What's happening
This bill requires the New York Department of Health to provide education and outreach on neonatal abstinence syndrome, including screening, intervention, and counseling for pregnant women.
Why it matters
Addresses the opioid crisis's impact on newborns. by mandating education about neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a withdrawal condition affecting babies exposed to drugs in the womb, helping to raise public and provider awareness of a growing public health issue.
Promotes early detection and intervention. by requiring outreach on screening and counseling for pregnant women, potentially leading to better health outcomes for both mothers and infants through timely support and medical intervention.
Reduces stigma and improves access to care. by normalizing discussions around substance use during pregnancy and emphasizing the importance of seeking help, which could encourage more women to access prenatal care and support services.
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Who cares
New York State Department of Health
The bill would require the department to add neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, interventions and counseling for pregnant women to its education and outreach efforts.
Pregnant women
They would be the focus of outreach emphasizing the importance of screening, interventions and counseling related to neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Prenatal care providers
The required education would highlight screening, interventions and counseling relevant to their care of pregnant women, without imposing new screening requirements.
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Educate About Neonatal Abstinence
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History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6766
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to conduct education and outreach programs on neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, intervention, and counseling for pregnant women
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(g) Improving birth outcomes, including the importance of preconceptional care, early prenatal care, considerations of health risks during pregnancy, considerations of benefits and risks of labor and delivery options including, but not limited to, vaginal and cesarean section delivery, elective or repeat cesarean sections, and appropriate use of drugs during delivery. There shall also be education and outreach concerning: spina bifida, a permanently disabling birth defect occurring at the end of the first month of pregnancy which involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord or its coverings, and the importance of encouraging all women in their child-bearing years to increase their folic acid intake in order to reduce the incidence of spina bifida; neonatal abstinence syndrome and the importance of screening, interventions, and counseling for pregnant women.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02055-01-9
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