New York S 7460: Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure

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S07460 Summary:

BILL NOS07460 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRASHBY, BROUK, HINCHEY, MAY, PARKER, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2509-e, Pub Health L; amd §420, Soc Serv L; amd §1012, Fam Ct Act

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Directs the commissioner of health to establish at least 4 maternal-infant care centers in areas of need for infants suffering from drug withdrawal as a result of in utero exposure.

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BILL NOS07460 

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

03/17/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.851

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7460

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, ASHBY, BROUK, HINCHEY, MAY, PARKER, WEBB --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the social services law and the
 family court act, in relation to establishing the maternal-infant care
 centers pilot program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 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 2509-e to read as follows:
 3 § 2509-e. Maternal-infant care centers pilot program. There shall be
 4 established a maternal-infant care centers pilot program whereby the
 5 commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of addiction
 6 services and supports, shall certify or designate at least four mater-
 7 nal-infant care centers in areas of need in the state. Such centers
 8 shall provide cost effective, necessary services and enhance the quality
 9 of care for targeted populations in order to demonstrate the effective-
 10 ness of such program. Eligible infants shall be under one year of age
 11 and be experiencing withdrawal resulting from in utero exposure due to
 12 substance use disorder. Such infant withdrawal may be the result of
 13 conditions including, but not limited to, neonatal abstinence syndrome
 14 or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. The program shall provide more
 15 appropriate settings and cost effective care for these infants than
 16 hospitals, while also providing supports and services to parents prepar-
 17 ing to bring their infants home. Access to such supports shall continue
 18 for a period after the infant has left a center. The program shall
 19 implement evidence-based clinically appropriate practices shown to
 20 reduce the length of stay when compared to standard neonatal intensive
 21 care unit care, and support family unification when appropriate for the
 22 family receiving services. The evidence-based practices shall include,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11687-01-5

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 1 but not be limited to, rooming-in, encouraging breastfeeding, providing
 2 trauma-informed care to the parent-infant dyad, and evaluating the
 3 social determinants of health. Neither a diagnosis of neonatal absti-
 4 nence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, nor admission to
 5 a maternal-infant care center, shall by itself constitute evidence of
 6 child abuse or maltreatment, or, by itself, justify a report to the
 7 state central register of child abuse and maltreatment.
 8 The department shall be responsible for monitoring the quality, appro-
 9 priateness and effectiveness of the centers and shall report to the
 10 legislature within one year of the establishment of the maternal-infant
 11 care centers and again within two years of the effective date of this
 12 section on the program's effectiveness.
 13 § 2. Section 420 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 15 3. No penalties for fai