---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a healthcare provider to inform the patient of the options for treatment following confirmation of fetal demise"
description: "Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 1297"
citation: "New York A 1297 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea14855-4327-4e41-bed1-f2fec7c5a720"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1297"
source_hash: "3c284345aa442ae6991f158c16536386ae4e7322c7cf50018c6d82683f8b6b94"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 1297 (2023-2024) — Requires a healthcare provider to inform the patient of the options for treatment following confirmation of fetal demise

Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1297&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A1297A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A1297A)
3. **A1297B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A1297B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Latrice Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 1297A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 1297B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** REPORTED
- **2023-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.677
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.677
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4981B
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1844
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ea14855-4327-4e41-bed1-f2fec7c5a720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).