Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1482 By Senator Sharief 35-00667D-25 20251482__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to education on abusive head trauma; 3 amending s. 411.2035, F.S.; requiring the Department 4 of Health to adopt evidence-based parent education 5 materials that describe the dangers of abusive head 6 trauma, including shaken baby syndrome; specifying 7 requirements for the parent education materials; 8 specifying requirements for the distribution of the 9 parent education materials; requiring the department 10 to implement a multi-year phase-in plan for the 11 distribution of the parent education materials; 12 conforming provisions related to construction and 13 immunity from civil liability to changes made by the 14 act; providing an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1.Section 411.2035, Florida Statutes, is amended 19 to read: 20 411.2035Dangers of abusive head trauma shaking infants and 21 young children; requirements for distributing parent education 22 materials brochures. 23 (1)Every hospital, birthing facility, and provider of home 24 birth which has maternity and newborn services shall provide to 25 the parents of a newborn, before they take their newborn home 26 from the hospital or birthing facility, written information with 27 an explanation concerning the dangers of shaking infants and 28 young children. 29 (1)(2)The Department of Health shall adopt evidence-based 30 parent education materials prepare a brochure that describe 31 describes the dangers of abusive head trauma, including shaken 32 baby syndrome shaking infants and young children. The parent 33 education materials may be provided using written, visual, or 34 electronic applications. The materials description must include, 35 but need not be limited to, information concerning all of the 36 following: 37 (a)The grave effects of shaking infants and young 38 children., information concerning 39 (b)Appropriate ways to manage the causes that can lead a 40 person to shake or harm infants and young children, including 41 normal infant crying, fussing, and other causes. 42 (c)a discussion of Ways to reduce the risks that can lead 43 a person to shake or harm infants and young children. 44 (d)Evidence-based practices for safe infant sleep and the 45 dangers associated with unsafe sleep environments for infants. 46 (e)Information on the importance of carefully selecting a 47 trusted and responsible caregiver, including warning signs of 48 potential risk factors. 49 (2)(a)The evidence-based parent education materials 50 adopted by the Department of Health under subsection (1) must be 51 distributed as follows: 52 1.Each hospital, birth center, and home birth provider 53 providing maternity, prenatal, and newborn services shall 54 provide the parent education materials to the parents or 55 caregivers of a newborn within the first 2 weeks after the birth 56 of the infant. 57 2.Childbirth educators, pediatric physician practices, 58 home visiting programs, and obstetrician practices shall provide 59 the parent education materials to the expectant parents or 60 caregivers receiving education or health care services from them 61 or, if parents or caregivers have already received the parent 62 education materials, reiterate or reinforce the information 63 covered by such materials. 64 3.The department shall adopt a statewide multimedia public 65 education campaign to prevent instances of abusive head trauma, 66 including shaken baby syndrome, using the parent education 67 materials developed under subsection (1) or the information 68 covered by such materials. 69 (b)The department shall implement a multi-year phase-in 70 plan for the distribution of the parent education materials, 71 beginning with the counties with the six highest birth rates. 72 (3)This section does not preclude a hospital, a birth 73 center birthing facility, or a home birth provider, a childbirth 74 educator, a pediatric physician practice, a home visiting 75 program, or an obstetrician practice from providing the parent 76 education materials notice required under this section as an 77 addendum to, or in connection with, any other required 78 information. 79 (4)A cause of action does not accrue against the state or 80 any subdivision or agency thereof or any hospital, birth center, 81 home birth birthing facility or home-birth provider, childbirth 82 educator, pediatric physician practice, home visiting program, 83 or obstetrician practice for failure to give or receive the 84 information required under this section. 85 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.