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