STATE OF NEW YORK
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5665--B
Cal. No. 639
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including doula
awareness in the department of health's education and outreach program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
3 (t) The benefits of having a doula; a trained professional who
4 provides emotional, physical, and enlightening support during pregnancy,
5 delivery, and birth and the advantages of doulas in reducing mortality
6 rates for pregnant individuals and the increased risk of this occurring
7 for pregnant individuals who are primarily Black.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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