Bill Text: CT SB00258 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Infant Safe Sleep Practices.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-05 - Signed by the Governor [SB00258 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00258-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 258
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 4482
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING INFANT SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, through its maternity program, shall provide the parent or parents of a newborn infant with written informational materials containing the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations concerning safe sleep practices at the time of such infant's discharge from the hospital.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	New section

PH

Joint Favorable