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NY Pub Health L § 2505 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2505 - Human Breast Milk; Collection, Storage and Distribution; General Powers of the Commissioner.

§  2505.  Human  breast  milk;  collection,  storage and distribution; general powers of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby empowered to:  (a) adopt regulations and guidelines including,  but  not  limited  to donor  standards,  methods of collection, and standards for storage, and distribution of human breast milk;  (b) conduct educational activities to inform  the  public  and  health care  providers  of  the  availability  of human breast milk for infants determined to require such milk and to inform potential  donors  of  the opportunities for proper donation;  (c)   conduct  educational  activities  to  encourage  and  facilitate employers and child day care centers to establish environments  that  do not  discourage  breastfeeding  and  the  provision of breast milk. Such environments  may  include  sanitary  locations  for  breastfeeding  and refrigerators  to  assist  in  breastfeeding  and  feeding  babies  with expressed breast milk; and  (d) establish rules and regulations to effectuate  the  provisions  of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2507 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2507 - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; Specialty Formula.

§  2507. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children; specialty formula.   1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:  (a) "WIC" shall mean the special supplemental  nutrition  program  for women, infants and children;  (b)  "WIC  food  vendor"  shall mean a business entity that operates a retail delivery system that is authorized  by  the  department  to  sell products covered by WIC to individuals under the WIC program; and  (c)  "Specialty  formula" shall mean specifically formulated nutrition products  prescribed  for  medically  fragile  WIC   participants   with qualifying medical conditions.   2.  Every  WIC  food  vendor  shall  be authorized to sell any product covered under WIC, including specialty formula, in accordance  with  the WIC  vendor  type  as  designated by the department, unless specifically limited or barred by the  commissioner  pursuant  to  state  or  federal regulations.    The  commissioner  is  authorized  to establish criteria defining which WIC food vendors can sell  specialty  formula.  Any  such criteria   shall  not  be  applied  arbitrarily  and  shall  ensure  WIC participant  access  to  specialty  formula.  The   commissioner   shall establish  a process to address individual cases where there is evidence of inadequate WIC participant access.
NY Pub Health L § 2508 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2508 - Newborn Health and Safe Sleep Study.

§   2508.  Newborn  health  and  safe  sleep  study.  There  shall  be   established in the department, by the commissioner, a newborn health and   safe sleep study designed to reduce infant mortality  rates  across  the   state  and  enhance existing strategies to improve safe sleep practices.   The department, in consultation with health care  providers,  hospitals,   safe  sleep  product  manufacturers, provider groups, the New York state   office of children and family services, and any other person  or  entity   the   commissioner  deems  necessary,  shall  conduct  a  study  on  the   effectiveness of existing safe sleep practices and  identify  additional   safe sleep practices that reduce infant mortality rates. The study shall   include  a  review of baby boxes and other products aimed at encouraging   safe and healthy sleep practices. The department  shall  report  to  the   legislature  within  twelve months of the effective date of this section   on the results of this study. Within twelve months after the  completion   of  the  study,  the  department  shall conduct a pilot program aimed at   improving caregiver education and  continued  safe  sleep  practices  in   counties  or  areas  with  high  infant  mortality rates, and also shall   pursue available  funding  options  and  make  efforts  to  establish  a   public-private  partnership  with organizations that promote such causes   or manufacture such products in order to seek to  obtain  donations  for   these purposes.
NY Pub Health L § 2509-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2509-A - Corded Window Blind Leaflet.

§   2509-a.   Corded   window  blind  leaflet.  The  commissioner,  in   consultation with  the  secretary  of  state,  shall  create  a  leaflet   regarding  the  danger  that  corded  window  blinds  pose  to  children   including proper installation of blinds, examples of  current  standards   and  the potential fatal consequences from strangulation posed by corded   window blinds. Such leaflet shall be posted on the department's  website   in  a  printable format to allow each pediatric primary care provider to   provide the leaflet to parents at a child's six month well child visit.
NY Pub Health L § 2509-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2509-B - Pre-Term Labor Care.

* §  2509-b. Pre-term labor care. 1. When an expectant mother presents at a general hospital with concerns about being in pre-term  labor,  the general hospital shall:  (a) determine whether the expectant mother is in pre-term labor;  (b)  upon  making  a  diagnosis of pre-term labor, admit the expectant mother to the general hospital or treat her in the  emergency  room  for close observation and continuous monitoring until it is deemed medically safe  for  discharge  from the general hospital or stabilize and arrange for an appropriate transfer of such expectant mother to another  general hospital; and  (c)  provide the expectant mother with information concerning pre-term labor and the potential health effects of pre-term labor  and  premature birth  delivery  on  the  mother and on her fetus as required by section twenty-eight hundred three-j of this chapter.   2. As used  in  this  section,  "general  hospital"  means  a  general hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter.   * NB Effective and Repealed December 22, 2021
NY Pub Health L § 2509-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1 - General Provisions 2509-C - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.

* §  2509-c.  Availability  of adverse childhood experiences services.   Every pediatrics health care provider licensed pursuant to  article  one   hundred thirty-one of the education law shall be required to provide the   parent,  guardian,  custodian  or other authorized individual of a child   that the pediatrician sees in their official capacity, with  educational   materials developed pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred   seventy-c  of  the  social  services law. Such materials may be provided   electronically and shall be  used  to  inform  and  educate  them  about   adverse  childhood experiences, the importance of protective factors and   the availability of services for children at risk  for  or  experiencing   adverse childhood experiences.* NB Effective April 1, 2022
NY Pub Health L § 2515 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1-B - Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program 2515 - Definitions.

§  2515.  Definitions.  For  the  purposes of this title the following   definitions shall apply:1. "Eligible adolescent" means a person aged twenty-one or  under  who   is at risk of becoming a parent, is pregnant, or is a parent.2. "Services for eligible adolescents" means those services, including   but  not  limited  to: vocational and educational counseling, job skills   training, family life and parenting education, life skills  development,   coordination, case management, primary preventive health care, pregnancy   and  child  nutrition  counseling  for  expectant  mothers  to  curb the   incidence of childhood obesity, family planning, social and recreational   programs, child  care,  outreach  and  advocacy,  follow-up  on  service   utilization,  crisis  intervention,  and  efforts to stimulate community   interest and involvement.3. "Community council" means a group of volunteers responsible for the   development of the community service project plan which, to  the  extent   possible,  represents  the  needs  and values of the community and which   includes  representatives  of  the   following   community   groups   or   organizations:  community residents, including youths; local government;   the business community; service providers, including agencies  providing   vocational,  housing  services,  child  care  agencies serving youth and   youth services agencies;  charitable  organizations;  health  providers;   educational   institutions;  family  planning  agencies;  and  community   networks and coalitions.
NY Pub Health L § 2515-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1-B - Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program 2515-A - Administration.

§  2515-a.  Administration. 1. The department is authorized to request and receive community service  project  plans,  as  defined  in  section twenty-five  hundred  fifteen-b  of  this  title. Such projects shall be limited to a twelve month duration but may, with the  approval  of  such department,  be  renewed  for  additional  periods based on demonstrated effectiveness, need, and availability of  funds.  The  department  shall offer  technical assistance to applicants for and operators of community service projects. Technical assistance shall be provided for, but  shall not  be  limited  to, the following activities: development of community service  plans,  overall   program   planning,   contract   development, budgeting, and designing local client-specific data collection systems.   2.  The  department shall review such community service project plans. The commissioner, within appropriations made therefor, may approve  such plans  for  funding  in accordance with the provisions of this title. In approving or disapproving the funding of such  plans,  the  commissioner shall  only  approve  projects  which meet the requirements set forth in section twenty-five hundred fifteen-b of this  title  which  demonstrate clear  coordinating  activities with local social services districts and other available city, school, county, state or federally funded programs and shall give priority to projects which:  (a)  stress  the  development  and  expansion  of  primary  prevention programs  aimed at decreasing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy, and the establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to prevent initial and repeated pregnancy and to deal  more  effectively  with  the consequences associated with adolescent parenting;  (b)  serve a geographic area where there is a large number of eligible adolescents, or a high rate of adolescent pregnancy;  (c) serve a geographic area where the incidence of  infant  mortality, low  birth  weight  infants,  childhood  obesity  and  the prevalence of low-income families are high and where the availability or accessibility of services for eligible adolescents is low;  (d) utilize existing community resources; and  (e) maximize the use of federal, or other  state,  private  and  local resources.
NY Pub Health L § 2515-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1-B - Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program 2515-B - Community Service Project Plans.

§  2515-b.  Community  service  project  plans. 1. Plans for community service projects may be submitted to the  department  by  not-for-profit agencies  or  by  county  or  municipal  governments, or any subdivision thereof. Such plan shall:  (a) include  a  statement  of  project  goals  and  objectives  and  a description  of  the  services  to  be  provided  to meet such goals and objectives;  (b) identify the geographic area to be served,  which  may  include  a county,  municipality  or  any  subdivision thereof, or a combination of counties, municipalities or subdivisions thereof;  (c) identify the prevalence and incidence of adolescent pregnancy  and parenting  and  related  problems  to be addressed by the project in the geographic area; and a description, by number  and  characteristics,  of the project's target population to be served;  (d)  describe  the  services currently available to serve the eligible adolescents which may help reinforce the goals  and  objectives  of  the community service project;  (e) describe how services for eligible adolescents will be coordinated within  such  project  plans,  and  efforts to be made to improve client access to such services by improving interagency cooperation and program coordination;  (f) describe how the project funds received  pursuant  to  this  title shall be used;  (g)  describe the community's involvement in the project plan, and the involvement of relevant agencies and appropriate groups involved  within such project plan;  (h)  describe how the proposed services are relevant to the population being served; and  (i) describe the method to be used to evaluate  and  report  upon  the effectiveness   of  the  community  service  project  funded  under  the provisions of this title.   2. The community service  project  plan  shall  be  developed  by  the community  council  which  shall  direct the activities of the community service project. The community council shall select a lead agency  which shall  be  responsible  for  the administration of the community service project. The community council shall select and approve the  funding  of subcontractors pursuant to this title for the purpose of the development of the community service project plan.
NY Pub Health L § 2515-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 1-B - Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program 2515-C - Use of Funds.

§ 2515-c. Use of funds. 1. Subject to amounts made available therefor,   such  funds  shall  be  made available for up to seventy-five percent of   approved  community  service  project  plan  expenditures  after   first   deducting  therefrom  any federal or other state funds received or to be   received on account thereof. The remaining twenty-five percent  cost  of   such plan may be met by local governmental or private funds, services or   property.  The commissioner, within his or her discretion, may, however,   waive the twenty-five percent requirement for the  year  if  he  or  she   determines  that  a plan, which otherwise meets the requirements of this   title, is unable  to  obtain  local  governmental  or  private  funding,   services  or property. Any such waiver shall be requested upon submittal   of such plan to the commissioner. No more than five percent of the funds   approved under this article shall be  retained  by  the  department  for   administrative and evaluation purposes.2.  Funds  granted  to  not-for-profit  corporations  or  governmental   entities pursuant to the adolescent pregnancy  prevention  and  services   program  shall  not  be  used  to supplant other federal, state or local   funds.
NY Pub Health L § 2522 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2 - Prenatal Care 2522 - Programs; Powers of the Commissioner.

§  2522.  Programs;  powers  of  the commissioner. In order to promote comprehensive prenatal care, the commissioner is authorized  to  provide funds,    including   the   awarding   of   grants   to   not-for-profit community-based  organizations,   local   health   departments,   public education   organizations   and  such  other  organizations  as  may  be designated by the commissioner, for public and  provider  education  and outreach,  home  visiting,  referral  of pregnant women to prenatal care providers, and improvement of regional systems of perinatal  care.  This education, outreach, home visiting, referral and systems improvement may include, but is not limited to:  (a) public education concerning availability of prenatal services;  (b) promotion of community awareness of the benefits to the mother and child of preconception health and early and continuous prenatal care;  (c)   outreach  and  direct  recruitment  of  service  recipients  and providers;  (d) referrals and linkage to organizations providing  assistance  with applications  for  medical assistance and enrollment in Medicaid managed care programs;  (e) referrals and linkage  with  home  visiting  and  other  community services;  (e-1)  health and nutritional education and services for both parents, regarding childhood and adult obesity and asthma, and the prevention  or mitigation thereof;  (f) follow-up of patient participation in prenatal care services;  (g)  identification  of regional perinatal health care system barriers and limitations that lead to poor perinatal outcomes and development  of strategies to address such barriers and limitations; and  (h)  coordination of service delivery by community-based organizations among health care providers and health plans  using  health  information technology and uniform screening criteria for perinatal risk.
NY Pub Health L § 2531 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2 - Prenatal Care 2531 - Children and Recovering Mothers Program.

§   2531.   Children   and  recovering  mothers  program.  Subject  to   appropriation, the commissioner, in consultation with  the  commissioner   of  alcoholism  and substance abuse services, is authorized to establish   the  children  and  recovering  mothers  program,  a  program  aimed  at   providing  health  care providers, hospitals and midwifery birth centers   with guidance, education and assistance when providing care to expectant   mothers with a substance use disorder. Such program shall:1. Provide information to  both  health  care  providers  as  well  as   expectant  mothers  regarding  use  of medication assisted treatment for   pregnant women, which shall include information regarding buprenorphrine   training, tools for providers on effective management of  women  with  a   substance  use  disorder  during  pregnancy,  and  a  referral  list  of   providers in the area;2.  Provide  guidance  and  referral  information  for  substance  use   disorder  services,  home  visiting  services  and  other  benefits  and   services that they may be eligible for while expecting and after birth;3. Develop a  system  for  rapid  consultation  and  referral  linkage   services  for  obstetricians  and  primary  care providers statewide who   provide care for expectant mothers with substance use disorders;4. Provide guidance on the identification of  signs  and  symptoms  of   substance use disorder in expectant mothers; and5. Anything else deemed necessary to implement the program.
NY Pub Health L § 2532 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2 - Prenatal Care 2532 - Workgroup.

§   2532.   Workgroup.  The  commissioner,  in  conjunction  with  the   commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, shall convene a   workgroup of stakeholders, including  but  not  limited  to,  hospitals,   local  health  departments,  obstetricians, midwives, pediatricians, and   substance use disorder providers to  study  and  evaluate  barriers  and   challenges  in  identifying and treating expectant mothers, newborns and   new parents with a substance use disorder. The workgroup shall report on   its findings and recommendations to the commissioner,  the  commissioner   of  alcoholism and substance abuse services, the speaker of the assembly   and the temporary president  of  the  senate  within  one  year  of  the   effective date of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2540 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2-A - Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities and Their Families 2540 - Establishment of Early Intervention Program.

§  2540.  Establishment  of  early  intervention  program.    There is   established an early intervention program under  the  administration  of   the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 2543 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2-A - Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities and Their Families 2543 - Service Coordinators.

§   2543.   Service  coordinators.  1.  Upon  referral  to  the  early   intervention official of a child thought to be an eligible  child  by  a   parent  or  professional, the early intervention official shall promptly   designate an initial service coordinator, selecting whenever appropriate   a service coordinator who has an established relationship with the child   or family, and shall promptly notify the parent of such designation.2. The initial service coordinator shall promptly  arrange  a  contact   with  the parent after such designation, provided that such contact must   be in a time, place and manner reasonably convenient for the parent  and   consistent with the timeliness requirements of this title.3.  The  parent  of  the  eligible  child  shall provide and the early   intervention  official   shall   collect   such   information   and   or   documentation  as  is necessary and sufficient to determine the eligible   child's third party payor coverage and to seek payment  from  all  third   party   payors  including  the  medical  assistance  program  and  other   governmental agency payors.
NY Pub Health L § 2546 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 2-A - Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities and Their Families 2546 - Interim Services.

§  2546.  Interim  services.    1.  Early intervention services for an eligible child and the child's family may commence before the completion of  the  evaluation  and  assessment  in  sections  twenty-five  hundred forty-four  and  twenty-five  hundred  forty-five  of this title, if the following conditions are met:  (a) Parental consent is obtained;  (b) An interim IFSP is developed that includes:  (i)  the  name  of  a service  coordinator  who  will be responsible for implementation of the interim IFSP and coordination with other agencies and persons; and  (ii) the  early  intervention services that have been determined to be needed immediately by the child and the child's family; and  (c) The evaluation and assessment are completed within forty-five days from the date  the  early  intervention  official  was  first  contacted regarding the child.   2.  The costs that an approved provider of early intervention services incurs in providing such interim services shall be approved costs to the extent they are otherwise consistent with  section  twenty-five  hundred fifty-five of this title.