Bill Text: NY A04987 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4987

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children to be viewed by a parent and/or parents of newborn children.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-05 - substituted by s3608a [A04987 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4987

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
          video  on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children to be
          viewed by maternity patients and guardians of newborn children

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 2803-j of the public health law,
     2  as amended by chapter 431 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    6.  Every  hospital and birth center shall request that each maternity
     5  patient and [father] guardian of a newborn child, if available, view (a)
     6  a video presentation, approved by the commissioner, on  the  dangers  of
     7  shaking  infants  and  young  children,  and the symptoms of shaken baby
     8  syndrome, and (b) a video presentation, approved by the commissioner, on
     9  the dangers of drowning for infants and young children.   After  viewing
    10  such  [a video presentation] video presentations or upon refusal to view
    11  such [a video presentation] video presentations, the hospital  or  birth
    12  center  shall  request  that  such patient and/or [father] guardian of a
    13  newborn child  sign a form stating that they have viewed or  refused  to
    14  view  such  video [presentation] presentations.   All training materials
    15  and forms required to implement the provisions of this subdivision shall
    16  be provided by the commissioner.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    19  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    20  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    21  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07460-03-3