New York S 2228: Provides a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies course

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S02228 Summary:

BILL NOS02228 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRAMOS

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COSPNSRCLEARE, KRUEGER, MYRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2506-a, Pub Health L; amd §2343, Ins L

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Provides for a premium reduction for physicians and licensed midwives who complete a risk management strategies course in obstetrics or midwifery.

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BILL NOS02228 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2228

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE, KRUEGER, MYRIE -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
 to premium reduction for obstetric practitioners who complete a risk
 management strategies course

 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 2506-a to read as follows:
 3 § 2506-a. Risk management strategies in obstetrics and midwifery
 4 courses. 1. In order to improve patient safety, birth outcomes and to
 5 promote informed consultation by patients with their physicians and
 6 licensed midwives during the prenatal through intrapartum and postpartum
 7 periods, the commissioner shall approve professional education courses
 8 for eligible physicians and licensed midwives as provided in subdivision
 9 four of this section that covers risk management strategies in obstet-
 10 rics and midwifery as described in subdivision two of this section. Such
 11 risk management strategies courses shall be subject to such standards as
 12 the commissioner may prescribe by regulation. In prescribing such regu-
 13 lations, the commissioner may consult with the American Congress of
 14 Obstetricians and Gynecologists, New York State Association of Licensed
 15 Midwives and other health care organizations. An eligible physician or
 16 licensed midwife who successfully completes such risk management strate-
 17 gies course pursuant to this section shall receive continuing medical
 18 education credit and a certificate of completion.
 19 2. Courses on risk management strategies during the prenatal through
 20 intrapartum and postpartum periods shall promote evidence-based clinical
 21 guidelines and patient safety protocols from both the midwifery and
 22 obstetrical perspectives. Options for courses should be appropriate for
 23 the respective profession and may include information and education

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06081-01-5

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 1 addressing risks associated with the practice of obstetrics and midwif-
 2 ery. Course options may include issues such as: methods to eliminate
 3 non-medically indicated (elective) deliveries prior to thirty-nine weeks
 4 gestation including the neonatal impact of late preterm births; vaginal
 5 births after cesarean births and the applicability to a trial of labor;
 6 reductions in cesarean births; monitoring of fetal well-being; manage-
 7 ment of pain in labor; management of maternal hemorrhage, including
 8 placenta accreta, hypertension in pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia and
 9 eclampsia, vaginal breech and prevention of shoulder dystocia; and other
 10 evidence-based guideline determined issues that improve the care and
 11 outcomes of their patients.
 12 3. Attendance at any course approved by the commissioner pursuant to
 13 this section may be in person or through distance learning methods which
 14 evince that all participants are in attendance for the duration of the
 15 course and able to ask questions of the instructor.
 16 4. Physicians who are board certified or are active candidates for
 17 board certification in obstetrics and physicians who are board certified
 18 or are eligible for board certification in family practice and provide
 19 obstetric services and midwives who are licensed in the state are e