Bill Text: NY S00322 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the Chisholm Chance Act; creates an administrative hub in Kings county and Bronx county to coordinate community-based organizations and community health workers to combat the maternal health crisis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00322 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00322-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           322

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE,  PARKER,  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  the  maternal
          health crisis

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Chisholm
     2  Chance Act".
     3    §  2. Title 3 of article 25 of the public health law is REPEALED and a
     4  new title 3 is added to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE III
     6                             CHISHOLM CHANCE ACT
     7  Section 2560. Legislative findings.
     8          2561. Administrative hub.
     9    § 2560. Legislative findings. 1.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
    10  declares  that  severe  maternal morbidity constitutes a maternal health
    11  crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and quality of life  of
    12  many  women  and  children. New York is among the bottom third of states
    13  for the number of women dying, with women of color dying at a rate three
    14  and one-half times more than other women. The highest  rates  of  severe
    15  maternal  morbidity occurs in two counties, Kings and Bronx county, with
    16  the highest rate occurring in north and central Brooklyn.
    17    2. The legislature further finds and declares that a  plan  should  be
    18  established to address the severe maternal morbidity crisis.
    19    § 2561. Administrative hub. 1. The department shall develop, establish
    20  and  administer a community led and operated administrative hub in Kings
    21  county and Bronx county to contract with multiple  payers  in  order  to
    22  coordinate  outreach  by specially trained community-based organizations
    23  and community health workers to find and engage the highest  need  women

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02494-01-1
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     1  and  children  in  Kings  county  and Bronx county. The department shall
     2  also:
     3    (a) establish the administrative hub's infrastructure;
     4    (b)  establish  an  advisory  board  and  governance structure for the
     5  administrative hub;
     6    (c) hire and train community health workers and doulas, up to one  per
     7  community-based organization;
     8    (d)  establish  a single point of entry for addressing social determi-
     9  nants of health;
    10    (e) synchronize systems across networks of  community-based  organiza-
    11  tions  with  healthcare, behavioral and social service delivery systems;
    12  and
    13    (f) achieve certification from the Pathways  Community  Hub  Institute
    14  within six months of the beginning of operations.
    15    2.  Community  health  workers  shall  be  contracted  to identify and
    16  address standardized health risks via  shared  metrics  or  standardized
    17  pathways  that have demonstrated an impact on the social determinants of
    18  health.
    19    3. The administrative hub shall  coordinate  participating  community-
    20  based  organizations and community health workers to address gaps in the
    21  systems of care for the highest need women and children in Kings  county
    22  and Bronx county.
    23    4.  The  administrative hub shall begin operations before the first of
    24  January next succeeding the effective date of this title.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.