1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; providing for education of
1.3 	parents, primary caregivers, and child care providers
1.4 	on the dangers associated with shaking infants and
1.5 	young children; appropriating money; proposing coding
1.6 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 245A.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [144.574] EDUCATION ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
1.9 	SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Education by hospitals. (a) A hospital
1.11 	licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 shall make available
1.12 	for viewing by the parents of each newborn baby delivered in the
1.13 	hospital a video presentation on the dangers associated with
1.14 	shaking infants and young children.
1.15 	(b) A hospital shall use a video obtained from the
1.16 	commissioner or approved by the commissioner.  The commissioner
1.17 	shall provide to a hospital and any interested individuals at
1.18 	cost copies of an approved video.  The commissioner shall review
1.19 	other video presentations for possible approval upon the request
1.20 	of a hospital.  The commissioner shall not require a hospital to
1.21 	use videos that would require the hospital to pay royalties for
1.22 	use of the video, restrict viewing in order to comply with
1.23 	public viewing or other restrictions, or be subject to other
1.24 	costs or restrictions associated with copyrights.
1.25 	(c) A hospital shall, whenever possible, request both
1.26 	parents to view the video.  The patient's chart shall indicate
2.1 	whether the parents are offered an opportunity to view the video.
2.2 	(d) The showing or distribution of the video shall not
2.3 	subject any person or facility to any action for damages or
2.4 	other relief provided the person or facility acted in good faith.
2.5 		Subd. 2.Education by health care providers. The
2.6 	commissioner shall establish a protocol for health care
2.7 	providers to educate parents and primary caregivers about the
2.8 	dangers associated with shaking infants and young children.  The
2.9 	commissioner shall request family practice physicians,
2.10 	pediatricians, and other pediatric health care providers to
2.11 	review these dangers with the parents and primary caregivers of
2.12 	infants and young children up to the age of three at each
2.13 	well-baby visit.

2.14 	Sec. 2. [245A.034] CHILD CARE PROVIDER TRAINING; DANGERS
2.15 	OF SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
2.16 	The commissioner shall make available for viewing by all
2.17 	licensed and legal nonlicensed child care providers a video
2.18 	presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants and
2.19 	young children.  The video presentation shall be part of the
2.20 	initial and annual training of licensed child care providers.
2.21 	Legal nonlicensed child care providers may participate at their
2.22 	option in a video presentation session offered under this
2.23 	section.  The commissioner shall provide to child care providers
2.24 	and any interested individuals at cost copies of a video
2.25 	approved by the commissioner of health under section 144.574 on
2.26 	the dangers associated with shaking infants and young children.

2.27 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.28 	$13,000 is appropriated from the state government special
2.29 	revenue fund to the commissioner of health for purposes of
2.30 	sections 1 and 2 for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005.  The
2.31 	commissioner of health shall assess a fee to hospitals to cover
2.32 	the cost of the approved shaken baby video and royalties to be
2.33 	deposited in the state government special revenue fund.