CHILD SAFETY SEAT REFERRAL S.B. 1134:
REVISED SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 1134 (as introduced 11-6-14)
Sponsor: Senator Judy K. Emmons
Committee: Families, Seniors and Human Services
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to do the following:
-- Allow a health facility or agency employee to inform an individual that a child safety seat installed in that individual's vehicle was not properly installed, and refer the individual to a child safety inspection program or a certified safety technician.
-- Specify that a health facility or agency could not prohibit an employee from doing, or penalize an employee for doing, either of the activities permitted by the bill.
Specifically, the bill would allow an employee of a health facility or agency to do the following: a) inform an individual who was a patient of or a visitor to the health facility or agency that a child safety seat installed in that individual's vehicle might not be properly installed, and b) refer the individual to a child safety seat inspection program or to a child passenger safety technician who was certified by the National Child Passenger Certification Training Program.
A health facility or agency could not prohibit an employee from doing either of the activities described above, and it could not dismiss, sanction, or in any way penalize an employee from doing either of those activities.
Proposed MCL 333.20135 Legislative Analyst: Jeff Mann
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.