Bill Title: To provide for development of educational materials promoting infant safe-sleeping practices and for review of the materials with the parent, guardian, or caregiver of each newborn infant.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-13 - To Health and Aging
[HB448 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB448-Introduced.html
As Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Stinziano, Kunze
Cosponsors:
Representatives Antonio, Mallory, Milkovich, Ramos, Stebelton
A BILL
| To enact sections 3701.66 and 3701.661 of the Revised | 1 |
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Code to provide for development of educational | 2 |
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materials promoting infant safe-sleeping practices | 3 |
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and for review of the materials with the parent, | 4 |
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guardian, or caregiver of each newborn infant. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 3701.66 and 3701.661 of the Revised | 6 |
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Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3701.66. The department of health shall develop | 8 |
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educational materials that promote infant safe-sleeping practices | 9 |
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and discuss best practices to reduce the incidence of sudden | 10 |
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unexpected infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome. | 11 |
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In developing the materials, the department shall consider | 12 |
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information on these topics made available by the American academy | 13 |
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of pediatrics or a successor organization. The materials shall be | 14 |
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made available, free of charge, on the internet web site | 15 |
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maintained by the department. The department shall revise the | 16 |
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materials as necessary to ensure that the information in them is | 17 |
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current. | 18 |
| Sec. 3701.661. (A) As used in this section: | 19 |
| (1) "Freestanding birthing center" has the same meaning as in | 20 |
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section 3702.141 of the Revised Code. | 21 |
| (2) "Hospital" means a hospital registered with the | 22 |
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department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code | 23 |
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that contains a maternity unit licensed under Chapter 3711. of the | 24 |
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Revised Code. | 25 |
| (B) Beginning not later than one month after the department | 26 |
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of health develops the educational materials described in section | 27 |
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3701.66 of the Revised Code, each hospital and freestanding | 28 |
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birthing center shall arrange for a nurse or other appropriate | 29 |
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staff member to do both of the following prior to an infant's | 30 |
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discharge from the hospital or freestanding birthing center | 31 |
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following the infant's birth: | 32 |
| (1) Review, free of charge, the educational materials with | 33 |
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the infant's parent, guardian, or other caregiver; | 34 |
| (2) Provide to the infant's parent, guardian, or other | 35 |
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caregiver the internet address of the department's web site where | 36 |
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the educational materials are available. | 37 |
| (C) The nurse or other staff member who reviews the material | 38 |
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with the infant's parent, guardian, or other caregiver shall | 39 |
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include in the infant's medical record a notation specifying the | 40 |
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date and time that the review occurred. | 41 |
