Bill Summary: Amended Substitute Senate Bill 276

• Creates Commission on Infant Mortality to inventory state services addressing infant mortality rates, track mortality by county with academic medical centers, and report findings to governor and legislature.

• Establishes infant safe sleep education programs and procedures, requiring hospitals and birthing centers to screen for safe crib availability and make good faith efforts to provide safe cribs to parents before discharge.

• Adds new criminal offense of furnishing controlled substances to pregnant women, with felony penalties ranging from first to third degree depending on substance type.

• Requires prescribers issuing opioid analgesics to minors to obtain written parental consent on "Start Talking!" form and comply with specific assessment and discussion requirements about addiction and overdose risks.

• Expands drug database requirements for pharmacists, dentists, nurses, optometrists, and physicians prescribing opioids or benzodiazepines; establishes semiannual opioid prescription reporting by State Board of Pharmacy.

• Allows reinstatement of inactive radiologic profession licenses based on prior examination passage without time limit restriction.