A00446 Summary:
BILL NO | A00446 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S04325 |
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SPONSOR | Gottfried |
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COSPNSR | Jaffee, Ortiz, Paulin, Galef, Robinson, Ryan, Peoples-Stokes, Steck, Hooper, Lifton, Bronson, McDonald, Linares, Harris, Lavine, Fahy |
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MLTSPNSR | Arroyo, Brennan, Cook, Lentol, Lupinacci, Perry, Rivera, Skartados, Solages, Thiele, Weinstein, Wright |
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Amd SS2801 & 2803, Pub Health L | |
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Relates to midwifery birth centers; includes term within the definition of a hospital; directs the commissioner of health to make regulations relating to establishment and operation of midwifery birth centers. |
A00446 Actions:
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01/07/2015 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2015 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/05/2015 | advanced to third reading cal.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/11/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/11/2015 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/11/2015 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | ordered to third reading cal.35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/11/2016 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S4325 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | 3RD READING CAL.671 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/26/2016 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/04/2016 | signed chap.397 |
A00446 Committee Votes:
Go to topA00446 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
No
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
No
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
No
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
No
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
No
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Hevesi
ER
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
No
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
No
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
No
McDonough
No
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tedisco
No
Borelli
No
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
ER
Miller
Yes
Roberts
No
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
No
Montesano
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
No
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
No
Murray
Yes
Russell
No
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No
Friend
Yes
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
ER
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
No
Saladino
Yes
Weprin
No
Butler
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
No
Garbarino
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
ER
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
No
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
No
Lopez
No
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
ER
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
No
Lopez
No
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
No
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
ER
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
No
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Stec
Yes
Barron
ER
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Markey
No
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hooper
Yes
Mayer
No
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonald
No
Raia
No
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
ER
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tenney
No
Blankenbush
No
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
No
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
No
Finch
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Walter
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Friend
ER
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
ER
Butler
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
No
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
ER
Kolb
ER
Nojay
ER
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cancel
ER
Garbarino
No
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
No
Castorina
No
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
No
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
ER
Gjonaj
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
No
Corwin
No
Goodell
Yes
Linares
No
Palmesano
ER
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A00446 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 446 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, PAULIN, GALEF, CLARK, ROBINSON, RYAN, BROOK-KRASNY, PEOPLES-STOKES, STECK, HOOPER, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRENNAN, CAMARA, COOK, LENTOL, RIVERA, SKARTADOS, THIELE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to midwifery birth centers 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 2801 of the public health law, as 2 separately amended by chapters 297 and 416 of the laws of 1983, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged principally in 5 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the 6 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or, in the 7 case of a midwifery birth center, of a midwife, for the prevention, 8 diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or 9 physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, 10 public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental clin- 11 ic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used 12 solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospi- 13 tal, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth 14 center, lying-in-asylum, out-patient department, out-patient lodge, 15 dispensary and a laboratory or central service facility serving one or 16 more such institutions, but the term hospital shall not include an 17 institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid- 18 ing services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disa- 19 bility and which is subject to the powers of visitation, examination, 20 inspection and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except 21 for those distinct parts of such a facility which provide hospital EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02738-01-5A. 446 2 1 service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or 2 institution engaged principally in providing services by or under the 3 supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli- 4 gious organization whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means 5 through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such 6 organization and where services are provided in accordance with those 7 teachings. 8 § 2. Section 2801 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 10 11. "Midwifery birth center" means a hospital engaged principally in 11 providing prenatal and obstetric care, where such services are provided 12 principally by midwives. 13 § 3. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 14 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 15 11. The commissioner shall make regulations relating to midwifery 16 birth centers, including relating to establishment, construction, and 17 operation, considering the standards of state and national professional 18 associations of midwifery birth centers, in consultation with represen- 19 tatives of midwives, midwifery birth centers, and general hospitals 20 providing obstetric services. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.