2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 28 - Hospitals › 2803-J - Information for Maternity Patients.

* §  2803-j.  Information  for maternity patients. 1. The commissioner
shall require that every hospital and  birth  center  shall  prepare  in
printed  or  photocopied  form and distribute at the time of pre-booking
directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon request, to the
general public an informational leaflet. Such leaflet shall be  designed
by  the  commissioner  and  shall contain brief definitions of maternity
related procedures and practices as specified in subdivision two of this
section  and  such  other  material  as  deemed   appropriate   by   the
commissioner.  Hospitals  and birth centers may also elect to distribute
additional  explanatory  material  along  with  the  maternity  patients
informational  leaflet.  The  commissioner  shall  make  the information
contained in the leaflet available on the department's website and shall
present  all  annual  statistical  information  compiled   pursuant   to
subdivision  three  of  this section on the department's website for the
most recent five years for which such data is available.
1-a. The informational leaflet shall also include  an  explanation  of
the special provisions relating to maternity care and coverage under the
insurance  law and section twenty-eight hundred three-n of this article,
and suggest that expectant parents check their  insurance  policies  for
the details of their maternity coverage.
1-b. The informational leaflet shall also include information relating
to  the  physical  and  mental  health  of  the  maternity patient after
discharge from the hospital, including, but not limited to,  information
about  maternal  depression. The commissioner, in collaboration with the
commissioner of mental health, shall review and update  the  information
on  maternal  depression  contained  in  the  leaflet, as necessary. The
informational leaflets shall be made available to patients  in  the  top
six  languages spoken in the state, other than English, according to the
latest available data from the United States Census Bureau.
1-c. The informational leaflet shall also include a description of the
dangers of shaking infants and young  children.  The  description  shall
include  information  on  the  effects  of  shaking  infants  and  young
children, appropriate ways to manage the causes of shaking  infants  and
young  children,  and  discussion  on how to reduce the risks of shaking
infants and young children.
1-d. The informational leaflet shall also include the  recommendations
from  the  American  Academy  of  Pediatrics  relating  to  safe  sleep,
including sleep space and sleep  position,  and  discussion  on  how  to
reduce  the  risk  of  infant  death  through  safe sleep practices. The
information described in this subdivision may take the form of  a  video
in lieu of a leaflet.
2.  Such  leaflet shall also include statistics relating to the annual
percentage of maternity related procedures performed at such hospital or
birth center, as provided by the commissioner, including but not limited
to the following:
(a) the annual rate of cesarean sections, primary, repeat  and  total,
performed at such facility;
(b) the annual percentage of women with previous cesarean sections who
have had a subsequent successful vaginal birth;
(c) the annual percentage of deliveries by midwives;
(d)  the  annual  percentage  of  births  utilizing  electronic  fetal
monitoring listed on the basis of external and internal;
(e) the annual percentage of births utilizing forceps, listed  on  the
basis of low forceps delivery and mid forceps delivery;
(f) the annual percentage of breech births delivered vaginally;
(g) the annual percentage of births utilizing analgesia;
(h)  the  annual  percentage  of births utilizing anesthesia including
general, spinal, epidural, and  paracervical  listed  on  the  basis  of
vaginal and cesarean births;
(i) the annual percentage of births utilizing induction of labor;
(j) the annual percentage of births utilizing augmentation of labor;
(k) the annual percentage of vaginal births utilizing episiotomies;
(l) whether birthing rooms are available for use in the facility;
(m)  whether  rooming-in is available in the facility, on the basis of
twenty-four hours a day or daytime.
3. Compilation of the statistics set out in subdivision  two  of  this
section shall be the responsibility of the commissioner.
4.  Statistical  information shall be presented in the most recent one
year aggregate.
5. (a) The commissioner shall establish an immunization  schedule  for
newborn  children. The immunization schedule shall chart out recommended
immunizations against certain diseases and illnesses and age-appropriate
times for the administration  of  each  immunization.  The  immunization
schedule  shall  also  include  information on the importance of getting
children immunized at the recommended ages.  The  immunization  schedule
shall  also  include  the  toll-free  telephone  number  operated by the
department  as  part  of  its  immunization   education   efforts.   The
immunization  schedule  shall  be  in  accordance  with  recommendations
established  by  the  New  York  state  department  of  health  and  the
immunization   practices   advisory   committee  of  the  United  States
department of health and human services.
(b) The commissioner shall provide the immunization  schedule  to  the
local   registrars   for  distribution  pursuant  to  paragraph  (b)  of
subdivision one of section four thousand  one  hundred  thirty-seven  of
this chapter.
6.  Every hospital and birth center shall request that a parent and/or
parents, which shall mean and include biological and  adoptive  parents,
guardians, or other persons in parental relationship to a newborn child,
if   available,   view   (a)  a  video  presentation,  approved  by  the
commissioner, on the dangers of shaking infants and young children,  and
the  symptoms  of  shaken  baby  syndrome, and (b) a video presentation,
approved by the commissioner, on the dangers of drowning for infants and
young children. After viewing such video presentations or  upon  refusal
to  view  such  video  presentations, the hospital or birth center shall
request that such parent and/or parents sign a form  stating  that  they
have  viewed  or  refused to view such video presentations. All training
materials and  forms  required  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
subdivision shall be provided by the commissioner.
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