Requirements for educating parents and caregivers about dangers of shaking infants and young children modified, and money appropriated.

A bill for an act

relating to health; modifying requirements for educating parents and caregivers

about dangers of shaking infants and young children; appropriating money;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.574.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.574, is amended to read:

144.574 DANGERS OF SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.

Subdivision 1.

Education by hospitals.

(a) A hospital licensed under sections
144.50

to
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shall make available for viewing by the parents of each newborn baby delivered

in the hospital a video presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants and young

children.

(b) A hospital shall use a video obtained from the commissioner or approved by the

commissioner. The commissioner shall provide to a hospital and any interested individuals,

at cost, copies of an approved video. The commissioner shall review other video presentations

for possible approval upon the request of a hospital. The commissioner shall not require a

hospital to use videos that would require the hospital to pay royalties for use of the video,

restrict viewing in order to comply with public viewing or other restrictions, or be subject

to other costs or restrictions associated with copyrights.

(c)
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Before a newborn is discharged,
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a hospital shall
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require at least one of the newborn's

parents to view the video and shall
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, whenever possible, request both parents to view the

video.

(d) The showing or distribution of the video shall not subject any person or facility to

any action for damages or other relief provided the person or facility acted in good faith.

Subd. 2.

Education by health care providers.

The commissioner shall establish a

protocol for health care providers to educate parents and primary caregivers about the

dangers associated with shaking infants and young children.
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The commissioner shall request
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As part of this protocol, the commissioner must identify, approve, and make available to

family practice physicians, pediatricians, and other pediatric primary care providers materials

for use at well-baby visits to educate parents and primary caregivers about the dangers

associated with shaking infants and young children.
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Family practice physicians, pediatricians,

and other pediatric health care providers
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to review these dangers with
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must, at each well-baby

visit up to age one, use the protocol and materials to educate
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the parents and primary

caregivers of infants and young children
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up to the age of three at each well-baby visit
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about

these dangers
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.
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The commissioner must review the protocol and materials by July 1, 2031,

and at least every five years thereafter to ensure they contain accurate information on

essential topics about the dangers of shaking infants and young children, and must update

them as needed.
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Subd. 3.

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Periodic review of videos.

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Beginning July 1, 2026, and at least every five years

thereafter, the commissioner must review the videos provided or approved under subdivision

1 to ensure the videos contain accurate information on essential topics about the dangers of

shaking infants and young children. In conducting each review, the commissioner must

seek input from individuals and organizations with interest or expertise in preventing the

shaking of infants and young children on the topics that must be addressed and the

information that must be provided. Following each review, the commissioner must remove

from the videos made available to hospitals under subdivision 1 any videos that the

commissioner determines do not address all essential topics or do not provide accurate

information on these topics.

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Sec. 2.
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APPROPRIATION; DANGERS OF SHAKING INFANTS AND YOUNG

CHILDREN.
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$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of

health for activities under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.574, including approving and

providing educational videos to hospitals and identifying, approving, and making available

educational materials to health care providers for use at well-baby visits to educate parents

and primary caregivers.

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