Legislation
- Title
- Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)
- Sponsored by
- Delegates R. Lewis, Pena-Melnyk, Cullison, Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Chisholm, Guzzone, Hill, Hutchinson, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr, Lopez, Martinez, M. Morgan, Rosenberg, Taveras, White Holland, and Woods
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 880
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or legal guardian to describe the sleep environment that will be provided at home; requiring, by January 1, 2025, each hospital to establish a process for providing resources and information about safe sleep environments to parents and legal guardians of infants; etc.
Committees
- Opposite:
- Finance
Committee Testimony
Details
Introduced in a prior session as: HB0989 Session: 2020 Regular Session
Bill File Type: Pre-Filed
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2024
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19-308.10 )
Last Updated: 5/23/2024 4:32 PM