Bill > A1013

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Commissioner of Health to establish a "Count the Kicks" public awareness campaign to educate pregnant women on how to track the movements of their unborn children in the last trimester of pregnancy. The campaign would, at a minimum, provide information on: the importance of fetal movement as an indicator of fetal health; how to monitor and record fetal kick counts in accordance with recommendations by The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and the correlation between systematically tracking fetal movement and a decrease in stillbirth. The Commissioner is required to: make, at a minimum: information provided by the "Count the Kicks public awareness available electronically on the Department of Health's website; disseminate the information provided by the public awareness campaign through a variety of entities, including, but not limited to, local health agencies and clinics, physicians and advanced practice nurses, health care facilities, birthing facilities, licensed child care centers, pharmacies, libraries, local agencies and offices distributing food pursuant to the federal WIC program, and other community-based outreach programs and organizations; and report to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the activities and accomplishments of the public awareness campaign within two years of the effective date of the bill.

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Michele Matsikoudis (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*,  Jay Webber (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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