Committee on Hospitals Holds Oversight Hearing on Improving Maternal Health in New York City
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On October 23, 2025, the New York City Council Committee on Hospitals, chaired by Mercedes Narcisse, convened jointly with the Committee on Women and Gender Equity to conduct an oversight hearing focused on improving maternal health outcomes in New York City. The meeting included discussion and review of multiple resolutions aimed at enhancing data sharing, reporting, and standardization related to adverse maternal health events.
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- Held an oversight hearing on improving maternal health in New York City.
- Reviewed Resolution 1082-2025 calling on the New York State Department of Health to share adverse maternal health event data confidentially with the NYC Maternal Mortality Review Committee; the resolution was laid over by the committee.
- Reviewed Resolution 1085-2025 urging NYC Health and Hospitals facilities to report adverse maternal health events to NYPORTS with an expanded and standardized definition, including events up to 30 days postpartum; the resolution was laid over by the committee.
- Reviewed Resolution 1086-2025 calling on the New York State Department of Health to create a separate occurrence code for maternal mortality and standardize reportable event definitions; the resolution was laid over by the committee.
- Reviewed Resolution 1087-2025 requesting regular reviews of NYPORTS data and retroactive completion of missing hospital data; the resolution was laid over by the committee.
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Committee on Hospitals
Jointly with the Committee on Women and Gender Equity.
Agenda
- Oversight - Improving Maternal Health in New York City.
- Jointly with the Committee on Women and Gender Equity
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to confidentially share data regarding adverse maternal health events from the New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System with the New York City Maternal Mortality Review Committee
- Resolution calling on New York City Health and Hospitals facilities to report adverse maternal health events to NYPORTS based on an expanded and standardized definition of adverse maternal health events, including adverse events at least 30 days post-partum
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to create a new and separate occurrence code for maternal mortality and to standardize the definition of events reportable to the New York Patient Occurrence and Reporting Tracking System
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to conduct regular reviews of NYPORTS data, and to require hospitals to retroactively fill in missing data
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- Agenda Item
- Oversight - Improving Maternal Health in New York City.
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to confidentially share data regarding adverse maternal health events from the New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System with the New York City Maternal Mortality Review Committee
- Resolution calling on New York City Health and Hospitals facilities to report adverse maternal health events to NYPORTS based on an expanded and standardized definition of adverse maternal health events, including adverse events at least 30 days post-partum
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to create a new and separate occurrence code for maternal mortality and to standardize the definition of events reportable to the New York Patient Occurrence and Reporting Tracking System
- Resolution calling on the New York State Department of Health to conduct regular reviews of NYPORTS data, and to require hospitals to retroactively fill in missing data
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