New York S 7544: Establishes the cesarean births review board

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S07544 Summary:

BILL NOS07544B

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SAME ASSAME AS A01541-B

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRCLEARE, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2500-n, Pub Health L

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Establishes the cesarean births review board; provides such board shall be comprised of multidisciplinary experts to review the rate of cesarean births at hospitals in the state; provides reporting requirements.

Go to top S07544 Actions:

BILL NOS07544B

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04/22/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

04/23/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

04/23/2025PRINT NUMBER 7544A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

05/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 7544B

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1626

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1541B

&nbspA01541 AMEND=B Paulin

&nbsp01/10/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/28/2025amend (t) and recommit to health

&nbsp01/28/2025print number 1541a

&nbsp02/04/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/22/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/27/2025reported 

&nbsp05/27/2025rules report cal.257

&nbsp05/27/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.257

&nbsp05/27/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/27/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/27/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.61

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/21/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

&nbsp05/29/2026recalled from senate

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/29/2026vote reconsidered - restored to third reading

&nbsp05/29/2026amended on third reading 1541b

&nbsp06/01/2026repassed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026returned to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S7544B

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1626

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7544--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, CLEARE, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Women's Issues in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 establishing the
 cesarean births review board

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 2500-n to read as follows:
 3 § 2500-n. Cesarean births review board. 1. There is hereby established
 4 in the department the cesarean births review board, hereinafter referred
 5 to as the "board". The members of the board shall be comprised of
 6 experts in the fields of maternal mortality, maternal health, and public
 7 health. The appointment of any member of the board shall be based in
 8 part on the objective of ensuring that the board includes experts who
 9 are representative of the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of
 10 the birthing people of the state.
 11 2. The board should be composed of fourteen members which shall
 12 include eight members to be appointed by the governor as follows: two
 13 licensed midwives in the state; two licensed and registered nurses
 14 specializing in obstetrics in the state; two physicians specializing in
 15 obstetrics and gynecology licensed and registered to practice in the
 16 state; and two representatives of a women's maternal health organization
 17 that operates in the state; and six additional members, two appointed on
 18 the recommendation of the temporary president of the senate, two
 19 appointed on the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly, one

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (un