H.B. No. 1510
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to including information on sudden infant death syndrome
  in a resource pamphlet for parents of newborn children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
  or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
  gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
               (1)  provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
  possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
  resource pamphlet that includes:
                     (A)  a list of the names, addresses, and phone
  numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
  counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
  depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
  parenting;
                     (B)  information regarding the prevention of
  shaken baby syndrome including:
                           (i)  techniques for coping with anger caused
  by a crying baby;
                           (ii)  different methods for preventing a
  person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
                           (iii)  the dangerous effects of shaking a
  newborn, infant, or other young child; and
                           (iv)  the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
  and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
  Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
  shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
                     (C)  a list of diseases for which a child is
  required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
  for the administration of those immunizations; [and]
                     (D)  the appropriate schedule for follow-up
  procedures for newborn screening; and
                     (E)  information regarding sudden infant death
  syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
  conditions to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome;
               (2)  document in the woman's record that the woman
  received the information described in Subdivision (1); and
               (3)  retain the documentation for at least five years
  in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
  or midwife's records.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2010, the Department of
  State Health Services shall update the resource pamphlet on the
  department's website to include the information about sudden infant
  death syndrome required by Section 161.501, Health and Safety Code,
  as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse
  midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman
  during gestation or at delivery of an infant is not required to
  provide the updated brochure containing the information about
  sudden infant death syndrome required by Section 161.501, Health
  and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, before March 1, 2010.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the House on March
  26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1510 was passed by the Senate on May
  12, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor