New Laws: Drop-Side Crib Ban and HIV Testing Expansion
A classic style of baby crib will start to disappear and more health facilities will provide testing for HIV-AIDS under new laws signed by Gov. David Paterson.
One new law bans the generations-old design of drop-side cribs. It was sponsored by state Sen. Charles Fuschillo, who says there have been several deaths.
He says more than 9 million of the cribs have been recalled nationwide because of the danger of entrapment and suffocation if the drop-rail malfunctions.
The other bill expands HIV-AIDS testing. Starting Sept. 1, it makes the testing routine at all health care facilities and simplifies the patients' informed consent needed to take the test.