Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00327 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 327
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2544
 *02544*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 327 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2544

*02544*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO TRAIN NEW PARENTS ON SAFE SLEEP PRACTICES FOR INFANTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require hospitals to train new parents on safe sleep practices for infants.

Statement of Purpose: 

To decrease cases of sudden infant death syndrome and other accidental deaths of infants during sleep.