Bill Text: NY A09516 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to cause the distribution of crib safety information to maternity patients: information detailing safe sleeping procedures for babies, crib product recalls and disclosure of the federal standards on the manufacture and sale of cribs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - referred to health [A09516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09516-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9516
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COOK, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA,  SCARBOROUGH  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to directing the
         commissioner of health to cause the distribution of crib safety infor-
         mation to maternity patients
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 206 of the public health law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (s) to read as follows:
    3    (S) BY RULE AND REGULATION, CAUSE  THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  CRIB  SAFETY
    4  INFORMATION.  (1) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY HOSPITAL AND
    5  BIRTH CENTER DISTRIBUTE AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO EACH MATER-
    6  NITY PATIENT AND, UPON REQUEST, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC  AN  INFORMATIONAL
    7  LEAFLET  CONCERNING  CRIB  SAFETY. SUCH LEAFLET SHALL BE DESIGNED BY THE
    8  COMMISSIONER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUM-
    9  ER PROTECTION, ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION, AND  SHALL
   10  CONTAIN  INFORMATION DETAILING SAFE SLEEPING PROCEDURES FOR BABIES, CRIB
   11  PRODUCT RECALLS AND DISCLOSURE OF THE FEDERAL STANDARDS ON THE  MANUFAC-
   12  TURE AND SALE OF CRIBS.
   13    (2)  SUCH  LEAFLET  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO HOSPITALS AND BIRTH
   14  CENTERS BY THE DEPARTMENT ON  ITS  WEBSITE  AND  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  IN
   15  ENGLISH,  AS  WELL AS THE TOP SIX LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH SPOKEN IN
   16  THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE UNITED  STATES
   17  BUREAU OF CENSUS.
   18    (3)  HOSPITAL  STAFF SHALL INQUIRE WHETHER THE MATERNITY PATIENT HAS A
   19  NEW CRIB AVAILABLE FOR ANY NEWBORNS. IF THE MATERNITY  PATIENTS  DO  NOT
   20  HAVE  A  NEW  CRIB  AVAILABLE,  HOSPITAL STAFF SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION
   21  ABOUT WHERE TO OBTAIN A NEW CRIB, INCLUDING  SOCIAL  SERVICES  AGENCIES,
   22  NON-PROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS OR OTHER RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS.
   23    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the first of May next succeeding
   24  the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
   25  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
   26  sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
   27  ized to be made on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14529-04-2