Assembly Bill A5055

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates 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

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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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2019-A5055 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1712
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-l, Pub Health L; amd §677, County L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9531, S6106
2021-2022: A2121, S6339
2023-2024: A2781

2019-A5055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every general hospital to report within seven days to the US consumer product safety commission with 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.

2019-A5055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5055
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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  ASSEM-
 BLY, 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 COMMIS-
 SION WITH COPIES OF ANY REPORT OF ANY EXAMINATION  OR  INQUIRY  PREPARED
 WITH  RESPECT TO ANY DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRING TO A CHILD DETER-
 MINED 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 subdivi-
 sion 10 to read as follows:
   10. THE CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL EXAMINER SHALL PROMPT-
 LY, 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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