Assembly Bill A9516

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to cause the distribution of crib safety information to maternity patients

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9516 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A502
2015-2016: A356

2011-A9516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to cause the distribution of crib safety information to maternity patients: information detailing safe sleeping procedures for babies, crib product recalls and disclosure of the federal standards on the manufacture and sale of cribs.

2011-A9516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9516

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 7, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COOK, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA,  SCARBOROUGH  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to directing the
  commissioner of health to cause the distribution of crib safety infor-
  mation to maternity patients

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 206 of the public health law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (s) to read as follows:
  (S) BY RULE AND REGULATION, CAUSE  THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  CRIB  SAFETY
INFORMATION.  (1) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY HOSPITAL AND
BIRTH CENTER DISTRIBUTE AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO EACH MATER-
NITY PATIENT AND, UPON REQUEST, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC  AN  INFORMATIONAL
LEAFLET  CONCERNING  CRIB  SAFETY. SUCH LEAFLET SHALL BE DESIGNED BY THE
COMMISSIONER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUM-
ER PROTECTION, ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION, AND  SHALL
CONTAIN  INFORMATION DETAILING SAFE SLEEPING PROCEDURES FOR BABIES, CRIB
PRODUCT RECALLS AND DISCLOSURE OF THE FEDERAL STANDARDS ON THE  MANUFAC-
TURE AND SALE OF CRIBS.
  (2)  SUCH  LEAFLET  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO HOSPITALS AND BIRTH
CENTERS BY THE DEPARTMENT ON  ITS  WEBSITE  AND  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  IN
ENGLISH,  AS  WELL AS THE TOP SIX LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH SPOKEN IN
THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE UNITED  STATES
BUREAU OF CENSUS.
  (3)  HOSPITAL  STAFF SHALL INQUIRE WHETHER THE MATERNITY PATIENT HAS A
NEW CRIB AVAILABLE FOR ANY NEWBORNS. IF THE MATERNITY  PATIENTS  DO  NOT
HAVE  A  NEW  CRIB  AVAILABLE,  HOSPITAL STAFF SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE TO OBTAIN A NEW CRIB, INCLUDING  SOCIAL  SERVICES  AGENCIES,
NON-PROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS OR OTHER RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the first of May next succeeding
the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
ized to be made on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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