Establishes the New York Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, requiring hospitals to implement implicit bias training for perinatal care.
The New York Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act mandates hospitals and facilities providing perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in perinatal care. The Department of Health is required to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths. The implicit bias training must cover identification of unconscious biases, barriers to inclusion, corrective measures, and the effects of historical and contemporary exclusion and oppression of minority communities.
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