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A00364 Summary:

BILL NOA00364B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S03344-B
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSRGottfried, Galef, Jaffee, Rosenthal L, Cook, Seawright, Arroyo, Blake, Dickens, Pichardo, Thiele, McDonough, Solages, Griffin, Cruz
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §2509, Pub Health L
 
Authorizes the professional certification of doulas; only those certified may provide doula services defined as continuous emotional and physical support provided by a certified doula throughout labor and birth, and intermittently during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
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A00364 Actions:

BILL NOA00364B
 
01/09/2019referred to health
04/17/2019amend and recommit to health
04/17/2019print number 364a
05/30/2019amend and recommit to health
05/30/2019print number 364b
06/05/2019reported referred to codes
06/11/2019reported referred to ways and means
06/14/2019reported referred to rules
06/17/2019reported
06/17/2019rules report cal.315
06/17/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.315
06/18/2019passed assembly
06/18/2019delivered to senate
06/18/2019REFERRED TO RULES
06/18/2019SUBSTITUTED FOR S3344B
06/18/20193RD READING CAL.243
06/18/2019PASSED SENATE
06/18/2019RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
12/06/2019delivered to governor
12/13/2019vetoed memo.195
12/13/2019tabled
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A00364 Committee Votes:

HEALTH Chair:Gottfried DATE:06/05/2019AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes
GottfriedAyeRaiaAye
SchimmingerAyeMcDonoughAye
GalefAyeRaAye
DinowitzAyeGarbarinoAye
CahillAyeByrneAye
PaulinAyeByrnesAye
CymbrowitzAyeAshbyAye
GuntherAye
RosenthalAye
HevesiAye
JaffeeAye
SteckAye
AbinantiAye
BraunsteinAye
KimExcused
SolagesAye
BichotteAye
BarronAye
SayeghAye

CODES Chair:Lentol DATE:06/11/2019AYE/NAY:22/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means
LentolAyeRaAye
SchimmingerAyeGiglioAye
PretlowAyeMontesanoAye
CookAyeMorinelloAye
CymbrowitzAyePalumboAye
O'DonnellAyeGarbarinoAye
BenedettoAye
PerryAye
ZebrowskiAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
MosleyAye
De La RosaAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye

WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Weinstein DATE:06/14/2019AYE/NAY:30/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
WeinsteinAyeBarclayExcused
LentolAyeCrouchAye
SchimmingerAyeFitzpatrickAye
GanttExcusedHawleyAye
GlickAyeMalliotakisAye
NolanAyeMontesanoAye
PretlowAyeRaAye
PerryAyeBlankenbushAye
ColtonAyePalmesanoAye
CookExcusedNorrisAye
CahillAye
AubryAye
ThieleAye
CusickAye
OrtizAye
BenedettoAye
WeprinAye
RodriguezExcused
RamosExcused
BraunsteinAye
McDonaldAye
RozicAye
SimotasAye
DinowitzAye
MillerAye

RULES Chair:Gottfried DATE:06/17/2019AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedKolbAye
GottfriedAyeCrouchAye
LentolAyeFinchAye
GanttExcusedBarclayAye
NolanExcusedRaiaAye
WeinsteinAyeHawleyAye
OrtizAyeGiglioAye
PretlowAyeMalliotakisAye
CookAye
GlickAye
AubryAye
EnglebrightAye
DinowitzAye
ColtonAye
MagnarelliAye
PerryAye
PaulinAye
TitusExcused
Peoples-StokesAye
BenedettoAye
LavineExcused
LupardoAye
ZebrowskiAye

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A00364 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/18/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 144/2
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
ER
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
ER
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
No
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
No
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A00364 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         364--B
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, L. ROSENTHAL,
          COOK, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, BLAKE, DICKENS, PICHARDO, THIELE,  McDONOUGH,
          SOLAGES  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Health --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
          with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
          committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to professional
          certification of doulas
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  2509 to read as follows:
     3    § 2509. Certified doulas. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
     4    (a) "Certified doula" means an individual certified under this section
     5  who provides certified doula services.
     6    (b) "Certified doula services" means continuous emotional and physical
     7  support provided by a certified doula throughout labor  and  birth,  and
     8  intermittently during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
     9    2.  Use  of title. Only a person certified under this section shall be
    10  authorized to use the title "certified doula".
    11    3. Certificate. The commissioner shall issue a certificate as a certi-
    12  fied doula to an individual who applies for certification and who quali-
    13  fies under subdivision four of this section.
    14    4. Requirements for a  professional  certification.  To  be  certified
    15  under  this  section,  an applicant shall fulfill the following require-
    16  ments:
    17    (a) Application: file an application with the department.
    18    (b) Education: satisfactorily:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01668-04-9

        A. 364--B                           2
 
     1    (i) complete an educational program, in accordance  with  the  commis-
     2  sioner's regulations; or
     3    (ii) submit evidence of certification, the educational preparation for
     4  which is determined by the department to be equivalent to the foregoing,
     5  from any state or country, satisfactory to the department and in accord-
     6  ance with the commissioner's regulations.
     7    (c)  Examination:  pass  an examination satisfactory to the department
     8  and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
     9    (d) Age: be at least eighteen years of age.
    10    (e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
    11  ment.
    12    (f) Fee: pay a fee of forty dollars to the  department  for  consider-
    13  ation of an application for certification.
    14    5.  Scope  of practice. Nothing in this section authorizes a certified
    15  doula to engage in any act within the scope of  practice  of  any  other
    16  profession  under  title  eight  of  the education law or any other law,
    17  unless the certified doula would be otherwise authorized  to  do  so  by
    18  law.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law. Effective immediately,  the  commissioner  of  health
    21  shall  make  regulations  and take other actions reasonably necessary to
    22  implement this act on such date.
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