Requires reporting of toy-related injuries

2 Co-sponsors

• Ruben Diaz
• Martin Malavé Dilan

Title of bill

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting toy-related injuries

Purpose

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill amends the public health law by adding a new section 212 to require physicians to notify the State Consumer protection Board of toy-related injuries and deaths within seventy-two hours of treatment. The department shall prepare a form for making the notification required and shall make this form available to physicians and hospitals across the state.

Justification

This bill would require physicians to report toy-related injuries and deaths to the State Consumer Protection Board. Every year numerous children are injured or even killed in toy-related incidences: in 1990, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that 23 children died and an estimated 129,000 were injured by toys. This legislation would allow for more accurate data as to the exact number of injuries and deaths.

Legislative history

03/07/07 REFERRED TO HEALTH 01/09/08 REFERRED TO HEALTH

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.