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NY S05048
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/29/2015
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Kennedy
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AI Summary
- Requires hospitals and birth centers to request maternity patients and other parents of newborns to view a video presentation on safe sleeping practices, approved by the Commissioner
- Video must cover unsafe sleeping practices including dangers of co-sleeping, potential fatal consequences, and recommended safe sleeping practices, plus statistics on infant and child deaths from unsafe sleeping
- Mandates that after viewing or refusing to view the video, patients and parents sign a form documenting whether they viewed the presentation
- Requires the Commissioner to produce informational leaflets explaining safe and unsafe sleeping practices with relevant death statistics, distributed in languages appropriate for the hospital or birth center's patient population
- Takes effect 120 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Relates to requiring maternity patients and the other parent of a newborn child to be educated in safe sleeping practices.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/17/2016
Committee Referrals
Rules6/17/2016
Health4/29/2015
Full Bill Text
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