1. When a general hospital provides maternity care:

1. (a) Inpatient care for mothers and newborns shall be offered for not less than forty-eight hours after childbirth for any delivery other than a caesarean section, and for more than forty-eight hours when medically necessary. For a caesarean section, inpatient care for mothers and newborns shall be offered for not less than ninety-six hours after childbirth, and for more than ninety-six hours when medically necessary.
2. (b) Maternity care shall also include, at minimum, parent education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, education on maternal depression, education on maternal depression screening and referrals, and the performance of any necessary maternal and newborn clinical assessments. Notwithstanding this requirement, nothing in this paragraph is intended to result in the hospital charging any amount for such services in addition to the applicable charge for the maternity inpatient hospital admission. * (c) (i) The commissioner shall provide guidance to hospitals on obstetric hemorrhage protocols, in consultation with clinical experts, and develop or identify an existing toolkit on obstetric hemorrhage management, which may include a hemorrhage care checklist for use by hospitals as part of the protocols and guidance on simulation training. The commissioner shall report to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on data reported to the department under this paragraph within two years from the effective date of this paragraph, and every two years thereafter.
3. (ii) The hospital shall adopt, implement, periodically update and submit to the department standard protocols for management of obstetric hemorrhage. Such protocols shall address early recognition and assessment, readiness to respond in a multidisciplinary manner, and data reporting to the department sufficient for the department to monitor and report pursuant to this paragraph. Such protocols shall utilize risk assessment tools such as the toolkit established or identified by the department under this paragraph and shall include a response plan providing for the triage and transfer to higher level facilities if needed. * NB Effective June 16, 2020