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GA HR1820
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mandi Ballinger
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AI Summary
- Encourages health care professionals, including birthing hospitals, pediatrician offices, and ob-gyn offices, to educate caregivers on ways to reduce infant sleep-related deaths
- Promotes the "ABC's of safe sleep": infants should sleep Alone, on their Back, and in a Crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm mattress and fitted sheet, free of toys, pillows, bumpers, or blankets
- Notes that in 2014, Georgia averaged three infant deaths per week from unsafe sleep environments, with a state infant mortality rate of 7.2 per 1,000 live births compared to the national rate of 6.1 per 1,000
- Cites the 2012 Georgia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Survey finding that 54% of parents do not place infants on their back to sleep and only 47% reported their infant always slept alone
- Recommends room sharing over bed sharing and encourages all caregivers—parents, grandparents, relatives, and child care providers—to learn safe infant sleep practices
Legislative Description
Health care professionals; educate caregivers on ways to reduce infant sleep related deaths; encourage
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/22/2016
Full Bill Text
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