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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10030 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Tyler's Law''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CERTAIN INCIDENTS.

    (a) Hospitals.--
            (1) In general.--A hospital shall submit to the Consumer 
        Product Safety Commission written notice of any incident--
                    (A) involving the death or serious injury of a 
                child;
                    (B) that results in such hospital providing a 
                service of any kind; and
                    (C) with respect to which, in the determination of 
                such hospital, the injury or death is associated with a 
                children's product or a durable infant or toddler 
                product.
            (2) Contents.--A notice required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, to the extent available--
                    (A) a description of the incident involved, 
                including--
                            (i) the date of the incident;
                            (ii) the city and State in which the 
                        incident occurred; and
                            (iii) the type of facility where the 
                        incident occurred;
                    (B) a description of the product involved, 
                including the applicable product code;
                    (C) a description of the child involved, 
                including--
                            (i) the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of 
                        the child;
                            (ii) the affected body parts of the child; 
                        and
                            (iii) any diagnoses the child was given;
                    (D) a description of the role the hospital served 
                in the treatment of the child, including whether the 
                child--
                            (i) was treated at the hospital and 
                        released;
                            (ii) admitted to the hospital;
                            (iii) held for observation at the hospital; 
                        or
                            (iv) died before or during treatment at the 
                        hospital;
                    (E) a description of any role played by alcohol, 
                controlled substances, or fire; and
                    (F) any related reports prepared by the hospital.
            (3) Timing.--A notice required to be submitted by a 
        hospital under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 
        7 days after the date on which such hospital makes the 
        applicable determination under paragraph (1)(C).
            (4) Medicare condition of participation.--Section 
        1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (X), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (Y)(ii)(V), by striking the 
                period and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (Y) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(Z) in the case of a hospital, to comply with the 
                requirements of section 2(a) of Tyler's Law.''.
    (b) Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices.--
            (1) In general.--A medical examiner or coroner office shall 
        submit to the Consumer Product Safety Commission written notice 
        of any incident--
                    (A) involving the death of a child;
                    (B) that results in such office providing a service 
                of any kind; and
                    (C) with respect to which, in the determination of 
                such office, the death is associated with a children's 
                product or a durable infant or toddler product.
            (2) Contents.--A notice required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, to the extent available--
                    (A) a description of the incident involved, 
                including--
                            (i) the date of the incident;
                            (ii) the city and State in which the 
                        incident occurred;
                            (iii) the type of facility where the 
                        incident occurred;
                            (iv) any medical treatment provided in 
                        response to the incident, including any reports 
                        relating to such treatment; and
                            (v) the cause of death;
                    (B) a description of the product involved, 
                including the applicable product code;
                    (C) a description of the child involved, including 
                the age, gender, race, and ethnicity of the child;
                    (D) a description of any role played by alcohol, 
                controlled substances, or fire; and
                    (E) any related reports prepared by the office 
                involved.
            (3) Timing.--A notice required to be submitted by an office 
        under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 7 days 
        after the date on which such office makes the applicable 
        determination under paragraph (1)(C).
            (4) Enforcement.--A medical examiner or coroner office that 
        fails to comply with this subsection during a fiscal year shall 
        be ineligible for a Medical Examiner Coroner Office 
        Accreditation grant under the Strengthening the Medical 
        Examiner-Coroner System Program of the Department of Justice 
        during the following fiscal year.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual under 
        the age of 18 years.
            (2) Children's product.--The term ``children's product'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 3(a) of the Consumer 
        Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)).
            (3) Durable infant or toddler product.--The term ``durable 
        infant or toddler product'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 104(f) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 
        of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 2056a(f)).
            (4) Hospital.--The term ``hospital'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1395x(e)).
            (5) Product code.--The term ``product code'' means, with 
        respect to a product, the product code used for such product in 
        the NEISS Coding Manual and the NEISS Product Code 
        Comparability Table of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
        as in effect on the date of the applicable incident.
    (d) Applicability.--This section shall apply to incidents involving 
the death or serious injury of a child that occur on or after the date 
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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