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A00927 Summary:

A00927 Actions:

A00927 Committee Votes:

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Paulin
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Gray
Excused
Steck
Aye
Maher
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Slater
Aye
Solages
Aye
Chludzinski
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Norber
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Lunsford
Aye

A00927 Floor Votes:

A00927 Memo:

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.

A00927 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           927
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD02904-01-5
        A. 927                              2
 
     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.

A00927 LFIN:

 
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