Bill Text: NY A02700 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring maternity patients and the other parent of a newborn child to be educated in safe sleeping practices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-25 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A02700 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02700-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2700 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, LUPARDO, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals and birth centers to request each maternity patient and other parent of a newborn to view a video presentation on safe sleeping practices for newborns THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by 2 chapter 62 of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 1-d to read as follows: 4 1-D. THE INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION OF 5 UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FATAL CONSEQUENCES 6 FROM SUCH UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDED SAFE SLEEPING PRAC- 7 TICES. THE LEAFLET SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF 8 DEATHS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN EACH YEAR SUSPECTED OR KNOWN TO BE CAUSED 9 BY UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CAUSE A SUFFICIENT 10 NUMBER OF SUCH LEAFLETS TO BE PRODUCED TO ALLOW PARENTS OF NEWBORN CHIL- 11 DREN TO TAKE A LEAFLET HOME WITH THEM. THE LEAFLET SHALL BE MADE AVAIL- 12 ABLE IN LANGUAGES BEST DESIGNED TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS 13 WHO RECEIVE MATERNITY RELATED SERVICES AT SUCH HOSPITAL OR BIRTHING 14 CENTER. 15 S 2. Section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by chapter 62 16 of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as 17 follows: 18 7. EVERY HOSPITAL AND BIRTH CENTER SHALL REQUEST THAT EACH MATERNITY 19 PATIENT AND OTHER PARENT, IF AVAILABLE, OF A NEWBORN CHILD, VIEW A VIDEO 20 PRESENTATION, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, ON UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES 21 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DANGERS OF CO-SLEEPING WITH A 22 NEWBORN, INFANT OR CHILD, THE POTENTIAL FATAL CONSEQUENCES FROM SUCH 23 UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDED SAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES. THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01717-01-5 A. 2700 2 1 VIDEO SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICS CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OF 2 INFANTS AND CHILDREN EACH YEAR SUSPECTED OR KNOWN TO BE CAUSED BY UNSAFE 3 SLEEPING PRACTICES. AFTER VIEWING SUCH A VIDEO PRESENTATION OR UPON 4 REFUSAL TO VIEW SUCH A VIDEO PRESENTATION, THE HOSPITAL OR BIRTH CENTER 5 SHALL REQUEST THAT SUCH PATIENT AND/OR OTHER PARENT SIGN A FORM STATING 6 THAT THEY HAVE VIEWED OR REFUSED TO VIEW SUCH VIDEO PRESENTATION. ALL 7 TRAINING MATERIALS AND FORMS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF 8 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 9 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 10 it shall have become a law.