2010 New York Code
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2822) HOSPITALS
2803-N - Hospital care for maternity patients.

§  2803-n.  Hospital  care for maternity patients.   1. When a general
  hospital provides maternity care:
    (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.
    (b) Maternity care shall also include, at minimum,  parent  education,
  assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, 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.
    2.  This  section shall not limit the mother's option to be discharged
  earlier than the time periods established in  subdivision  one  of  this
  section.