A 4018 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program

Summary
Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Jun 5, 2026
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A4018 A4018A · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add more sponsors and update its procedural status. The substantive content was significantly rewritten to replace a broad 'Dignity in Pregnancy' framework with a more focused mandate requiring hospitals to implement specific implicit bias training and to publish detailed reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths disaggregated by race.
Scope change
The bill's scope shifted from a general framework covering patient rights and death certificates to a specific mandate for hospital staff training and departmental data reporting.
TECHNICAL

Added new sponsors (Meeks, Simone, Raga, Tapia, Cruz, Otis) and updated the bill's procedural history to reflect it was amended and recommitted to the Health Committee.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced the original Title IX with a new Section 2803-nn that specifically requires hospitals to mandate annual, evidence-based implicit bias training for all clinical staff providing perinatal care.

Removed provisions regarding patient written rights and death certificate information, replacing them with a requirement for the Department of Health to track and publish data on severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths.

Changed the required training curriculum to include specific topics such as identifying unconscious biases, historical oppression, cultural identity, and reproductive justice.

Established a new reporting schedule requiring the Department of Health to publish severe maternal morbidity data every two years and pregnancy-related death data every three years, with specific requirements for regional aggregation and racial/ethnic disaggregation.

DEFINITION

Simplified the definitions section to focus only on 'implicit bias' and 'perinatal care' rather than including broader terms like 'implicit prejudice' and 'implicit stereotypes'.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 29, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 11, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4018A
lower
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors

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