A04337 Summary:

BILL NOA04337
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08233
 
SPONSORWalker
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 25 Title 4-A §§2576 - 2579, Pub Health L
 
Enacts the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act" to provide guidance, education and assistance to healthcare providers caring for expectant mothers with substance use disorder; provides for the screening of newborns for substance abuse exposure.
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A04337 Actions:

BILL NOA04337
 
02/01/2021referred to health
01/05/2022referred to health
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A04337 Committee Votes:

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A04337 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04337 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4337
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to children and
          recovering mothers
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "children and recovering mothers (CHARM) act".
     3    § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a  new
     4  title 4-A to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE 4-A
     6                       CHILDREN AND RECOVERING MOTHERS
     7  Section 2576. Recovering expectant mother program.
     8          2577. Newborn screening.
     9          2578. Provider education.
    10          2579. Workgroup.
    11    § 2576. Recovering  expectant  mother  program.  There shall be estab-
    12  lished a recovering expectant  mothers  program  within  the  department
    13  whereby the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of alco-
    14  holism  and  substance abuse services, shall provide guidance, education
    15  and assistance to providers caring  for  recovering  expectant  mothers,
    16  which shall include, but not be limited to:
    17    1.  establishing, in consultation with relevant health care providers,
    18  guidance on universal screening techniques for substance use disorder at
    19  prenatal visits. Such guidance shall rely on validated  screening  tools
    20  and questionnaires and utilize language to help reduce stigma;
    21    2.  providing  information regarding use of medication assisted treat-
    22  ment for pregnant  women,  which  shall  include  information  regarding
    23  buprenorphine  training,  tools for providers on effective management of
    24  women with opioid use disorder in pregnancy,  and  a  referral  list  of
    25  certified providers;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07635-01-1

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     1    3.  providing  referral  information  for  substance abuse counseling,
     2  social support and basic needs referrals, which shall also include guid-
     3  ance on referring women to home  visiting  services  that  they  may  be
     4  eligible for after birth; and
     5    4.  developing  a  system  for rapid consultation and referral linkage
     6  services for obstetricians and  primary  care  providers  statewide  who
     7  provide care for expectant mothers with substance use disorder.
     8    § 2577. Newborn  screening.  The commissioner, in conjunction with the
     9  commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services,  shall  develop
    10  guidance  for  hospitals  and midwifery birth centers on neonatal absti-
    11  nence syndrome which shall include, but not be limited  to,  appropriate
    12  treatment  methods  for  neonatal abstinence syndrome and information on
    13  home visiting services that recovering mothers may be eligible  for,  as
    14  well  as other substances abuse services, social supports and basic need
    15  referrals in the community.
    16    § 2578. Provider education. The commissioner shall develop or  approve
    17  a  continuing  medical  education  course for neonatal nurses, obstetri-
    18  cians, midwives, pediatricians, and other health care providers  regard-
    19  ing  treatment  of  expectant  mothers  and  new  mothers suffering from
    20  substance use disorder, and the treatment  of  newborns  suffering  from
    21  neonatal  abstinence  syndrome,  which  may  include  federally approved
    22  buprenorphine training, in order to  facilitate  comprehensive  prenatal
    23  and postpartum care to this population.
    24    § 2579.   Workgroup. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commis-
    25  sioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, shall convene a work-
    26  group of stakeholders, including but not limited  to,  hospitals,  local
    27  health   departments,   obstetricians,   midwives,   pediatricians,  and
    28  substance abuse providers to study and  evaluate  current  barriers  and
    29  challenges  in identifying and treating expectant mothers, newborns, and
    30  new parents with substance use disorder. The workgroup shall  report  on
    31  its findings and recommendations to the commissioner, the speaker of the
    32  assembly  and  the  temporary president of the senate within one year of
    33  the effective date of this section.
    34    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    35  have  become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    36  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    37  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    38  on or before such date.
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