New York S 802: Requires the commissioner of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports to publish certain guidance on maternal depression screenings

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S00802 Summary:

BILL NOS00802 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01025

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSR

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Amd §2500-k, Pub Health L; amd §3, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.2039-B & A.2870-B)

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Requires the commissioner of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports and relevant stakeholders as determined by such commissioner in addition to the office of mental health to publish guidance for incorporating maternal depression screenings into routine prenatal care; changes the effective date to eighteen months.

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BILL NOS00802 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.76

02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1025

&nbspA01025 AMEND= Solages

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/14/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/14/2025reported 

&nbsp01/14/2025rules report cal.29

&nbsp01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.29

&nbsp01/22/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/22/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S802

&nbsp02/05/20253RD READING CAL.76

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.42

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 802

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- 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 requiring the
 commissioner of health to consult with the office of addiction
 services and supports to publish certain guidance on maternal
 depression screenings, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
 amending the public health law relating to maternal depression screen-
 ings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2039-B and A.
 2870-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2500-k of the public health law,
 2 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law
 3 relating to maternal depression screenings, as proposed in legislative
 4 bills numbers S. 2039-B and A. 2870-B, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Maternal depression screenings. (a) The commissioner, in consulta-
 6 tion with the office of mental health, the office of addiction services
 7 and supports, and other relevant stakeholders as determined by the
 8 commissioner, shall [develop and] publish guidance [and standards] for
 9 incorporating maternal depression screenings into routine perinatal
 10 care. This guidance shall include, but not be limited to, recommenda-
 11 tions and best practices related to:
 12 (i) when maternal health care providers should initiate maternal
 13 depression screenings and how often such screenings should be repeated
 14 throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period;
 15 (ii) screening for social needs that may contribute to maternal
 16 depression such as social support, intimate partner violence, food and
 17 housing insecurity, diaper insecurity, and barriers to appropriate
 18 healthcare;
 19 (iii) screening for substance use disorders;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02804-01-5

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 1 (iv) referrals for appropriate follow-up evaluation, diagnosis, and
 2 treatment; and
 3 (v) reimbursement methodologies to incentivize provider participation.
 4 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the office of mental
 5 health, the office of addiction services and supports, and other rele-
 6 vant stakeholders as determined by the commissioner, shall identify
 7 existing information and training programs designed to [support] inform
 8 providers in an effort to promote maternal depression screening and
 9 treatment, and publish the links to such information and training
 10 programs on the department's website. The ident