Bill > S07345

This bill requires healthcare practitioners to provide pregnant women and parents of infants who test positive for Down syndrome with written or alternative format information that is up-to-date and evidence-based. The information must cover expected physical, developmental, educational, and psychosocial outcomes, life expectancy, clinical course description, expected intellectual and functional development, and available treatment options. The bill also requires the healthcare practitioners to provide contact information for nonprofit organizations that provide information and support services for Down syndrome. The Commissioner of the relevant office is tasked with providing the necessary information to healthcare practitioners, posting it on the office's website, ensuring it is culturally and linguistically appropriate, and including information from local and national Down syndrome organizations upon request.

Health and Social Services

https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07345&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y