What's happening
This bill requires primary care physicians to post information on how parents can sign up for product recall alerts from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Why it matters
Increases parental awareness of product recalls. by ensuring recall subscription info is prominently posted where parents are likely to see it, potentially preventing children’s exposure to hazardous products.
Targets language accessibility and equity. by requiring that notices be available in English and the six most commonly spoken non-English languages in New York, plus any other significant community languages, making safety information more widely accessible.
Creates a statewide standard for information sharing. in pediatric and family medical settings, potentially reducing disparities in recall awareness between different regions and demographic groups.
Mandates involvement of multiple agencies. (Health Department and Secretary of State) in designing the notice, which may improve the quality and relevance of the information provided to parents and guardians.
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Who cares
Headline styles
Post Recall Info in Offices
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
10 Co-sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Ordered to third reading cal.369
- Advanced to third reading cal.284
- Reported
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5236
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, CRESPO, GALEF, WEPRIN, MOYA, HOOPER, BLAKE, JOHNS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, MONTESANO, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring primary care physicians to post certain 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
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
TITLE IX
RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Section 2599-e. Physician posting of recall subscription information.
§ 2599-e. Physician posting of recall subscription information. 1. As used in this section, "primary care physician" means a physician specialist in the field of family practice, general pediatrics, primary care internal medicine or primary care obstetrics and gynecology, who provides coordinated primary care services.
2. The commissioner shall require that every primary care physician post in a place or places, clearly visible to all persons, adjacent to or near the location such primary care physician has designated for the receipt of payment, an informational notice. Such notice shall be designed by the commissioner in conjunction with the secretary of state and shall contain 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 by e-mail from the United States consumer product safety commission and such other material as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. Such notice shall be made available to primary care
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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physicians by the department on its website and shall be provided in English, as well as in the six languages other than English most frequently spoken in the state according to the latest available data from the United States Census Bureau and upon request from a primary care physician, any other language spoken by a significant number of people within the community served by such primary care physician. A primary care physician shall post such notice in English and in any other language spoken by significant numbers of people within the community he or she serves.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth 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 is authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner of health on or before such effective date.
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