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A00364 Summary:
BILL NO | A00364B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03344-B |
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SPONSOR | Paulin |
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COSPNSR | Gottfried, Galef, Jaffee, Rosenthal L, Cook, Seawright, Arroyo, Blake, Dickens, Pichardo, Thiele, McDonough, Solages, Griffin, Cruz |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §2509, Pub Health L | |
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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. |
A00364 Actions:
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01/09/2019 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2019 | amend and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2019 | print number 364a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2019 | amend and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2019 | print number 364b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | rules report cal.315 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.315 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S3344B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | 3RD READING CAL.243 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/06/2019 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/13/2019 | vetoed memo.195 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/13/2019 | tabled |
A00364 Committee Votes:
Gottfried | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Gunther | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Jaffee | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Kim | Excused | ||||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Aye | ||||||||
Barron | Aye | ||||||||
Sayegh | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Excused | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Excused | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Excused | ||||||||
Ramos | Excused | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Miller | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
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A00364 Floor Votes:
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
A00364 Text:
Go to top 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. LBD01668-04-9A. 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.