Bill Text: NJ S3098 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-04 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S3098 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S3098-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on December 4, 2017, with amendments.
An Act concerning safe sleep education and supplementing Title 9 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Children and Families shall prepare and make available on the department's Internet website, in an easily printable format, information on the program providing "baby boxes" and safe sleep education to expecting and new parents. The department shall update the information whenever new information about the program becomes available.
b. The department shall post a website link to the program providing the "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on its Internet website, and shall ensure that the link is easily accessible to the public, 1is1 prominently displayed on the website, and is updated as necessary.
c. The department shall ensure, in consultation with 1[all other State departments] the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Education, and, as deemed appropriate by the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with any other State department that provides services to parents or children1, that:
(1) the information posted on its website 1pursuant to subsection a. of this section1 is 1also1 made available on the websites of 1[every State department] the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and any other appropriate State department that provides services to parents or children1, and is updated as necessary; and
(2) a website link to the program providing "baby boxes" and safe sleep education is posted to the 1[website of every State department] websites of the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and any other appropriate State department that provides services to parents or children1, and is updated as necessary.
d. As used in this section,
"baby box" means a box made of durable cardboard, filled with essential items
for newborns and expecting and new parents, such as diapers, baby wipes, and
information on safe sleep techniques, that can serve as a safe sleep
environment for the first few months of an infant's life, and meets all
applicable tenets of the bassinet standard established by the United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
2. The Department of Children and Families, 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.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month following enactment.
