BILL NUMBER: AB 845	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 24522 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to infant safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 845, as introduced, Cooley. Shaken baby syndrome.
   Existing law requires that information and instructional materials
regarding shaken baby syndrome be provided free of charge by each
health facility to parents or guardians of each newborn, upon
discharge from the health facility.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 24522 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   24522.  (a) Information and instructional materials as described
in Section 24521 shall be provided free of charge by each health
facility to parents or guardians of each newborn, upon discharge from
the health facility. In the event of  a  home birth
attended by a licensed midwife, the midwife shall provide the
information and instructional materials to the parents or guardians
of the newborn.
   (b) The State Department of Social Services shall provide the
information and instructional materials free of charge to child care
providers upon licensure and at the time of  a  site visit.
   (c) The information and instructional materials provided pursuant
to this section shall focus upon the serious nature of the risk to
infants and young children presented by shaken baby syndrome.
   (d) The requirement that informational and instructional materials
be provided pursuant to this section applies only  when
  if  those materials have been supplied to those
persons or entities that are required to provide the materials. The
persons or entities required to provide these materials shall not be
subject to any legal cause of action whatsoever based on the
requirements of this section.
   (e) For persons or agencies providing these materials pursuant to
this section, this section does not require the provision of
duplicative or redundant informational and instructional materials.