Us Congress House Bill HB4340

Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 7/10/25
• Refer: 7/10/25

Caption

Tyler’s Law

Impact

If enacted, Tyler's Law will create new reporting requirements for hospitals and medical examiner or coroner offices, with strict guidelines on what needs to be reported regarding child safety incidents. Hospitals will have to identify and report any associations between child injuries or deaths and children's products. Medical examiners will also be required to report similar incidents, contributing to a unified data pool that could inform product safety standards and protocols. The requirements are clearly defined, with specified timelines for reporting incidents to ensure timely data collection and response.

Summary

House Bill 4340, known as 'Tyler’s Law,' mandates that hospitals, medical examiner offices, and coroner offices submit reports to the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding incidents involving the death or serious injury of a child. The bill aims to enhance child safety by ensuring comprehensive data collection surrounding incidents that may involve children's products, thereby allowing for better oversight and potential regulation of unsafe items in the marketplace. Healthcare facilities have a critical responsibility to report any incident that results in serious harm to a child associated with such products, which is expected to lead to increased accountability within the healthcare and product manufacturing sectors.

Contention

There may be contention regarding the feasibility and implications of the new reporting requirements imposed on medical and health professionals. Some stakeholders might argue that such measures could add an additional administrative burden on hospitals and medical examiners, detracting from time and resources needed for direct patient care. Furthermore, there may be debates on defining what constitutes a children's product and the downstream effects of linking medical incidents to specific products. Advocates for child safety, however, will likely argue that the benefits of such a law in preventing further incidents among children far outweigh any administrative challenges.