N.Y. Social Services Law Section 401
Births to inmates of public homes


No commissioner of public welfare shall provide care in a public home for any pregnant woman during confinement unless such public home has adequate hospital or infirmary facilities, is equipped to give the necessary medical and nursing care and has a certificate from the department authorizing such public home to care for maternity cases. Certificates authorizing a public home to care for maternity cases may be issued by the department for a one-year period, subject to renewal, but may be revoked at any time by the department. If the public home is not so certified, a commissioner of public welfare shall, a reasonable time before the expected confinement of any pregnant woman inmate, provide suitable maintenance and medical care for her in a hospital or some other place equipped to give adequate care.

Source: Section 401 — Births to inmates of public homes, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/401 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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