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Bill May 29, 2026

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

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.

https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4018/
Phara Souffrant Forrest Assemblymember Dana Levenberg Assemblymember Cosponsor Jen Lunsford Assemblymember Cosponsor Eddie Gibbs Assemblymember Cosponsor Sarahana Shrestha Assemblymember Cosponsor Jessica González-Rojas Assemblymember Cosponsor Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Assemblymember Cosponsor Emily Gallagher Assemblymember Cosponsor Demond Meeks Assemblymember Cosponsor Tony Simone Assemblymember Cosponsor Steven Raga Assemblymember Cosponsor Yudelka Tapia Assemblymember Cosponsor Catalina Cruz Assemblymember Cosponsor Steve Otis Assemblymember Cosponsor Linda Rosenthal Assemblymember Cosponsor MaryJane Shimsky Assemblymember Cosponsor Michaelle Solages Assemblymember Cosponsor Robert Carroll Assemblymember Cosponsor Claire Valdez Assemblymember Cosponsor Marcela Mitaynes Assemblymember Cosponsor Diana Moreno Assemblymember Cosponsor Jabari Brisport State Senator Kristen Gonzalez State Senator Cosponsor Robert Jackson State Senator Cosponsor Julia Salazar State Senator Cosponsor
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