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S 6983 NY
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Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Mar 27, 2025

Latest action (Jun 5, 2026) RETURNED TO SENATE

Summary

This bill establishes the New York Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act with provisions aimed at improving maternal health care. It requires hospitals and other facilities providing perinatal care to implement evidence-based implicit bias training programs for all health care providers involved in patient care. The bill also requires the New York Department of Health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths. The specific components of the implicit bias programs and the reporting requirements are not detailed in the available summary.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.

Sponsor (1)
3 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (13)
  1. Mar 27, 2025 REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES · upper
  2. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES · upper
  3. May 11, 2026 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES · upper
  4. May 11, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 6983A · upper
  5. Jun 4, 2026 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
  6. Jun 4, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1715 · upper
  7. Jun 4, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  8. Jun 4, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  9. Jun 4, 2026 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS · lower
  10. Jun 5, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A4018A · lower
  11. Jun 5, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.291 · lower
  12. Jun 5, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
  13. Jun 5, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower

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