Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1460: An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules
Status: Failed, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules" Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: '.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules" Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: 'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1711-H is enacted to parental behavior A hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 405 that has a safe sleep rule for infants shall inform the parent or guardian of an infant who is an inpatient at the hospital of the safe sleep rule for infants, and the parent or guardian shall sign a form provided by the hospital that contains the text of the safe sleep rule for infants acknowledging that the parent or guardian knows the safe sleep rule for infants. If the parent or guardian refuses to sign the form, the hospital shall document the refusal in the medical record prior to discharge from the hospital. For purposes of this section, "safe sleep rule for infants" means a set of evidence-based practices a hospital requires to be employed in order to reduce the rate of infants' unsafe sleep injuries and sudden unexpected infant death related to unsafe sleep, including accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed and sudden infant death syndrome.' Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 2299 This amendment, which is the minority report of …
Sponsors
- John Eder (R, 136) · primary sponsor
- Abigail Griffin (R, 34)
- Kathy Javner (R, 29)
- William Tuell (R, 10)
Latest actions
- : Reports READ. On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : Reports READ.On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence
- : Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: HOSPITALS, Legislature, Senate, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, Other, SAFE SLEEP RULES
Common questions
- What is LD1460?
- LD1460 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules.
- What does LD1460 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Require Parents to Be Informed of Hospitals' Safe Sleep Rules" Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: '.
- What is the status of LD1460?
- Failed as of June 9, 2025. Latest action: Reports READ. On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (June 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1460?
- John Eder (R, 136), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1460?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1460&snum=132
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