119-hr4340

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4340 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4340

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

 July 10, 2025

 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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