ID S1272

Defines "newborn safety device" as a device installed in a supporting wall of hospitals, fire stations, law enforcement agencies, or 24-hour medical services providers with exterior and interior access points for placing and retrieving newborn infants.

Allows hospitals, fire stations, law enforcement agencies, and 24-hour medical services providers to use newborn safety devices to accept surrendered newborns if the device is temperature-controlled, ventilated, equipped with an automatic alarm system, and located in a conspicuous interior area.

Permits custodial parents to leave newborns no more than 30 days old through a newborn safety device without prosecution for abandonment, with the same protections and procedures as traditional safe haven surrenders.

Requires the department to investigate whether surrendered children are missing children during the initial 30-day period and expands parental rights claim procedures to include newborn safety device surrenders.

Effective date of July 1, 2024, with an emergency declaration.