New York A 4272: Relates to the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists

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A04272 Summary:

BILL NOA04272 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRJackson, Alvarez, Forrest, Epstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L

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Includes statistics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, other injuries and other maternity outcomes in information for maternity patients.

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BILL NOA04272 

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01/31/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4272

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, JACKSON, ALVAREZ, FORREST -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including statis-
 tics on childbirth complications, fetal losses, and other injuries in
 information leaflets for maternity patients

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the public health law,
 2 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1996 and paragraph (m) as
 3 amended and paragraphs (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) as added by chap-
 4 ter 464 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 5 2. Such leaflet shall also include statistics relating to the annual
 6 percentage of maternity related procedures performed, maternal outcomes
 7 and maternal deaths at such hospital or birth center, as provided by the
 8 commissioner, including but not limited to the following:
 9 (a) the annual number and percentage of total deaths resulting from
 10 complications during childbirth, for the period between childbirth and
 11 six weeks after delivery, and the top six complications from pregnancy
 12 and delivery that result in such deaths broken down by the age and race
 13 of the mother;
 14 (b) the annual number of third trimester fetal losses and stillbirths
 15 occurring at the hospital or birth center;
 16 (c) the annual number and percentage of hemorrhages and injuries moth-
 17 ers sustain related to childbirth including damage to tissue and organs
 18 during cesarean birth, third and fourth degree tearing, broken down by
 19 the age and race of the mother;
 20 (d) the annual rate of cesarean sections, primary, repeat and total,
 21 performed at such facility;
 22 [(b)] (e) the annual percentage of women with previous cesarean
 23 sections who have had a subsequent successful vaginal birth;
 24 [(c)] (f) the annual percentage of deliveries by midwives;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02228-01-5

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 1 [(d)] (g) the annual percentage of births utilizing electronic fetal
 2 monitoring listed on the basis of external and internal;
 3 [(e)] (h) the annual percentage of births utilizing forceps, listed on
 4 the basis of low forceps delivery and mid forceps delivery;
 5 [(f)] (i) the annual percentage of breech births delivered vaginally;
 6 [(g)] (j) the annual percentage of births utilizing analgesia;
 7 [(h)] (k) the annual percentage of births utilizing anesthesia includ-
 8 ing general, spinal, epidural, and paracervical listed on the basis of
 9 vaginal and cesarean births;
 10 [(i)] (l) the annual percentage of births utilizing induction of
 11 labor;
 12 [(j)] (m) the annual percentage of births utilizing augmentation of
 13 labor;
 14 [(k)] (n) the annual percentage of vaginal births utilizing episioto-
 15 mies;
 16 [(l)] (o) whether birthing rooms are available for use in the facili-
 17 ty;
 18 [(m)] (p) whether rooming-in is available in the facility, on the
 19 basis of twenty-four hours a day or daytime;
 20 [(n)] (q) whether the facility conducts safety drills to prepare for
 21 obstetric emergencies;
 22 [(o)] (r) whether the facility participates in quality improvement
 23 initiatives;
 24 [(p)] (s) whether the facility has an agreement and policy to arrange
 25 for emergent transfer of care for critically ill pregnant people/infants
 26 to higher levels of care (applicable only for those facilities that ar