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NY A01026
Bill
Status
2/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Health to mandate all maternal health care facilities post information on their webpages, lobbies, and patient waiting areas informing birthing parents of their right to have a doula present during delivery and post-delivery inpatient care
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Information must be written in layperson's language and available in English plus the six most common non-English languages spoken by limited English proficiency individuals in New York state, based on the most recent census
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Department of Health must produce and distribute informational pamphlets about doula access rights to all maternal health care facilities for placement in patient waiting areas
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Repeals a 2024 law (S. 5991-A/A. 7606) relating to permitting doulas in operating rooms during cesarean sections, replacing it with this updated framework
Legislative Description
Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.
Last Action
signed chap.43
2/14/2025