Bill Text: NY S04498 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish obstetric hemorrhage protocols to be implemented by hospitals; requires reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-16 - approval memo.51 [S04498 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4498
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 13, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  establishment
          of  obstetric  hemorrhage  protocols;  and providing for the repeal of
          certain provisions upon the expiration thereof
          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 206 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
     3    (w) provide guidance to hospitals on obstetric  hemorrhage  protocols,
     4  in consultation with clinical experts, and develop or identify an exist-
     5  ing  toolkit  on  obstetric  hemorrhage  management, which may include a
     6  hemorrhage care checklist for use by hospitals as part of the  protocols
     7  and  guidance  on  simulation training. The commissioner shall report to
     8  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on
     9  data collected pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision one  of  section
    10  twenty-eight  hundred  three-n of this chapter within two years from the
    11  effective date of this paragraph, and biennially thereafter.
    12    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2803-n  of  the  public  health  law  is
    13  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    14    (c)  The  hospital  shall  adopt,  implement,  periodically update and
    15  submit to the department standard protocols for management of  obstetric
    16  hemorrhage.  Such  protocols shall address early recognition and assess-
    17  ment, readiness to respond  in  a  multidisciplinary  manner,  and  data
    18  reporting to the department sufficient for the department to monitor and
    19  report  pursuant  to  paragraph  (w)  of  subdivision one of section two
    20  hundred six of this chapter. Such protocols shall utilize  risk  assess-
    21  ment  tools such as the toolkit established or identified by the depart-
    22  ment under paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two  hundred  six
    23  of  this  chapter  and  shall  include a response plan providing for the
    24  triage and transfer to higher level facilities if needed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 4498                             2
     1    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     2  have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 206
     3  of  the  public  health law made by section one of this act shall expire
     4  and be deemed repealed January 31, 2028.