S845 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing is necessary for a medical emergency.
- Title
- Establishes the "Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent act"
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-06-04
- In committee
- Codes
- Introduced
- 2025-01-06
- Active version
- S845A
- Same as
- A860
- Law section
- Public Health Law
Sponsors
- Julia Salazar State Senator, District 18
Co-sponsors
- Andrew Gounardes State Senator, District 26
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee
- Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders NY State Senate committee
- Health NY State Senate committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
- Women's Issues NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A860 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Rules, 2026-06-04
- Women's Issues, 2026-05-13 Referred to committee; referred to Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders
- Health, 2025-05-13
- Women's Issues, 2025-04-29 Referred to committee; referred to Health