| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 24, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
| Jun 02, 2015 |
reported and committed to finance |
| May 14, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5466
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
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2015-S5466 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S5466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5466
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring that information be made available to parents regarding
window blind safety
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require the
information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety
and the potential fatal consequences from strangulation posed by
window blinds.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides for the production of a sufficient number of
informational pamphlets to ensure that every pediatrician In the state
will be able to provide such pamphlet to parents during a child's six
month appointment.
Section 2 provides that the pamphlet referenced in section 1 will
include information regarding the danger, specifically the risk of
strangulation, posed by window blinds to children.
Section 3 provides the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: In recent years, there have been a number of tragic
stories of young children being strangled to death after becoming
2015-S5466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5466
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 that
information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2803-j of the public health law,
as amended by chapter 199 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
shall prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the time
of pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon
request, to the general public an informational leaflet. Such leaflet
shall be designed by the commissioner and shall contain brief defi-
nitions of maternity related procedures and practices as specified in
subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
priate by the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may also elect
to distribute additional explanatory material along with the maternity
patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
tion contained in the leaflet available on the department's website AND
SHALL CAUSE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF LEAFLETS TO BE PRINTED OR PHOTOCOPIED
TO ALLOW EACH PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER IN THE STATE TO PROVIDE
THE LEAFLET TO PARENTS AT A CHILD'S SIX MONTH APPOINTMENT.
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 1-d to read
as follows:
1-D. THE INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARD-
ING THE DANGER THAT WINDOW BLINDS POSE TO CHILDREN INCLUDING PROPER
INSTALLATION OF BLINDS, EXAMPLES OF CURRENT STANDARDS AND THE POTENTIAL
FATAL CONSEQUENCES FROM STRANGULATION POSED BY WINDOW BLINDS.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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