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1	1	81R8051 JSC-D
2	2	By: Bonnen H.B. No. 1510
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to including information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
8	8	in a resource pamphlet for parents of newborn children.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 161.501(a), Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse midwife,
13	13	or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman during
14	14	gestation or at delivery of an infant shall:
15	15	(1) provide the woman and the father of the infant, if
16	16	possible, or another adult caregiver for the infant, with a
17	17	resource pamphlet that includes:
18	18	(A) a list of the names, addresses, and phone
19	19	numbers of professional organizations that provide postpartum
20	20	counseling and assistance to parents relating to postpartum
21	21	depression and other emotional trauma associated with pregnancy and
22	22	parenting;
23	23	(B) information regarding the prevention of
24	24	shaken baby syndrome including:
25	25	(i) techniques for coping with anger caused
26	26	by a crying baby;
27	27	(ii) different methods for preventing a
28	28	person from shaking a newborn, infant, or other young child;
29	29	(iii) the dangerous effects of shaking a
30	30	newborn, infant, or other young child; and
31	31	(iv) the symptoms of shaken baby syndrome
32	32	and who to contact, as recommended by the American Academy of
33	33	Pediatrics, if a parent suspects or knows that a baby has been
34	34	shaken in order to receive prompt medical treatment;
35	35	(C) a list of diseases for which a child is
36	36	required by state law to be immunized and the appropriate schedule
37	37	for the administration of those immunizations; [and]
38	38	(D) the appropriate schedule for follow-up
39	39	procedures for newborn screening; and
40	40	(E) information regarding Sudden Infant Death
41	41	Syndrome, including current recommendations for infant sleeping
42	42	conditions to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
43	43	(2) document in the woman's record that the woman
44	44	received the information described in Subdivision (1); and
45	45	(3) retain the documentation for at least five years
46	46	in the hospital's, birthing center's, physician's, nurse midwife's,
47	47	or midwife's records.
48	48	SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Department of
49	49	State Health Services shall update the resource pamphlet on the
50	50	department's website to include the information about Sudden Infant
51	51	Death Syndrome required by Section 161.501, Health and Safety Code,
52	52	as amended by this Act.
53	53	SECTION 3. A hospital, birthing center, physician, nurse
54	54	midwife, or midwife who provides prenatal care to a pregnant woman
55	55	during gestation or at delivery of an infant is not required to
56	56	provide the updated brochure containing the information about
57	57	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome required by Section 161.501, Health
58	58	and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, before March 1, 2010.
59	59	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.