STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2898--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, KRUEGER, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the maternal health crisis and establishing two centers of maternal and childcare services; and to repeal title 3 of article 25 of such law relating to the control of midwifery The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Chisholm 2 Chance Act". 3 § 2. Title 3 of article 25 of the public health law is REPEALED and a 4 new title 3 is added to read as follows: 5 TITLE III 6 CHISHOLM CHANCE ACT 7 Section 2560. Legislative findings. 8 2561. State university of New York center of maternal and child- 9 care services. 10 2562. Montefiore medical center of maternal and childcare 11 services. 12 2563. Appropriations. 13 § 2560. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and 14 declares that severe maternal morbidity constitutes a public health 15 crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and quality of life of 16 many women and children. New York is among the bottom third of states 17 for the number of women dying, with women of color dying at a rate three 18 and one-half times more than other women. The highest rates of severe EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04083-03-4
S. 2898--A 2 1 maternal morbidity occur in two counties, Kings and Bronx county, with 2 the highest rate occurring in north and central Brooklyn. 3 2. The legislature further finds and declares that centers of maternal 4 and childcare services should be established at the state university of 5 New York downstate medical center in Kings county and at Montefiore 6 medical center in Bronx county to address the severe maternal morbidity 7 crisis. 8 § 2561. State university of New York center of maternal and childcare 9 services. 1. There is hereby established within the state university of 10 New York downstate medical center a center of maternal and childcare 11 services, hereinafter referred to in this section as "the center". The 12 center shall be dedicated to the care of women and children and shall 13 offer services, including but not limited to: (a) prenatal care; (b) 14 prenatal and childbirth classes; (c) labor and delivery care; (d) high 15 risk pregnancy care; (e) inpatient and outpatient lactation consultation 16 and support; (f) heart health and heart disease prevention; (g) breast 17 health and mammography; (h) gynecologic surgery; (i) imaging; (j) lab 18 services; and (k)postpartum care. 19 2. The center shall provide clinical experiences for students enrolled 20 in the state university of New York downstate health sciences center's 21 school of health professions midwifery program. 22 3. The center shall also collaborate with the state university of New 23 York downstate health sciences center for the conduction of research to 24 inform and support health care professionals providing maternal and 25 childcare services at the center. Such research shall prioritize women 26 and children of color and shall include, but not be limited to: (a) 27 research to better understand and address the increasing rates of life- 28 threatening complications around pregnancy; (b) identifying biomarkers 29 for risk of morbidity and mortality during and after pregnancy; (c) 30 racial and ethnic disparities in rates of pregnancy-related death; and 31 (d) treatments that will reduce the rates of life-threatening compli- 32 cations during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period. 33 4. The center shall coordinate with local social services agencies and 34 specially trained community-based organizations to identify and address 35 gaps in systems of care and coordinate outreach efforts to find and 36 engage high-need women and children in Kings county. 37 § 2562. Montefiore medical center of maternal and childcare services. 38 1. There is hereby established within the Montefiore medical center a 39 center of maternal and childcare services, hereinafter referred to in 40 this section as "the center". The center shall be dedicated to the care 41 of women and children and shall offer services, including but not limit- 42 ed to: (a) prenatal care; (b) prenatal and childbirth classes; (c) labor 43 and delivery care; (d) high risk pregnancy care; (e) inpatient and 44 outpatient lactation consultation and support; (f) heart health and 45 heart disease prevention; (g) breast health and mammography; (h) gyneco- 46 logic surgery; (i) imaging; (j) lab services; and (k) postpartum care. 47 2. The center shall provide clinical experiences for students enrolled 48 in Hostos community college. 49 3. The center shall also collaborate with Hostos community college for 50 the conduction of research to inform and support health care profes- 51 sionals providing maternal and childcare services at the center. Such 52 research shall prioritize women and children of color and shall include, 53 but not be limited to: (a) research to better understand and address the 54 increasing rates of life-threatening complications around pregnancy; (b) 55 identifying biomarkers for risk of morbidity and mortality during and 56 after pregnancy; (c) racial and ethnic disparities in rates of pregnan-
S. 2898--A 3 1 cy-related death; and (d) treatments that will reduce the rates of life- 2 threatening complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the 3 postpartum period. 4 4. The center shall coordinate with local social services agencies and 5 specially trained community-based organizations to identify and address 6 gaps in systems of care and coordinate outreach efforts to find and 7 engage high-need women and children in Bronx county. 8 § 2563. Appropriations. The provisions of this title shall be subject 9 to available state appropriations. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.