STATE OF NEW YORK
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4981--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 17, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
tals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols
for the management of fetal demise
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Mickie's law".
2 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-o-1
3 to read as follows:
4 § 2803-o-1. Required protocols for fetal demise. Hospitals shall
5 adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the
6 management of fetal demise. Such protocols shall require the hospital to
7 determine whether a pregnant person is experiencing an emergency medical
8 condition in relation to fetal demise, and upon making a diagnosis of an
9 emergency medical condition, admit the pregnant person to the hospital
10 or treat them in the emergency room for close observation, continuous
11 monitoring and stabilizing treatment until it is deemed medically safe
12 for discharge or transfer to another medical facility or unit, if neces-
13 sary, in accordance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and
14 Labor Act (EMTALA).
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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