2015-2016 Bill 5232: Infant CPR - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 5232 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Henegan, King, M.S. McLeod, Kirby, RobinsonSimpson and Tinkler 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26428vr16.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on April 14, 2016 13 Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs 14 15 Summary: Infant CPR 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 4/14/2016 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 84) 22 4/14/2016 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs 23 ( House Journalpage 84) 24 25 View the latest legislative information at the website 26 27 28 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 29 30 4/14/2016 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 443750, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH 12 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO INFORMATION 13 PROVIDED BY HOSPITALS TO PARENTS AND 14 CAREGIVERS OF NEWBORN BABIES ABOUT THE 15 IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING HOW TO PERFORM INFANT 16 CPR, SO AS TO REQUIRE A HOSPITAL TO OFFER 17 PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS A VIDEO PRESENTATION 18 AND INFORMATION ABOUT LOCATIONS AT WHICH 19 INFANT CPR TRAINING IS TAUGHT. 20 21 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 22 Carolina: 23 24 SECTION 1. Section 443750(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by 25 Act 55 of 2007, is amended to read: 26 27 “(A)(1) Every hospital in this State must shall make available 28 to the parents of each newborn baby delivered in the hospital a 29 video presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants 30 and young children. Every hospital also must make available 31 information on the importance of parents and caregivers learning 32 infant CPR. The hospital must shall request that the maternity 33 patient, the father, or the primary caregiver view the video. Those 34 persons whom the hospital requested to view the video shall sign a 35 document prescribed by the Department of Health and 36 Environmental Control stating that they have been offered an 37 opportunity to view the video. 38 (2) Every hospital in this State shall make available to the 39 parents and caregivers of each newborn baby delivered in the 40 hospital a video presentation on the importance of parents and 41 caregivers learning how to perform infant CPR. The hospital also 42 shall provide parents and caregivers information regarding

[5232] 2 1 locations at which infant CPR training is taught in the community. 2 Those persons whom the hospital requested to view the video shall 3 sign a document prescribed by the Department of Health and 4 Environmental Control stating that they have been offered the 5 opportunity to view the video and that they have received the 6 information regarding locations at which infant CPR training is 7 taught in the community.” 8 9 SECTION 2. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by 10 the Governor. 11 XX 12

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