Committee on Women and Gender Equity Addresses Maternal Health Oversight and Related Resolutions
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On October 23, 2025, the New York City Council's Committee on Women and Gender Equity, chaired by Farah N. Louis and joined by members Gutiérrez, Riley, and Vernikov, held a meeting focused on improving maternal health in New York City. The committee conducted oversight hearings and considered multiple resolutions aimed at enhancing data sharing, reporting, and review of maternal health events. All resolutions were laid over for further consideration.
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- Held oversight hearing on improving maternal health in New York City.
- Considered Resolution 1082-2025 calling for confidential data sharing between New York State Department of Health and NYC Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
- Considered Resolution 1085-2025 urging NYC Health and Hospitals to report adverse maternal health events to NYPORTS with expanded definitions.
- Considered Resolution 1086-2025 requesting a new occurrence code for maternal mortality and standardized reporting definitions.
- Considered Resolution 1087-2025 calling for regular reviews of NYPORTS data and retroactive data completion by hospitals.
- All resolutions were laid over by the committee for further action.
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Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Jointly with the Committee on Hospitals
Agenda
- Oversight - Improving Maternal Health in New York City.
- Jointly with the Committee on Hospitals
- 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
- Roll Call
- 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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