Bill Text: CT SB00327 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Hospitals To Train New Parents On Safe Sleep Practices For Infants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [SB00327 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00327-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 327
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2544
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO TRAIN NEW PARENTS ON SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES FOR INFANTS.

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

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require hospitals to train new parents on safe sleep practices for infants.

Statement of Purpose:

To decrease cases of sudden infant death syndrome and other accidental deaths of infants during sleep.