BILL NUMBER: AB 845	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add and repeal Section 24523 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to infant safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 845, as amended, 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 and by the State Department of
Social Services to child care providers upon licensure.
   This bill would require the department, in consultation with the
State Department of Public Health, the Department of Justice,
 the Office of Emergency Services,  and First
 Five   5  California, to develop 
a process for the selection of counties and to select eligible
counties in the state to voluntarily participate in the program,
which is designed to   and implement the Shaken Baby
Syndrome Education Program, which would  provide new parents and
other adult caregivers of newborns and young infants with
information and education relating to the prevention of shaken baby
syndrome.  The bill would also require these agencies to develop
a process for the selection of eligible counties to voluntarily
participate in the program. 
   The bill would require the department, by January 1, 2020, to
evaluate and submit to the Legislature a report on the effectiveness
of the program in reducing the number of injuries and infant deaths
in the state resulting from shaken baby syndrome, including a review
of benchmarks, feedback about the program, and improvement
opportunities, as applicable. The bill would provide that the
activities required by its provisions shall be funded with available
moneys from the Children's Trust Fund. The bill would also authorize
the department to accept and expend other private funds received by
the department from donations for the purposes of the program.
   The bill would make its provisions inoperative on July 1, 2020,
and repeal them by January 1, 2021.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 24523 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   24523.  (a) The department, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health, the Department of Justice,  the
Office of Emergency Services,  First  Five 
 5  California, and other interested stakeholders shall, by
July 1, 2015, develop and implement the Shaken Baby Syndrome
Education Program. The program is intended to use delivery approaches
and public education materials for the presentation of information
on shaken baby syndrome, based on current scientific evidence and
best practices. The program shall be in effect for no more than five
years.
   (b) The department, in consultation with the State Department of
Public Health, the Department of Justice,  the Office of
Emergency Services,  and First  Five  
5  California, shall develop a process for the selection of
eligible counties in the state to voluntarily participate in the
program and select the counties that will participate. A county
 shall   may  participate at its option.
   (c) In designing the Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Program, using
its own experts and drawing on the expertise of stakeholders, the
department shall select the most appropriate evidence-based
approaches to provide new parents and caregivers of newborns and
young infants with information and education relating to shaken baby
syndrome, including, but not limited to, the following:
   (1) Selecting and developing instructional materials designed to
teach parents and other caregivers of infants about shaken baby
syndrome and its prevention.
   (2) Providing information and materials to parents and caregivers
of infants, based on the current best practices for the delivery of
educational and prevention-related information.
   (3) Developing an implementation plan that addresses the phasing
in, including the launch, expansion, and bringing to scale of the
core components of the evidence-based program across the state and
that incorporates additional components as appropriate to raise
awareness of shaken baby syndrome.
   (d) The department shall, by January 1, 2020, prepare and submit
to the Legislature a report evaluating the effectiveness of the
program in reducing the number of injuries and infant deaths in the
state from shaken baby syndrome, including a review of the
benchmarks, feedback about the program, and improvement
opportunities, as applicable.
   (e) The activities required by this section shall be funded with
available moneys from the Children's Trust Fund, established pursuant
to Section 18969 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, but shall not
be funded from General Fund moneys. The State Department of Social
Services may also accept and expend other private funds from
donations that are received by the department for the purposes of
this section.
   (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2020, and, as
of January 1, 2021, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2021, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.