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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10030 

To require hospitals, medical examiner offices, and coroner offices to report 

to the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to certain 

incidents involving the death or serious injury of a child, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2024 

Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require hospitals, medical examiner offices, and coroner 

offices to report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to certain incidents involving the 

death or serious injury of a child, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Tyler’s Law’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CERTAIN INCIDENTS. 

6 (a) HOSPITALS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—A hospital shall submit to 

2 the Consumer Product Safety Commission written 

3 notice of any incident— 

4 (A) involving the death or serious injury of 

5 a child; 

6 (B) that results in such hospital providing 

7 a service of any kind; and 

8 (C) with respect to which, in the deter9 mination of such hospital, the injury or death 

10 is associated with a children’s product or a du11 rable infant or toddler product. 

12 (2) CONTENTS.—A notice required under para13 graph (1) shall include, to the extent available— 

14 (A) a description of the incident involved, 

15 including— 

16 (i) the date of the incident; 

17 (ii) the city and State in which the in18 cident occurred; and 

19 (iii) the type of facility where the inci20 dent occurred; 

21 (B) a description of the product involved, 

22 including the applicable product code; 

23 (C) a description of the child involved, in24 cluding— 


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1 (i) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity 

2 of the child; 

3 (ii) the affected body parts of the 

4 child; and 

5 (iii) any diagnoses the child was 

6 given; 

7 (D) a description of the role the hospital 

8 served in the treatment of the child, including 

9 whether the child— 

10 (i) was treated at the hospital and re11 leased; 

12 (ii) admitted to the hospital; 

13 (iii) held for observation at the hos14 pital; or 

15 (iv) died before or during treatment at 

16 the hospital; 

17 (E) a description of any role played by al18 cohol, controlled substances, or fire; and 

19 (F) any related reports prepared by the 

20 hospital. 

21 (3) TIMING.—A notice required to be submitted 

22 by a hospital under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 

23 not later than 7 days after the date on which such 

24 hospital makes the applicable determination under 

25 paragraph (1)(C). 


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1 (4) MEDICARE CONDITION OF PARTICIPA2 TION.—Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (X), by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (Y)(ii)(V), by striking 

7 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) 

9 the following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(Z) in the case of a hospital, to comply 

11 with the requirements of section 2(a) of Tyler’s 

12 Law.’’. 

13 (b) MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CORONER OFFICES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—A medical examiner or cor15 oner office shall submit to the Consumer Product 

16 Safety Commission written notice of any incident— 

17 (A) involving the death of a child; 

18 (B) that results in such office providing a 

19 service of any kind; and 

20 (C) with respect to which, in the deter21 mination of such office, the death is associated 

22 with a children’s product or a durable infant or 

23 toddler product. 

24 (2) CONTENTS.—A notice required under para25 graph (1) shall include, to the extent available— 


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1 (A) a description of the incident involved, 

2 including— 

3 (i) the date of the incident; 

4 (ii) the city and State in which the in5 cident occurred; 

6 (iii) the type of facility where the inci7 dent occurred; 

8 (iv) any medical treatment provided in 

9 response to the incident, including any re10 ports relating to such treatment; and 

11 (v) the cause of death; 

12 (B) a description of the product involved, 

13 including the applicable product code; 

14 (C) a description of the child involved, in15 cluding the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of 

16 the child; 

17 (D) a description of any role played by al18 cohol, controlled substances, or fire; and 

19 (E) any related reports prepared by the of20 fice involved. 

21 (3) TIMING.—A notice required to be submitted 

22 by an office under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 

23 not later than 7 days after the date on which such 

24 office makes the applicable determination under 

25 paragraph (1)(C). 


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1 (4) ENFORCEMENT.—A medical examiner or 

2 coroner office that fails to comply with this sub3 section during a fiscal year shall be ineligible for a 

4 Medical Examiner Coroner Office Accreditation 

5 grant under the Strengthening the Medical Exam6 iner-Coroner System Program of the Department of 

7 Justice during the following fiscal year. 

8 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi10 vidual under the age of 18 years. 

11 (2) CHILDREN’S PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘chil12 dren’s product’’ has the meaning given such term in 

13 section 3(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

14 (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)). 

15 (3) DURABLE INFANT OR TODDLER PROD16 UCT.—The term ‘‘durable infant or toddler product’’ 

17 has the meaning given such term in section 104(f) 

18 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 

19 2008 (15 U.S.C. 2056a(f)). 

20 (4) HOSPITAL.—The term ‘‘hospital’’ has the 

21 meaning given such term in section 1861(e) of the 

22 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e)). 

23 (5) PRODUCT CODE.—The term ‘‘product code’’ 

24 means, with respect to a product, the product code 

25 used for such product in the NEISS Coding Manual 


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1 and the NEISS Product Code Comparability Table 

2 of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, as in 

3 effect on the date of the applicable incident. 

4 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to inci5 dents involving the death or serious injury of a child that 

6 occur on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act. 

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