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Committee on Hospitals Advances Maternal Health Resolutions
New YorkOct 29, 20252 min read
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The New York City Council Committee on Hospitals held a meeting on October 29, 2025, to review and approve several resolutions focused on improving maternal health reporting and data sharing. Key actions included expanding definitions for adverse maternal health events and standardizing reporting requirements.
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Maternal mortality reviewMaternal health reportingNYPORTS data sharingStandardized definitionsHealthcareAdverse maternal health events
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- Approved Resolution 1082-2025-A, calling on the New York State Department of Health to confidentially share adverse maternal health event data from NYPORTS with the NYC Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
- Approved Resolution 1085-2025-A, requiring NYC Health and Hospitals facilities to report adverse maternal health events to NYPORTS using an expanded and standardized definition, including events at least 30 days post-partum.
- Approved Resolution 1086-2025-A, calling for a new and separate occurrence code for maternal mortality and standardized definitions for reportable events in NYPORTS.
- Approved Resolution 1087-2025-A, requiring regular reviews of NYPORTS data and retroactive filling of missing data by hospitals.
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Committee on Hospitals
Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2scheduled
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Agenda
- 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 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 the New York State Department of Health to conduct regular reviews of NYPORTS data, and to require hospitals to retroactively fill in missing data
- 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 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 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 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
- Roll Call
- 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 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 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 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 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
- 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
- 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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