The New York City Council - File #: Int 0914-2018

• File #: Int 0914-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Reporting on maternal mortality and morbidity.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Final action: 11/17/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on maternal mortality and morbidity
• Sponsors: Helen K. Rosenthal, Laurie A. Cumbo, Carlina Rivera , Margaret S. Chin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mark Levine, Diana I. Ayala, Stephen T. Levin, Brad S. Lander, Andrew Cohen, Ben Kallos, Costa G. Constantinides, Adrienne E. Adams, Deborah L. Rose, Jumaane D. Williams, Inez D. Barron, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/17/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/15/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amended by Committee
10/15/2018	A	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
6/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
6/27/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Laid Over by Committee
6/27/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 914-A

By Council Members Rosenthal, Cumbo, Rivera, Chin, Ampry-Samuel, Levine, Ayala, Levin, Lander, Cohen, Kallos, Constantinides, Adams, Rose, Williams, Barron and Miller

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on maternal mortality and morbidity
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Section 17-199.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 55 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
? 17-199.3 Maternal mortality and morbidity annual report. a. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Maternal health. The term "maternal health" means the health of [women] a person before, during, and after a pregnancy[, childbirth, and the postpartum period].
Maternal mortality. The term "maternal mortality" means the death of a [woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the termination of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management.] person that occurs during a pregnancy, or within one year from the end of pregnancy, regardless of the duration of such pregnancy.
Pregnancy-Associated Death. The term "pregnancy-associated death" means the death of a person from any cause during pregnancy or within one year from the end of pregnancy.
Pregnancy-Related Death. The term "pregnancy-related death" means the death of a person during pregnancy or within one year from the end of pregnancy that is due to a pregnancy complication, a chain of events initiated by pregnancy, or the aggravation of an unrelated condition by the physiologic effects of pregnancy.
Severe maternal morbidity. The term "severe maternal morbidity" means a life-threatening complication affecting a person before, during, or after a pregnancy.
b. No later than September 30, [2017] 2019 and no later than September 30 annually thereafter, the...