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PUBLIC HEALTH LAW Requires hospitals and birth centers to request that maternity patients and fathers view a video presentation on the dangers of shaking infants and small children 02/25/04 REFERRED TO HEALTH 05/19/04 1ST REPORT CAL.1194 05/20/04 2ND REPORT CAL. 05/24/04 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 06/09/04 PASSED SENATE 06/09/04 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 06/09/04 referred to ways and means 06/17/04 substituted for a10889 06/17/04 ordered to third reading rules cal.868 06/17/04 passed assembly 06/17/04 returned to senate 07/15/04 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 09/22/04 Bill to be signed by Governor Pataki -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Requires hospital and birth centers to request that maternity patients and fathers view a video presentation on the dangers of shaking infants and small children; requires such videos to be approved by the commissioner of health; such commissioner shall distribute appropriate training material and form for acknowledging viewing or refusing to view such video; requires inclusion of annual percentage of maternity patients who view the video in the information leaflet provided to maternity patients. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILL TEXT: STATE OF NEW YORK
6230
IN SENATE
February 25, 2004
Introduced by Sens. SPANO, BONACIC, LARKIN, MARCHI, McGEE, PADAVAN, RATH, SALAND, TRUNZO, VELELLA AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a video on the dangers of shaking infants and young children to be viewed by maternity patients and fathers of newborn children The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-j of the public health law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1996, is amended and a new paragraph (n) is added to read as follows: (m) whether rooming-in is available in the facility, on the basis of twenty-four hours a day or daytime[.]; and (n) the annual percentage of maternity patients who view a shaken baby syndrome video presentation, approved by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision six of this section, prior to discharge. § 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 6 to read as follows: 6. Every hospital and birth center shall request that each maternity patient and father of a newborn child, if available, view a video presentation, approved by the commissioner, on the dangers of shaking infants and young children, and the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome. 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 father sign a form stating that they have viewed or refused to view such video presentation. Such forms shall be submitted to the department on a quarterly basis. All training materials and forms required to implement the provisions of this subdivision shall be provided by the commissioner. § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law, provided that: (a) section one of this act shall take effect January 1, 2006; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16517-01-4 |