NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5048

Senate Bill S5048

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring maternity patients and the other parent of a newborn child to be educated in safe sleeping practices

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2016	committed to rules
Jun 01, 2016	advanced to third reading
May 25, 2016	2nd report cal.
May 24, 2016	1st report cal.1141
Jan 06, 2016	referred to health
Apr 29, 2015	referred to health

Votes

- May 24, 2016 - Health Committee Vote
  S5048
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 24, 2016
      
      aye (13)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Martins
      
      Persaud
      
      Rivera
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      excused (1)
      
      Seward

2015-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2700
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2803-j, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A9701

2015-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring maternity patients and the other parent of a newborn child to be educated in safe sleeping practices.

2015-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5048

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring hospitals 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

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill requires hospitals and
birth centers to provide leaflets on safe and unsafe sleeping
practices and to request each maternity patient and father of a
newborn view a video presentation on unsafe and safe sleeping
practices for newborns.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends Subdivision 1 to Section 2803-j of the
Public Health Law by adding a new paragraph 1-d which requires
hospitals and birth centers to distribute a leaflet prepared by the
New York State Commissioner of Health that describes safe and unsafe
sleeping practices and to provide certain statistical data regarding
fatalities from unsafe sleeping practices.

Section 2 of the bill amends Section 2803-j of the public health law
by adding a new subdivision 7 directing hospitals and birthing centers
to request each maternity patient and father of a newborn view a video
presentation prepared by the Commissioner of Health on safe sleeping

practices for newborns and to make such video available to take home.
Both the leaflet and video required by these two amendments are to be
prepared in languages that will best convey such information to the
patients who frequent such hospital and birthing center.

Section 3 provides an Effective Date.

JUSTIFICATION: Deaths caused by babies being put in unsafe sleeping
environments are 100% preventable. Over a hundred of these deaths
occur in New York State each and every year. Six infant deaths in Erie
County in January of 2014 are thought to be attributable to altered
sleeping practices due to the extreme cold weather during the winter
of 2013-2014. It is evident that parents are unaware of the dangers
that unsafe sleep environments pose to their babies.

Requiring hospitals and birth centers to request each maternity
patient and father of a newborn view receive a leaflet and to view a
video presentation on safe sleeping practices for newborns would
result in more parents becoming aware of the dangers from unsafe
sleeping and taking prevent steps to prevent these avoidable tragedies
from occurring. This will ultimately save lives as more parents will
give their baby a safe sleeping environment.

This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of
the Erie County Executive upon the recommendation of the county's
Commissioner of Social Services to improve the provision of child
protective services to New York's children and families.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A. 9701 as of 2013/2014

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Minimal.


EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take on the one hundred twentieth day
after it shall have become law.

2015-S5048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5048

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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:

  Section 1. Section 2803-j of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
chapter  62  of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a new subdivision
1-d to read as follows:
  1-D. THE INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  AN  EXPLANATION  OF
UNSAFE  SLEEPING  PRACTICES  INCLUDING  THE POTENTIAL FATAL CONSEQUENCES
FROM SUCH UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDED SAFE SLEEPING  PRAC-
TICES.  THE  LEAFLET  SHALL  INCLUDE STATISTICS CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN EACH YEAR SUSPECTED OR KNOWN TO BE CAUSED
BY UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CAUSE A  SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF SUCH LEAFLETS TO BE PRODUCED TO ALLOW PARENTS OF NEWBORN CHIL-
DREN  TO TAKE A LEAFLET HOME WITH THEM. THE LEAFLET SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE IN LANGUAGES BEST DESIGNED TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS
WHO RECEIVE MATERNITY RELATED SERVICES  AT  SUCH  HOSPITAL  OR  BIRTHING
CENTER.
  S 2. Section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by chapter 62
of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as
follows:
  7.  EVERY  HOSPITAL AND BIRTH CENTER SHALL REQUEST THAT EACH MATERNITY
PATIENT AND OTHER PARENT, IF AVAILABLE, OF A NEWBORN CHILD, VIEW A VIDEO
PRESENTATION, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, ON UNSAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES
INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  DANGERS  OF  CO-SLEEPING  WITH  A
NEWBORN,  INFANT  OR  CHILD,  THE POTENTIAL FATAL CONSEQUENCES FROM SUCH
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

S. 5048                             2

VIDEO  SHALL  INCLUDE  STATISTICS  CONCERNING  THE  NUMBER  OF DEATHS OF
INFANTS AND CHILDREN EACH YEAR SUSPECTED OR KNOWN TO BE CAUSED BY UNSAFE
SLEEPING PRACTICES. AFTER VIEWING SUCH  A  VIDEO  PRESENTATION  OR  UPON
REFUSAL  TO VIEW SUCH A VIDEO PRESENTATION, THE HOSPITAL OR BIRTH CENTER
SHALL REQUEST THAT SUCH PATIENT AND/OR OTHER PARENT SIGN A FORM  STATING
THAT  THEY  HAVE  VIEWED OR REFUSED TO VIEW SUCH VIDEO PRESENTATION. ALL
TRAINING MATERIALS AND FORMS REQUIRED TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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