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Senate Standing Committee on Women's Issues reports four maternal-health bills to the floor
Summary
At its April 29 meeting the Senate Standing Committee on Women's Issues moved four bills addressing testing of pregnant patients, a prenatal information app, insurance coverage for obstetric and gynecological care, and review of projects affecting maternal services to the Senate floor with voice votes and proxy votes recorded.
The Senate Standing Committee on Women's Issues on Tuesday, April 29, reported four bills to the Senate floor that address prenatal/postpartum testing, a prenatal information mobile application, insurance coverage for obstetric and gynecological care, and review of projects affecting maternal services.
The committee moved each bill by voice vote with little or no floor debate. Committee proxy votes from Sens. Baskin, Serrano, Scarcellus, Fantin and Stavisky were recorded, and the meeting ran from 9:36 a.m. to 9:49 a.m.
The four measures taken up and reported to the floor were:
- S.845 (sponsor: Sen. Salazar): An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to prohibiting cannabis or alcohol testing and screening of pregnancy or postpartum individuals and newborns. The clerk read the bill; the chair moved the bill and it was reported to the floor with proxy votes recorded.
- S.6232 (sponsor: Sen. Fitzpatrick): An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to authorizing a prenatal and postmortem informational mobile application. The clerk read the bill; a motion to move the bill was made and seconded as recorded in the transcript; the committee reported the bill to the floor.
- S.6499 (sponsor: Sen. Clear): An act to amend the Insurance Law in relation to coverage of primary and preventive obstetric and gynecological care. The clerk read the bill; a motion to move the bill was made and seconded; the committee reported the bill to the floor.
- S.7048 (sponsor: Sen. Fitzpatrick): An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to review of projects affecting the availability of maternal services. The clerk read the bill; the chair moved the bill and it was reported to the floor.
No substantive debate, amendment language, or recorded roll-call tallies appear in the transcript. The minutes record motions and voice votes; where the transcript used the word "me" to indicate a seconder, the record does not identify a separate named senator as the second in the transcript. The transcript shows the committee processed the four bills during a short session and forwarded them to the full chamber for further consideration.
The meeting concluded with the chair noting that vote sheets would be sent and adjourning at 9:49 a.m.
