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S05991 Summary:
BILL NO | S05991A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A07606 |
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SPONSOR | PERSAUD |
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COSPNSR | ADDABBO, BROUK, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, LIU, SEPULVEDA |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add 2500-m, Pub Health L | |
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Requires maternal healthcare facilities to permit doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed. |
S05991 Actions:
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03/24/2023 | REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/18/2023 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/18/2023 | PRINT NUMBER 5991A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2023 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1261 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2023 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | died in assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2024 | 1ST REPORT CAL.100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/09/2024 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/16/2024 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/22/2024 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/22/2024 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/22/2024 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2024 | substituted for a7606 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2024 | ordered to third reading cal.230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2024 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2024 | returned to senate |
S05991 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Byrnes
Yes ‡
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Slater
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lee
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Chang
No
Friend
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Berger
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bores
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McGowan
Yes ‡
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Brabenec
Yes ‡
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Sayegh
Yes ‡
Weinstein
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
DiPietro
Yes ‡
Hyndman
Yes
Miller
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brown EA
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S05991 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5991--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, ADDABBO, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting doulas to be present in the operating room while a cesarean section is being performed 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 2500-m to read as follows: 3 § 2500-m. Cesarean section; persons present. 1. No person shall be 4 denied the ability to have a doula present in the operating room, for 5 the duration such person is in an operating room, when such person is in 6 the operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section and has no 7 other support person available to them. 8 2. The department shall require all maternal healthcare facilities to 9 include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, 10 lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent 11 is allowed to have a doula present in the operating room, for the dura- 12 tion of such person is in an operating room, when such person is in the 13 operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section when no other 14 support person is available to the birthing person. Such information 15 shall be written in layperson's language and shall be made available in 16 English and the six most common non-English languages spoken by individ- 17 uals with limited English proficiency in New York state as based on the 18 most recent census. The department shall produce and provide maternal 19 healthcare facilities with informational pamphlets stating a birthing 20 parent shall be allowed to have a doula present in the operating room, 21 for the duration of such person is in an operating room, when such 22 person is in the operating room for the purposes of a cesarean section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10162-03-3S. 5991--A 2 1 The informational pamphlet shall be: available in each patient waiting 2 area as a printed deliverable; written in layperson's language; and made 3 available in English and the six most common non-English languages 4 spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in New York state 5 as based on the most recent census. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.