{"id":1222,"date":"2022-09-06T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2025-03-13T20:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:19:18","slug":"council-member-louis-advances-historic-legislation-signed-by-mayor-adams-to-expand-and-protect-maternal-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2022\/09\/06\/council-member-louis-advances-historic-legislation-signed-by-mayor-adams-to-expand-and-protect-maternal-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Louis Advances Historic Legislation Signed by Mayor Adams to Expand and Protect Maternal Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction 409,&nbsp;<\/strong>sponsored by<strong>&nbsp;Council Member Farah Louis,&nbsp;<\/strong>would require DOHMH to post the annual Maternal Mortality and Morbidity report on its website. The annual Maternal Mortality and Morbidity report is mandated per Local Law 188 of 2018 however, there was no requirement for the data to be posted on the department\u2019s website \u2013 till now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction 482<\/strong>, also sponsored by&nbsp;<strong>Council Member Louis<\/strong>, would require DOHMH to provide education on polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis, by posting information on its website. DOHMH will also be required to submit a report regarding education efforts on both conditions to the mayor and speaker of the council no later than March 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the website of the Mayor&#8217;s Office (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/642-22\/mayor-adams-signs-legislation-providing-doula-services-across-five-boroughs-strengthen-maternal#\/0\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>), New York Carib News (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycaribnews.com\/articles\/council-passes-historic-maternal-health-package-to-help-address-racial-disparities\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nycaribnews.com\/articles\/council-passes-historic-maternal-health-package-to-help-address-racial-disparities\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>) and see photos on Flickr (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nyccouncil\/albums\/72177720301903862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mayor Eric Adams Signs Series of Maternal Health Bills\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4V9rnIDF_k?start=754&#038;wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/01\/louis-signing-1300x867.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nyccouncil\/albums\/72177720301903862\/' title='Speaker Adrienne Adams and the NYC Council Sign Maternal Health Legislation into Law by New York City Council, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339311316_8b7d6617c8_b.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Speaker Adrienne Adams and the NYC Council Sign Maternal Health Legislation into Law'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction 409,&nbsp;<\/strong>sponsored by<strong>&nbsp;Council Member Farah Louis,&nbsp;<\/strong>would require DOHMH to post the annual Maternal Mortality and Morbidity report on its website. The annual Maternal Mortality and Morbidity report is mandated per Local Law 188 of 2018 however, there was no requirement for the data to be posted on the department\u2019s website \u2013 till now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2022\/09\/06\/council-member-louis-advances-historic-legislation-signed-by-mayor-adams-to-expand-and-protect-maternal-health\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}