Requires hospitals and birth centers to prepare and distribute an informational leaflet containing information detailing how parents or guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the United States consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists to receive consumer product recall and safety news.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9869--C
R. R. 144
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. MENG, REILLY, BENEDETTO, GIBSON, GALEF, DenDEKK-
ER, JOHN, CASTRO, ROBINSON, SPANO, MARKEY, FIELDS, MAISEL, BARRON --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, CRESPO, GOTTFRIED, KOON, McENE-
NY, MILLMAN, NOLAN, PERRY, PHEFFER, SKARTADOS, SWEENEY -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported
from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
tals and birth centers to prepare and distribute an informational
leaflet containing information detailing how parents or guardians of
infants and children can subscribe to the United States consumer prod-
uct safety commission's e-mail subscription lists to receive consumer
product recall and safety news
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2803-s to read as follows:
3 § 2803-s. Access to product recall information. The commissioner
4 shall require that every hospital and birth center distribute at the
5 time of pre-booking or admission directly to each maternity patient and,
6 upon request, to the general public an informational leaflet. Such leaf-
7 let shall be designed by the commissioner in conjunction with the execu-
8 tive director of the state consumer protection board, on behalf of the
9 state consumer protection board, and shall contain information detailing
10 how parents or guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the
11 United States consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription
12 lists to receive consumer product recall and safety news by e-mail from
13 the United States consumer product safety commission and such other
14 material as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. Such leaflet shall
15 be made available to hospitals and birth centers by the department on
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 its website and shall be provided in English, as well as the top six
2 languages other than English spoken in the state according to the latest
3 available data from the United States Bureau of Census.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of May next succeeding
5 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
6 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
7 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
8 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed by the
9 commissioner of health on or before such effective date.
