New York Assembly Bill A02433 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2433 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES, GALLAHAN, J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing materni- ty patients with information regarding births utilizing forceps The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2803-j of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 1-e to read as follows: 3 1-e. The informational leaflet shall also include information relating 4 to the use of forceps during delivery including, but not limited to, any 5 potential injuries the mother or child could sustain due to such use of 6 forceps. 7 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the public 8 health law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1996, is amended to 9 read as follows: 10 (e) the annual percentage of births utilizing forceps, listed on the 11 basis of low forceps delivery and mid forceps delivery, including the 12 annual number and percentage of total deaths resulting from births 13 utilizing forceps; 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03974-01-3