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mm ft HI I I ill mm mjrm mm i lm i By MICHAEL F1NNEGAN pre tV- Sf Oft BE last year. State lawmakers said a conference committee will iron out differences between the Assembly and Senate measures in the next few weeks. Along with mandating insurance coverage, the Assembly version would require hospitals to offer mothers the minimum stays. Without that, Gottfried said, women whose employers are self-insured would not be guaranteed insurance coverage for 48-hour stays. Jeannie Cross, spokeswoman for the Healthcare Association of New York State, said hospitals object to the Assembly version.

"The burden should be on the insurer, not on the hospitals." Cross said. Health maintenance organizations, meanwhile, have offered lukewarm support "We're potentially opening the door for a whole range of patients to demand the right to determine their length of stay in the hospital," said Leslie Moran. spokeswoman for the New York State Health Maintenance Organization Conference. if PI 1 ,1 AMMEW.SAVULICM DAILY NEWS Daily News Aibany Bureau ALBANY Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers are nearing agreement on a new law that would guarantee most new mothers at least a 48-hour hospital stay after they give birth.

A bill aimed at halting shorter maternity stays so-called drive-through deliveries passed the state Senate last week, and a similar measure is scheduled for a vote today in the Assembly. The Senate and Assembly measures would require insurers to cover hospital stays of 48 hours after a normal vaginal delivery. The Senate bill would require coverage for a four-day stay after a Caesar-ean birth, and the Assembly's would require coverage for five days. "We've heard some pretty horrible stories of infants going home with serious conditions that would have been detected if they had stayed longer," said Richard Gottfried (D-Man-hattan), Assembly Health Committee chairman. Final approval of the longer stays, which have Pataki's support, would make New York the sixth state to prohibit drive-through deliveries.

A similar measure is pending in Congress. The proposals are aimed at reversing a trend in which hospitals, pressured by insurers to cut costs, have released many new mothers less than 48 hours after delivery. Health experts warn that early release can lead to failure to detect heart defects, jaundice or other potentially dangerous ailments. "The insurance companies have seen this as an area where they can generate savings but without regard to safety," said Mary Armao McCarthy, executive director ot the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The rate of New York women sent home within 24 hours of a vaginal delivery has more than tripled over the past six years, from 6 in 1990 to 20 LMriC 19 91 KCWN with cinder blocks that fell off truck in collision on Queens-bound lower level of Queensboro Bridge last night Rush hour jam spilled over onto First Manhattan.

By DAVID L. LEWIS Oaity News Staff Writer In an about-face. Mayor Giuliani yesterday promised to disclose the names of donors who paid for more than $400,000 in renovations at Gracie Mansion. He announced the reversal after the Daily News reported that the nonprofit organization that runs the mansion had raised the most money for renovations in more than a decade but refused to identify the donors. Giuliani said he would issue a list of names and the amounts contributed at a ceremony within the next month, when a plaque is mounted at the mansion alongside the names of previous donors.

"The only reason for the delay was they wanted to do something nice for the people that had made these donations," Giuliani said. The 192-year-old mansion on the East River, named after merchant Archibald Gracie, is run by the nonprofit Gracie Mansion Conservancy. State records show that the conservancy, whose board members are appointed by the mayor and three commissioners, raised $421,630 during 1994, Giuliani's first year in office. Records for subsequent years have not been filed with the state attorney general's office. The bulk of the contributions the most raised since former Mayor Ed Koch began a $5 million renovation in 1982 came from fund-raisers hosted by first lady Donna Hanover Giuliani and conservancy board members.

Giuliani acknowledged yesterday that he may have "showed up for a cocktail party or two" held as part of the effort The funds were used to paint the historic building's exterior, strip the chimneys down to their original brick, replace rail ings and carpets, and acquire antiques. Giuliani and conservancy officials initially denied The News' requests for the names of contributors. They said the conservancy was a private organization not subject to public disclosure laws. The decision was criticized by watch-. dog groups and Koch, who disclosed the names of donors and amounts contributed to his fund-raising effort They argued that failure to reveal the information might foster the appearance that donors secretly attempted to curry favor with City Hall.

Giuliani, saying that there was not even an appearance of impropriety, said infor- mation would be disclosed voluntarily. "Unlike campaign contributions, there's no strict rule that you have to disclose," he said. "But it makes sense to disclose it, it should be disclosed and it will be," he said. E9IHH CO 3 TELEVISION. .64 EDITORIAL MAIN Bridge Dr.

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