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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 414 2024 Regular Session Bass
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
CHILDREN. Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant
relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law and to initiate contacts as to
missing and exploited children. (8/1/24)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1 Adds provisions relative to contacting the Missing and Exploited Children
Information Clearinghouse as to missing and endangered children.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 414 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Bass
Present law authorizes the installation of a newborn safety device in a designated emergency
care facility that is physically located inside of a licensed hospital and has an emergency
department that is staffed 24 hours per day.
Proposed law authorizes the installation of the device in any designated emergency care
facility that is manned continuously on a 24 hour basis, seven days a week, and 365 days a
year by an emergency response provider who is certified in neonatal resuscitation and
pediatric advanced life support.
Present law provides that relinquishment of an infant is not a criminal act of neglect,
abandonment, cruelty, or a crime against the child. Proposed law provides that the
relinquishment is not be subject to an investigation for abandonment.
Present law requires that every designated emergency care facility appoint as its
representative one or more employees on duty during regular business hours who is
knowledgeable about requirement of law. Requires that each facility designate a
representative who can be reached by emergency telephone service or post instructions to
contact "911" for a safe haven relinquishment if outside of normal operating hours.
Proposed law retains these provisions but removes that requirement for a designated
representative who can be reached by emergency phone service.
Proposed law requires that safe haven materials be available at the facility stocked in a
envelope conspicuous and readily available in the newborn safety device for the
relinquishing parent.
Present law requires that immediately after notification that an infant has been relinquished,
the department is to request an oral instanter court order of custody and shall take physical
custody of the infant within 12 hours of notice that the infant is ready to be discharged from
the hospital. Requires that the department exercise due diligence in attempting to identify and
locate any non-relinquishing parent.
Proposed law retains these provisions and requires that the department contact the Missing
and Exploited Children Information Clearinghouse, for information on missing endangered
adults and missing children to determine if the child has been reported missing.
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Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends Ch.C. Arts. 1151(A)(1). (B), and (C), 1152(A)(1) and (2), (C)(3), and (G),
1154(A), and 1157(A)(1; repeals Ch.C. Arts. 1150(2)(e) and 1152(A)(3))
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Thomas L. Tyler
Division Director
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