Bill Text: OH SCR37 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: To encourage hospitals and freestanding birthing
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-10)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-11-12 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR37 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR37-Comm_Sub.html
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Senator Tavares
Cosponsors:
Senators Cafaro, Brown, Bacon, Balderson, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Jordan, Kearney, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Skindell, Turner, Uecker, Widener
Representatives Bishoff, Hagan, R.
| To encourage hospitals and freestanding birthing | 1 |
| centers to adopt policies and procedures that | 2 |
| promote breastfeeding. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Breastfeeding is an important part of preventative | 4 |
| health care for both infants and mothers. Scientific studies | 5 |
| demonstrate that breast milk helps protect infants from infections | 6 |
| and allergies and provides the nutrients necessary for optimum | 7 |
| growth and development. Infants who are breastfed for at least six | 8 |
| months may be less likely to become overweight or obese during | 9 |
| later phases of childhood or as adults. Women who breastfeed their | 10 |
| infants have decreased risks of breast and ovarian cancer, anemia, | 11 |
| and osteoporosis; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, the United | 13 |
| States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports | 14 |
| that only 13.6 per cent of babies in the United States are | 15 |
| exclusively breastfed at six months of age; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition | 17 |
| and Care, a national survey of maternity care practices and | 18 |
| procedures, found that barriers to breastfeeding are widespread in | 19 |
| hospitals and birthing facilities. The CDC also found that 96 per | 20 |
| cent of hospitals and birthing facilities lack maternity care | 21 |
| policies and practices that fully support breastfeeding; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, A review by the United States Preventive Services | 23 |
| Task Force determined that education on breastfeeding is an | 24 |
| effective intervention for increasing breastfeeding rates; now | 25 |
| therefore be it | 26 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 27 |
| of the State of Ohio, encourage hospitals and freestanding | 28 |
| birthing centers to adopt policies and procedures that promote | 29 |
| breastfeeding, including, but not limited to, (1) being designated | 30 |
| a "Baby Friendly Hospital" by the United Nations Children's Fund | 31 |
| and the World Health Organization Baby Friendly Hospital | 32 |
| Initiative, (2) developing breastfeeding education for women, | 33 |
| including education on the health benefits of breastfeeding, (3) | 34 |
| providing breastfeeding education and training for health care | 35 |
| professionals who provide maternal and child care, (4) providing | 36 |
| new mothers with access to lactation consultants, and (5) | 37 |
| providing information on alternatives to breastfeeding for mothers | 38 |
| who cannot or choose not to breastfeed or for mothers for whom | 39 |
| breastfeeding is contradindicated; and be it further | 40 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 41 |
| of the State of Ohio, in acknowledging the importance of | 42 |
| breastfeeding, recognize the right of a mother to choose the | 43 |
| method she will use to feed her infant. Therefore, we encourage | 44 |
| hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to do all of the | 45 |
| following: (1) provide pregnant patients with complete | 46 |
| information, written materials, and support on available infant | 47 |
| feeding methods, (2) support the feeding method a new mother | 48 |
| chooses for her infant, (3) provide health care providers and new | 49 |
| mothers with access to infant feeding educational information and | 50 |
| infant feeding materials regarding various methods for feeding | 51 |
| infants, including breast pumps, infant feeding supplies, infant | 52 |
| formula samples, and preparation instructions, and (4) distribute | 53 |
| infant formula samples and infant feeding supplies to a | 54 |
| breastfeeding mother on request of the mother or when ordered by | 55 |
| the mother's physician; and be it further | 56 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 57 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 58 |
