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Report Child Product Deaths
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor John E. Brooks
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5055
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the county law, in relation to reporting requirements of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child caused by a children's product or a durable juvenile product
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Tyler's law".
§ 2. Section 2805-l of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. Every general hospital registered under this article shall report within seven days to the United States consumer product safety commission with copies of any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child determined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile product as defined under the federal children's product safety and recall effectiveness act of 2008.
§ 3. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
10. The coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall promptly, but no later than seven days from the date of death, provide the United States consumer product safety commission with copies of any autopsy report or any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death occurring to a child determined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile product as defined under the federal children's product safety and recall effectiveness act of 2008.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06855-01-9
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