Establishes a cesarean births review board to assess and report on cesarean birth rates in New York hospitals.
The bill establishes a cesarean births review board within the Department of Health. The board will be composed of multidisciplinary experts in maternal mortality, maternal health, and public health. The board's role includes reviewing the rate of cesarean births at hospitals, considering factors such as primary and repeat cesarean birth rates, and the availability of vaginal births after cesarean. The board will issue a final report with recommendations to the governor and the speaker of the assembly.
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