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NY A 7448

in committee

Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of a person giving birth

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7448 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7448 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY A 7448 about?

Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.

Who sponsors NY A 7448?

John Zaccaro Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY A 7448, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Requires maternal health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression, unless refused by the birth mother, within the first six weeks of birth and that such screening be covered by insurance.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • John Zaccaro Jr.primary
  • Matthew Slatercosponsor
  • John T. McDonald IIIcosponsor
  • Kalman Yegercosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Josh Jensencosponsor
  • Michael Dursocosponsor
  • David McDonoughcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-28

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9579not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 7012

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7448?summary=&detail=

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