Senate Bill S5972

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a statewide newborn health and safety program

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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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2017-S5972 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8080
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2508, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S3017

2017-S5972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a program in which a baby box is provided by the commissioner to all infants born in the state of New York.

2017-S5972 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5972
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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  establishing  a
   statewide newborn health and safety program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2508 to read as follows:
   §  2508.  NEW  BORN  HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BABY BOX" SHALL MEAN A CARDBOARD BOX LINED  WITH
 A FIRM MATTRESS, SUCH THAT IT CAN DOUBLE AS A BASSINET.
   2. A. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE DEPARTMENT, BY THE COMMISSION-
 ER,  A BABY BOX PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATES ACROSS
 THE STATE. THROUGH THE BABY BOX PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROVIDE
 BABY BOXES, FOR EACH INFANT BORN IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF
 FAMILY INCOME. THE BABY BOXES SHALL BE DESIGNED TO BE A SAFE SLEEP PLACE
 FOR  NEWBORN INFANTS. EACH MATTRESS SHALL BE COVERED WITH A FITTED SHEET
 AND ALL BABY BOXES SHALL CONTAIN NEWBORN INFANT CARE ESSENTIALS AIMED AT
 PROMOTING SAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES AND OTHER METHODS OF  REDUCING  SUDDEN
 INFANT  DEATH  SYNDROME,  AS WELL AS ITEMS TO ENCOURAGE SAFE AND HEALTHY
 HABITS FOR FAMILIES TRANSITIONING TO PARENTING.  ALL  SUCH  INFANT  CARE
 ESSENTIALS  SHALL  BE  CHOSEN  AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER AND
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO CLOTHING, HATS, SOCKS, THERMOMETERS
 AND BATH TOWELS.
   B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PURSUE  AVAILABLE  FUNDING  OPTIONS  AND  MAKE
 EFFORTS  TO  ESTABLISH  A  PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS
 THAT PROMOTE SUCH CAUSES OR MANUFACTURE SUCH PRODUCTS IN ORDER  TO  SEEK
 TO  OBTAIN DONATIONS FOR THESE PURPOSES. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY, APPROPRIATENESS AND  EFFECTIVENESS  OF
 THE  PROGRAM AND SHALL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS, AND  THEN
 PROVIDE PERIODIC UPDATES EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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