Bill Text: NJ S1208 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women and new parents of the benefits of breasfeeding.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-11-09 - Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee [S1208 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1208-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding about dangers of casual milk sharing.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on May 7, 2015, with amendments.
An Act concerning casual milk sharing and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Casual milk sharing" means an informal arrangement in which a mother directly donates human breast milk that has not been collected, processed, distributed, or sold by a human milk bank to a parent who is unable to nurse, or is in need of additional breast milk to feed, the parent's child.
"Human milk bank" means an organized service 1that provides1 for the selection of a donor 1[and] of human breast milk,1 the collection, processing, storage, 1and marketing of donated human breast milk, and the1 distribution 1[, or sale]1 of donated human breast milk to a hospital for use by low birth weight babies or new mothers with delayed lactation, or directly to a parent, with a physician's prescription order, who is unable to nurse, or is in need of additional breast milk to feed, the parent's child.
2. a. The Commissioner of Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to advise pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding their children about the dangers of casual milk sharing. The campaign shall, at a minimum, provide information on:
(1) risk factors associated with casual milk sharing, including disease transmission and contamination from drugs, germs, or chemicals 1, and risk factors associated with obtaining milk from Internet sources1;
(2) the federal Food and Drug Administration's warning against mothers using donated breast milk obtained directly from individuals or other unknown sources; and
(3) human milk banks and the procedures used by milk banks to select donors and collect, process, store, distribute, or sell donated breast milk.
b. The commissioner shall:
(1) provide for the development of printed educational materials about casual milk sharing as described in subsection a. of this section, in English, Spanish, and any other language that the commissioner determines is the first language of a significant number of citizens in the State;
(2) disseminate information on the dangers of casual milk sharing for distribution to pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding their children through a variety of entities, including, but not limited to, local health agencies and clinics, physicians, health care facilities, pharmacies, libraries, community-based outreach programs and organizations, and the Department of Health Internet site; and
(3) report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than 18 months after the effective date of this act, on the activities and accomplishments of the public awareness campaign.
3. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
