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A09524 Summary:

BILL NOA09524
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06965
 
SPONSORMcDonald
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2803-j, rpld §2803-j sub 1-e, add §2509-a, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.4181 & A.3840)
 
Requires that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety.
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A09524 Actions:

BILL NOA09524
 
01/23/2020referred to health
02/11/2020reported
02/20/2020advanced to third reading cal.410
02/25/2020substituted by s6965
 S06965 AMEND= SALAZAR
 01/06/2020REFERRED TO RULES
 01/08/2020REFERRED TO RULES
 01/09/2020ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.44
 01/21/2020PASSED SENATE
 01/21/2020DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 01/21/2020referred to health
 02/25/2020substituted for a9524
 02/25/2020ordered to third reading cal.410
 02/25/2020passed assembly
 02/25/2020returned to senate
 04/17/2020DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
 04/17/2020SIGNED CHAP.66
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A09524 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9524
 
SPONSOR: McDonald
  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; and to repeal certain provisions of such law related thereto   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to provide timely information relating to window blinds that pose a risk to children.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 and 2 would make technical amendments necessary to effectuate the changes outlined in this bill. Section 3 would modify Chapter 648 of the Laws of 2019 to require the Commissioner of Health (COH) to develop an informational leaflet on the dangers that corded window blinds pose to children, and to allow pedia- tric providers to provide the information at the child's six month well- ness visit. The information developed by the COH would be posted on the Department of Health' s.website. Section 4 would establish the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Chapter 648 of the Laws of 2019 required the Department of Health to include information on the dangers window blinds may pose to children as part of an informational leaflet that is distributed to maternity patients at prebooking. The language in this bill modifies that initial proposal to focus on corded window blinds which pose the greatest risk to children. Additionally, providing this information to parents at their six month wellness visit, rather than at prebooking, for maternity patients will serve to make parents aware of this important information as their child begins to become more mobile.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Legislation.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the State.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chap- ter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health law relating to requiring that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety as proposed in legislative bills numbers 5.4181 and A.3840, takes effect.
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A09524 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9524
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to requiring that
          information be made available to parents regarding window blind  safe-
          ty; and to repeal certain provisions of such law related thereto
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2803-j of the public  health  law,
     2  as  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health
     3  law relating to requiring that information be made available to  parents
     4  regarding  window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
     5  S. 4181 and A. 3840, is amended to read as follows:
     6    1. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center
     7  shall prepare in printed or photocopied form and distribute at the  time
     8  of  pre-booking directly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon
     9  request, to the general public an informational  leaflet.  Such  leaflet
    10  shall  be  designed  by  the  commissioner and shall contain brief defi-
    11  nitions of maternity related procedures and practices  as  specified  in
    12  subdivision two of this section and such other material as deemed appro-
    13  priate  by  the commissioner. Hospitals and birth centers may also elect
    14  to distribute additional explanatory material along with  the  maternity
    15  patients informational leaflet. The commissioner shall make the informa-
    16  tion contained in the leaflet available on the department's website [and
    17  shall cause a sufficient number of leaflets to be printed or photocopied
    18  to  allow  each  pediatric primary care provider in the state to provide
    19  the leaflet to parents at a child's six month appointment].
    20    § 2. Subdivision 1-e of section 2803-j of the public  health  law,  as
    21  added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health law
    22  relating to requiring that information  be  made  available  to  parents
    23  regarding  window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
    24  S. 4181 and A. 3840, is REPEALED.
    25    § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2509-a
    26  to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00511-02-9

        A. 9524                             2
 
     1    §  2509-a. Corded window blind leaflet. The commissioner, in consulta-
     2  tion with the secretary of state, shall create a leaflet  regarding  the
     3  danger  that  corded  window  blinds  pose  to children including proper
     4  installation of blinds, examples of current standards and the  potential
     5  fatal  consequences  from  strangulation posed by corded  window blinds.
     6  Such leaflet shall be posted on the department's website in a  printable
     7  format  to  allow  each  pediatric  primary care provider to provide the
     8  leaflet to parents at a child's six month well child visit.
     9    § 4. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    10  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health law
    11  relating to requiring that information  be  made  available  to  parents
    12  regarding  window blind safety, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
    13  S. 4181 and A. 3840, takes effect.
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