New York S 809: Relates to prohibiting colleges from asking about an applicant's prior arrests or convictions during the pre-admissions process

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S00809 Summary:

BILL NOS00809 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01026

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.5991-A & A.7606); amd §2500-m, Pub Health L

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Requires the department of health to require all maternal healthcare facilities to include and/or post on the maternal healthcare facility's webpage, lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery.

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BILL NOS00809 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.83

02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1026

&nbspA01026 AMEND= Solages

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/14/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/14/2025reported 

&nbsp01/14/2025rules report cal.30

&nbsp01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.30

&nbsp01/27/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/27/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/27/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S809

&nbsp02/05/20253RD READING CAL.83

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.43

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 809

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to access to doulas;
 and to repeal a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
 law relating to permitting doulas to be present in the operating room
 while a cesarean section is being performed, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 5991-A and A. 7606

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

 1 Section 1. A chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
 2 law relating to permitting doulas to be present in the operating room
 3 while a cesarean section is being performed, as proposed in legislative
 4 bills numbers S. 5991-A and A. 7606, is REPEALED.
 5 § 2. Section 2500-m of the public health law is amended by adding a
 6 new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
 7 (c) The department shall require all maternal health care facilities
 8 to include and/or post on the maternal health care facility's webpage,
 9 lobby, and patient waiting areas information stating a birthing parent
 10 is allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health care facility
 11 for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery. Such information shall
 12 be written in layperson's language and shall be made available in
 13 English and the six most common non-English languages spoken by individ-
 14 uals with limited English proficiency in New York state as based on the
 15 most recent census. The department shall produce and provide maternal
 16 health care facilities with informational pamphlets stating a birthing
 17 parent shall be allowed to have a doula present in the maternal health
 18 care facility for delivery and/or inpatient care post-delivery. The
 19 informational pamphlet shall be: available in each patient waiting area
 20 as a printed deliverable; written in layperson's language; and made
 21 available in English and the six most common non-English languages

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02853-01-5

 S. 809 2

 1 spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in New York state
 2 as based on the most recent census.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law
 5 relating to permitting doulas to be present in the operating room while
 6 a cesarean section is being performed, as proposed in legislative bills
 7 numbers S. 5991-A and A. 7606; provided, however that section two of
 8 this act shall take effect on the same da