Shaken baby syndrome; Department of Social Services to develop information, its effect, etc. (HB411)
Introduced By
Del. Glenn Oder (R-Newport News)
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Description
Shaken baby syndrome; distribution of information. Requires the Department of Social Services to develop information, presented in both print and audiovisual format, about shaken baby syndrome and its effects, and to make such information available to child day care providers, children's residential facilities, group homes for children, foster parents, and adoptive parents. The bill also requires that health care providers licensed by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions to provide prenatal care provide information provided by the Department of Social Services on shaken baby syndrome and its effects to patients receiving prenatal care, and that information about shaken baby syndrome and its effects be provided to foster parents and prospective adoptive parents before a child is placed in the home. View Full Text »
