Tyler’s Law

This bill, called Tyler’s Law, would require hospitals and medical examiner/coroner offices to quickly report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission when a child dies or is seriously hurt and the case appears linked to a product made for children, infants, or toddlers. These reports must include details about the incident, the product, and the child, and note any role of alcohol, drugs, or fire.

Hospitals must send the report within 7 days of deciding the case is tied to such a product, and they have to follow this rule to keep participating in Medicare . Medical examiner and coroner offices also have 7 days; if they don’t, they become ineligible for a federal accreditation grant the next year.

• Who is affected: Hospitals; medical examiner and coroner offices.
• What changes: Mandatory written reports to the Consumer Product Safety Commission with key facts whenever a child’s death or serious injury seems tied to a children’s product; hospitals must comply to stay in Medicare; noncompliant medical examiner/coroner offices lose grant eligibility the following year .
• When: Applies to incidents on or after 180 days after the law takes effect.