New York S 3881: Relates to the Chisholm Chance Act; repealer

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S03881 Summary:

BILL NOS03881 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05529

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRKRUEGER, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add Art 25 Title 3 §§2560 - 2563, Pub Health L

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Relates to the Chisholm Chance Act; creates centers of pregnant and birthing persons and childcare services in Kings county and Bronx county to coordinate community-based organizations and community health workers to combat the pregnant and birthing persons health crisis.

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BILL NOS03881 

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3881

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, KRUEGER, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA --
 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 pregnant and
 birthing persons health crisis and establishing two centers of preg-
 nant and birthing persons and childcare services; and to repeal title
 3 of article 25 of such law relating to the control of midwifery

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Chisholm
 2 Chance Act".
 3 § 2. Title 3 of article 25 of the public health law is REPEALED and a
 4 new title 3 is added to read as follows:
 5 TITLE III
 6 CHISHOLM CHANCE ACT
 7 Section 2560. Legislative findings.
 8 2561. State university of New York center of pregnant and birth-
 9 ing persons and childcare services.
 10 2562. Montefiore medical center of pregnant and birthing persons
 11 and childcare services.
 12 2563. Appropriations.
 13 § 2560. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and
 14 declares that severe pregnant and birthing person morbidity constitutes
 15 a public health crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and
 16 quality of life of many pregnant and birthing persons and children. New
 17 York is among the bottom third of states for the number of pregnant and
 18 birthing persons dying, with pregnant and birthing persons of color
 19 dying at a rate three and one-half times more than other non-pregnant or
 20 birthing persons who could bear children. The highest rates of severe
 21 pregnant and birthing persons morbidity occur in two counties, Kings and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01574-01-5

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 1 Bronx county, with the highest rate occurring in north and central
 2 Brooklyn.
 3 2. The legislature further finds and declares that centers of pregnant
 4 and birthing persons and childcare services should be established at the
 5 state university of New York downstate medical center in Kings county
 6 and at Montefiore medical center in Bronx county to address the severe
 7 pregnant and birthing persons morbidity crisis.
 8 § 2561. State university of New York center of pregnant and birthing
 9 persons and childcare services. 1. There is hereby established within
 10 the state university of New York downstate medical center a center of
 11 pregnant and birthing persons and childcare services, hereinafter
 12 referred to in this section as "the center". The center shall be dedi-
 13 cated to the care of pregnant and birthing persons and children and
 14 shall offer services, including but not limited to: (a) prenatal care;
 15 (b) prenatal and childbirth classes; (c) labor and delivery care; (d)
 16 high risk pregnancy care; (e) inpatient and outpatient lactation consul-
 17 tation and support; (f) heart health and heart disease prevention; (g)
 18 breast health and mammography; (h) gynecologic surgery; (i) imaging; (j)
 19 lab services; and (k) postpartum care.
 20 2. The center shall provide clinical experiences for students enrolled
 21 in the state university of New York downstate health sciences center's
 22 school of health professions midwifery program.
 23 3. The center shall also collabor