health to include information about congen-
ital heart defects in infants in its Health Care and Wellness Education
and Outreach program.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends Chapter 560 of the Laws of 2024 by changing a require-
ment for the Department of Health to create an informational leaflet
regarding congenital heart defects during to a requirement to perform
outreach regard congenital heart defects in infants in the Department's
Health Care and Wellness Education and Outreach program.
JUSTIFICATION:
Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth
defect. CHDs are present at birth and can affect the structure of a
baby's heart and the way it works. They can affect how blood flows
through the heart and out to the rest of the body. CHDs can vary from
mild (such as a small hole in the heart) to severe (such as missing or
poorly formed parts of the heart).
The effective date is extended to 60 days to provide the Department with
adequate time to compile information for outreach.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None noted.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that sections
one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
law relating to including information on congenital heart defect births
in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity
patients, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9283 and A.7516-A,
takes effect.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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927
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including informa-
tion on congenital heart defect births as part of the department of
health's health care and wellness education and outreach program; to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto; and to amend a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
including information on congenital heart defect births in the infor-
mational leaflets required to be given to maternity patients, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9283 and A. 7516-A, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof
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 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
3 (h) Births of infants with congenital heart defects, including treat-
4 ment recommendations, and any other information the commissioner deems
5 appropriate.
6 § 2. Subdivision 1-e of section 2803-j of the public health law, as
7 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 relating to including information
8 on congenital heart defect births in the informational leaflets required
9 to be given to maternity patients, as proposed in legislative bills
10 numbers S. 9283 and A. 7516-A, is REPEALED.
11 § 3. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public
12 health law relating to including information on congenital heart defect
13 births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity
14 patients, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9283 and A.
15 7516-A, is amended to read as follows:
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the [thirtieth] ninetieth day after
17 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
2 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
3 completed on or before such effective date.
4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
5 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
6 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public
7 health law relating to including information on congenital heart defect
8 births in the informational leaflets required to be given to maternity
9 patients, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9283 and A.
10 7516-A, takes effect.
