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This bill requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children the opportunity to view a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children. Under the bill, every hospital that provides inpatient maternity services and every birthing center licensed in the State pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) is to offer a parent or guardian of a newborn child the opportunity to view a video, approved by the Commissioner of Health, on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children. The Department of Health is to publish a list of approved drowning videos with links thereto on the department's Internet website.

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Sean Kean (R)*,  Michael Inganamort (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee (on 03/04/2024)

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