New York S 845: Relates to providing for an initial hearing in every case for a claim of compensation

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S00845 Summary:

BILL NOS00845A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00860-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBROUK, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, WEBB, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2509-b, Pub Health L

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Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing is necessary for a medical emergency.

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BILL NOS00845A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1081

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/13/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/21/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

05/21/2026PRINT NUMBER 845A

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1698

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 845--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BROUK, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE,
 COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON,
 KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,
 WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Women's Issues -- recommitted to the Committee
 on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
 favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Alco-
 holism and Substance Use Disorders -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting drug,
 cannabis or alcohol testing of pregnant or postpartum individuals and
 newborns

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509-b
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 2509-b. Drug, cannabis or alcohol testing for pregnant or postpartum
 6 individuals; prohibited. 1. For purposes of this section:
 7 (a) "drug" shall mean a controlled substance as that term is defined
 8 in section thirty-three hundred six of this chapter.
 9 (b) "cannabis" shall mean cannabis or concentrated cannabis as those
 10 terms are defined in section 222.00 of the penal law.
 11 (c) "drug, cannabis or alcohol test" shall mean a test using a biolog-
 12 ical sample, including, but not limited to, urine or hair, for the pres-
 13 ence of drugs, cannabis or alcohol.
 14 2. No health care professional licensed, certified, or authorized
 15 under title eight of the education law shall perform a drug, cannabis or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00590-03-6

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 1 alcohol test on a person who is pregnant or up to one year postpartum
 2 unless:
 3 (a) the pregnant or postpartum individual gives prior written and oral
 4 informed consent specific to the drug, cannabis or alcohol test; and
 5 (b) the performance of the drug, cannabis or alcohol test is within
 6 the scope of medical care being provided to the individual.
 7 3. No health care professional licensed, certified or authorized under
 8 title eight of the education law shall perform a drug, cannabis or alco-
 9 hol test on a newborn unless:
 10 (a) the individual authorized to consent for the newborn, as defined
 11 by subdivision two of section twenty-five hundred four of this title,
 12 gives prior written and oral informed consent specific