Senate Bill S6250

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of unsafe baby cribs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6250 - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-i, Gen Bus L

2013-S6250 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of unsafe baby cribs; removes the provision that the office of children and family services shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions.

2013-S6250 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6250 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6250

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the prohibition
  of the sale of unsafe cribs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of
section 399-i of the general business law, as amended by chapter 381  of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv)  The following standards and specifications of ASTM International
for corner posts of baby cribs and structural integrity  of  baby  cribs
and any standards and specifications adopted to amend or supplement such
standards:
  (A) [ASTM F 966 (corner post standard),
  (B)] ASTM F 1169 (structural integrity of full-size baby cribs), and
  [(C)] (B) ASTM F 406 (non-full-size cribs).
  S  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 399-i of the general business law, as
added by chapter 381 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  3. (a) On or after December twenty-eighth, two thousand  thirteen,  no
child  care  facility or place of public accommodation shall use or have
on the premises an unsafe crib. This subdivision shall not apply  to  an
antique  or collectible crib if it is not used by, or accessible to, any
child in the child care facility or place of public accommodation.
  (b) The office of children and family services, in  consultation  with
the  New York city department of health and mental hygiene, shall notify
child care facilities of the provisions of this  subdivision  in  plain,
non-technical  language  that  will  enable  each child care facility to
effectively inspect and identify unsafe  cribs.  Such  notice  shall  be
given  to  every  child  care  facility  upon the effective date of this
[article] SECTION or as soon as practicable thereafter, and such  notice
shall also be given to each applicant for license or registration pursu-
ant to section three hundred ninety of the social services law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2013-S6250A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-i, Gen Bus L

2013-S6250A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of unsafe baby cribs; removes the provision that the office of children and family services shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions.

2013-S6250A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6250A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6250--A
    Cal. No. 13

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
  bly  from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
  and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
  in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the prohibition
  of the sale of unsafe cribs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of
section 399-i of the general business law, as amended by chapter 381  of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv)  The following standards and specifications of ASTM International
for corner posts of baby cribs and structural integrity  of  baby  cribs
and any standards and specifications adopted to amend or supplement such
standards:
  (A) [ASTM F 966 (corner post standard),
  (B)] ASTM F 1169 (structural integrity of full-size baby cribs), and
  [(C)] (B) ASTM F 406 (non-full-size cribs).
  S  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 399-i of the general business law, as
amended by chapter 381 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  (a)  On or after December twenty-eighth, two thousand thirteen, no
child care facility or place of public accommodation shall use  or  have
on  the  premises an unsafe crib. This subdivision shall not apply to an
antique or collectible crib if it is not used by, or accessible to,  any
child in the child care facility or place of public accommodation.
  (b)  The  office of children and family services, in consultation with
the New York city department of health and mental hygiene, shall  notify
child  care  facilities  of the provisions of this subdivision in plain,
non-technical language that will enable  each  child  care  facility  to
effectively  inspect  and  identify  unsafe  cribs. Such notice shall be

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