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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 7448: Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of a person giving birth

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 7448 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires health care providers facilitate a screening for maternal depression within the first six weeks of a person giving birth. Primary sponsor: John Zaccaro (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Libertarian 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John ZaccaroPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Michael DursoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/LibertarianHouse9
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Kalman YegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source