Requires every general hospital to report within seven days to the US consumer product safety commission with any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child determined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile product.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4895
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the county law, in relation to
reporting requirements of any examination or inquiry prepared with
respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child caused by
a children's product or a durable juvenile product
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Tyler's law".
§ 2. Section 2805-l of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL REGISTERED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL REPORT
WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMIS-
SION WITH COPIES OF ANY REPORT OF ANY EXAMINATION OR INQUIRY PREPARED
WITH RESPECT TO ANY DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRING TO A CHILD DETER-
MINED TO BE CAUSED BY EITHER A CHILDREN'S PRODUCT OR A DURABLE JUVENILE
PRODUCT AS DEFINED UNDER THE FEDERAL CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY AND
RECALL EFFECTIVENESS ACT OF 2008.
§ 3. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 11 to read as follows:
11. THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL PROMPT-
LY, BUT NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF DEATH, PROVIDE THE
UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION WITH COPIES OF ANY
AUTOPSY REPORT OR ANY REPORT OF ANY EXAMINATION OR INQUIRY PREPARED WITH
RESPECT TO ANY DEATH OCCURRING TO A CHILD DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY
EITHER A CHILDREN'S PRODUCT OR A DURABLE JUVENILE PRODUCT AS DEFINED
UNDER THE FEDERAL CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY AND RECALL EFFECTIVENESS ACT
OF 2008.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09097-01-5
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