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S00879 Summary:

BILL NOS00879
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00988
 
SPONSORBENJAMIN
 
COSPNSRHOYLMAN
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld §2500-l, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6662 & A.6987-A)
 
Requires the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature.
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S00879 Actions:

BILL NOS00879
 
01/06/2021REFERRED TO RULES
01/11/2021ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.32
02/01/2021PASSED SENATE
02/01/2021DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
02/01/2021referred to health
02/01/2021substituted for a988
02/01/2021ordered to third reading cal.45
02/01/2021passed assembly
02/01/2021returned to senate
02/12/2021DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
02/16/2021SIGNED CHAP.46
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S00879 Committee Votes:

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S00879 Floor Votes:

DATE:02/01/2021Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 150/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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S00879 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           879
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to require the department of health of the state of New  York  to
          conduct  a  study  of  the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on
          infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the  governor  and
          the legislature; and to repeal section 2500-l of the public health law
          relating thereto
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2500-l of the public health  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2020 amending the public health law relating to
     3  requiring the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a
     4  study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant  mortal-
     5  ity and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature,
     6  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.6662  and  A.6987-A, is
     7  REPEALED.
     8    § 2. Study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities  on  infant
     9  mortality.  1.  The  department  of  health shall conduct a study on the
    10  effects of racial  and  ethnic  disparities  on  infant  mortality.  The
    11  purpose of the study shall be to:
    12    (a)  identify  statewide  and  regional  infant  death  rates, trends,
    13  patterns, and racial and ethnic disparities in adverse  birth  outcomes;
    14  and
    15    (b)  provided that the department shall use its best efforts, identify
    16  medical, non-medical, and system-related factors that may have  contrib-
    17  uted  to infant deaths and treatment disparities to the extent practica-
    18  ble; and
    19    (c) review the extent to which racial and ethnic disparities in infant
    20  mortality in a geographic area indicate the need to increase  access  to
    21  health care services in that area; and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (d) identify ways to reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
     2  that contribute to infant mortality.
     3    2.  In  conducting  the  study,  the department of health may seek the
     4  advice of persons specializing in the fields of neonatal and post neona-
     5  tal pathology, maternal and infant health, minority health advocacy,  or
     6  other related fields.
     7    3.  Within  eighteen  months after the effective date of this section,
     8  the department of health shall prepare and submit to the  governor,  the
     9  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the
    10  minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly  a
    11  report  containing the study's findings concerning the effects of racial
    12  and ethnic disparities  on  infant  mortality  and  recommendations  for
    13  legislative or other actions that can be undertaken to:
    14    (a) reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes in the state;
    15    (b)  reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities that contribute
    16  to infant mortality; and
    17    (c) increase access to health care services in the state.
    18    4. The department of health may prepare and submit additional  reports
    19  when  the  department  deems  it  appropriate, and each report, with the
    20  exception of the first report prepared under this section,  shall  addi-
    21  tionally identify the extent to which the department's prior recommenda-
    22  tions  have  been  successfully implemented in practice and the apparent
    23  impact that the implementation of such recommended changes  has  had  on
    24  infant mortality in the preceding years.
    25    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    26  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the public  health  law
    27  relating  to requiring the department of health of the state of New York
    28  to conduct a study of the effects of racial and  ethnic  disparities  on
    29  infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the
    30  legislature,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.6662  and
    31  A.6987-A, takes effect.
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