Bill Text: NY S06965 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-17 - SIGNED CHAP.66 [S06965 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06965-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6965

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  requiring  that
          information  be made available to parents regarding window blind safe-
          ty; and to repeal certain provisions of such law related thereto

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 2803-j of the public health law,
     2  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public  health
     3  law  relating to requiring that information be made available to parents
     4  regarding window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers
     5  S. 4181 and A. 3840, is amended to read as follows:
     6    1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
     7  shall  prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the time
     8  of pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and,  upon
     9  request,  to  the  general public an informational leaflet. Such leaflet
    10  shall be designed by the commissioner  and  shall  contain  brief  defi-
    11  nitions  of  maternity  related procedures and practices as specified in
    12  subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
    13  priate by the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may  also  elect
    14  to  distribute  additional explanatory material along with the maternity
    15  patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
    16  tion contained in the leaflet available on the department's website [and
    17  shall cause a sufficient number of leaflets to be printed or photocopied
    18  to allow each pediatric primary care provider in the  state  to  provide
    19  the leaflet to parents at a child's six month appointment].
    20    §  2.  Subdivision  1-e of section 2803-j of the public health law, as
    21  added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public  health  law
    22  relating  to  requiring  that  information  be made available to parents
    23  regarding window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers
    24  S. 4181 and A. 3840, is REPEALED.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6965                             2

     1    §  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2509-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2509-a. Corded window blind leaflet. The commissioner, in consulta-
     4  tion with the secretary of state, shall create a leaflet  regarding  the
     5  danger  that  corded  window  blinds  pose  to children including proper
     6  installation of blinds, examples of current standards and the  potential
     7  fatal  consequences  from  strangulation posed by corded  window blinds.
     8  Such leaflet shall be posted on the department's website in a  printable
     9  format  to  allow  each  pediatric  primary care provider to provide the
    10  leaflet to parents at a child's six month well child visit.
    11    § 4. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    12  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health law
    13  relating to requiring that information  be  made  available  to  parents
    14  regarding  window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
    15  S. 4181 and A. 3840, takes effect.