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A09098 Summary:
BILL NO | A09098A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S08751 |
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SPONSOR | Paulin |
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COSPNSR | Griffin, Burdick, Woerner |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L | |
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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. |
A09098 Actions:
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01/31/2022 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2022 | amend and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2022 | print number 9098a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2022 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2022 | advanced to third reading cal.458 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/07/2022 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/07/2022 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/07/2022 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2022 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S8751 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2022 | 3RD READING CAL.1079 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2022 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2022 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/11/2022 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/19/2022 | signed chap.382 |
A09098 Committee Votes:
Gottfried | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | McDonough | Excused | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | Salka | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Jensen | Aye | ||||||
Gunther | Aye | Gandolfo | Aye | ||||||
Rosenthal L | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Excused | ||||||||
Sayegh | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal D | Excused | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Gonzalez-Rojas | Aye | ||||||||
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A09098 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Solages
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
ER
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
ER
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
ER
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
ER
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burke
ER
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
ER
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
ER
Nolan
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A09098 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A9098A REVISED 03/24/2022 SPONSOR: Paulin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to informational leaflets for maternity patients   PURPOSE: To require hospitals and birth centers to make information on maternity related procedures and practices available on the department's website for the most recent five years for which data is available..   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 2803-j of the public health law to provide that information related to maternity procedures and practices be made available on the department of health website for the most recent five years for which data is available.   JUSTIFICATION: Public health law requires hospitals and birth centers to publish annual statistics of maternity related procedures performed at such hospital or birth center in a leaflet to be provided to prospective maternity patients. The Department of Health is also required to make the informa- tion contained in the leaflet available on the department's website. However, the law does not specify the number of years this information shall be maintained on the website. In order for maternity patients to make informed decisions about the best choice of hospital or birth center for them, they should have access to data that allows them to understand how the frequency of procedures at a given hospital vary over time. For some expecting moth- ers, the frequency of cesarean sections performed at a hospital versus vaginal births is crucial when deciding where to deliver their baby. Currently, New York ranks 12th in the nation for highest cesarean rate, where approximately .33% of all deliveries in the state are cesarean, greatly exceeding the World Health Organization's and CDC's ideal rate which is between 10 and 15 percent. While the state average is around 33%, it is important to note that cesarean birth rates vary greatly across hospitals, ranging between 7% and 70% depending on what hospital a birthing person goes to.* Further, there is an alarming disparity in cesarean birth rates among different birthing populations. Evidence demonstrated that non-Hispanic black, Hispanic/Latina, and Indigenous mothers receive cesareans at a significantly higher rate than non-His- panic white women, which is also an indicator of low-quality maternity care. Access to facility-specific information allows expecting mothers to make well-informed decisions about which facility is right for them. The rate of episiotomies is also important to consider for expecting mothers. For instance, the average episiotomy rate in 2017 for all NYS hospitals was 10.4 percent, a rate substantially higher than ACOG and WHO recommends. Similar to cesarean rates, the state episiotomy rates vary greatly across facilities. In fact, in 2017 one hospital had one of the highest episiotomy rates in the country and the highest in New York State at a rate of 65 percent. In contrast, the best-performing New York hospital that year had an episiotomy rate of 2.5 percent. Access to this information is especially important for Black, Brown, and Indigenous populations as evidence shows these populations are subject to non-con- sensual episiotomies at higher rates compared to White women. ** Understanding how the number of these procedures change over time allows maternity patients to see trends in a particular hospital, such as whether a facility has increased the frequency of cesarean sections performed in recent years. Apart from providing these patients with useful information that would allow them to make better choices, having this type of data publicly available is also beneficial for research and policy-making purposes. Time trend data on maternity related procedures can be relevant for academics and practitioners interested in analyzing and recommending better practices for hospitals and birth centers. This bill would require that hospital and birth center information post- ed on the Department of Health website must be maintained for a period of not less than five years. This way, expecting mothers can easily access relevant information so that they can make the best and most informed decision for themselves and their families.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately. * Plough, A.C., Galvin, G., Zhonghe, L., Lipsitz, S.R., Alidina, S., Henrich, N.J., Hirschhorn, L.R., Berry, W.R., Gawande, A.A., Peter, D., McDonald, R., Caldwell, D.L., Muri, J.H., Bingham, D., Caughey, A.B., Declercq, E.R., Shah, N.T., Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 11, 2017. ** "Giving Voice to Mothers in the US: Experiences of care among people of color and in community settings for birth" (2019). Birth Place Lab, University of British Columbia.
A09098 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9098--A IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. LBD14254-03-2