Assembly Bill A2781

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A2781 (ACTIVE) - Details

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
2019-2020: A5055
2021-2022: A2121

2023-A2781 (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.

2023-A2781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2781
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, McDONOUGH -- 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.  Short  title. 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 11 to read as follows:
   11. 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.
                                                            LBD02954-01-3

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