New York Assembly Bill A07606 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7606 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed 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 2500-m to read as follows: 3 § 2500-m. Cesarean section; persons present. 1. No person shall be 4 denied the ability to have a doula present in the operating room, for 5 the duration such person is in an operating room, when such person is in 6 the operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section and has no 7 other support person available to them. 8 2. The department shall require all maternal healthcare facilities to 9 include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, 10 lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent 11 is allowed to have a doula present in the operating room, for the dura- 12 tion of such person is in an operating room, when such person is in the 13 operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section when no other 14 support person is available to the birthing person. Such information 15 shall be written in layperson's language and shall be made available in 16 English and the six most common non-English languages spoken by individ- 17 uals with limited English proficiency in New York state as based on the 18 most recent census. The department shall produce and provide maternal 19 healthcare facilities with informational pamphlets stating a birthing 20 parent shall be allowed to have a doula present in the operating room, 21 for the duration of such person is in an operating room, when such 22 person is in the operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section. 23 The informational pamphlet shall be: available in each patient waiting 24 area as a printed deliverable; written in layperson's language; and made EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10162-04-3 
 A. 7606 2 1 available in English and the six most common non-English languages 2 spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in New York state 3 as based on the most recent census. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.