Florida SB 732: Education on Abusive Head Trauma

Bill Text

732 
Education on Abusive Head Trauma 
2025-12-03T07:55:10Z 
Requiring the Department of Health to adopt evidence-based parent education materials that describe the dangers of abusive head trauma, including shaken baby syndrome; specifying requirements for the distribution of the parent education materials, including a statewide public education campaign; requiring the department to implement a multi-year phase-in plan for the distribution of the parent education materials, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 732 

 By Senator Osgood 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to education on abusive head trauma; 
 3 amending s. 411.2035, F.S.; requiring the Department 
 4 of Health to adopt evidence-based parent education 
 5 materials that describe the dangers of abusive head 
 6 trauma, including shaken baby syndrome; specifying 
 7 requirements for the parent education materials; 
 8 specifying requirements for the distribution of the 
 9 parent education materials, including a statewide 
 10 public education campaign; requiring the department to 
 11 implement a multi-year phase-in plan for the 
 12 distribution of the parent education materials; 
 13 conforming provisions related to construction and 
 14 immunity from civil liability to changes made by the 
 15 act; providing an effective date. 
 16 
 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 18 
 19 Section 1. Section 411.2035, Florida Statutes, is amended 
 20 to read: 
 21 411.2035 Dangers of abusive head trauma shaking infants and 
 22 young children; requirements for distributing parent education 
 23 materials brochures.— 
 24 (1) Every hospital, birthing facility, and provider of home 
 25 birth which has maternity and newborn services shall provide to 
 26 the parents of a newborn, before they take their newborn home 
 27 from the hospital or birthing facility, written information with 
 28 an explanation concerning the dangers of shaking infants and 
 29 young children. 
 30 (1)(2) The Department of Health shall adopt evidence-based 
 31 parent education materials prepare a brochure that describe 
 32 describes the dangers of abusive head trauma, including shaken 
 33 baby syndrome shaking infants and young children. The parent 
 34 education materials may be provided using written, visual, or 
 35 electronic applications. The materials description must include, 
 36 but need not be limited to, information concerning all of the 
 37 following: 
 38 (a) The grave effects of shaking infants and young 
 39 children., information concerning 
 40 (b) Appropriate ways to manage the causes that can lead a 
 41 person to shake or harm infants and young children, including 
 42 normal infant crying, fussing, and other causes. 
 43 (c) a discussion of Ways to reduce the risks that can lead 
 44 a person to shake or harm infants and young children. 
 45 (d) Evidence-based practices for safe infant sleep and 
 46 avoiding the dangers associated with unsafe sleep environments 
 47 for infants. 
 48 (e) Information on the importance of carefully selecting a 
 49 trusted and responsible caregiver, including warning signs of 
 50 potential risk factors. 
 51 (2)(a) The evidence-based parent education materials 
 52 adopted by the department under subsection (1) must be 
 53 distributed as follows: 
 54 1. Each hospital, birth center, and home birth provider 
 55 providing maternity, prenatal, and newborn services shall 
 56 provide the parent education materials to the parents or 
 57 caregivers of a newborn within the first 2 weeks after the birth 
 58 of the infant. 
 59 2. Childbirth educators, pediatric physician practices, 
 60 home visiting programs, and obstetrician practices shall provide 
 61 the parent education materials to the expectant parents or 
 62 caregivers receiving education or health care services or, if 
 63 parents or caregivers have already received the parent education 
 64 materials, reiterate or reinforce the information covered by 
 65 such materials. 
 66 3. The department shall adopt a statewide multimedia public 
 67 education campaign to prevent instances of abusive head trauma, 
 68 including shaken baby syndrome, using the parent education 
 69 materials developed under subsection (1) or the information 
 70 covered by such materials. 
 71 (b) The department shall implement a multi-year phase-in 
 72 plan for the distribution of the parent education materials, 
 73 beginning with the counties with the six highest birth rates. 
 74 (3) This section does not preclude a hospital, a birth 
 75 center birthing facility, or a home birth provider, a childbirth 
 76 educator, a pediatric physician practice, a home visiting 
 77 program, or an obstetrician practice from providing the parent 
 78 education materials notice required under this section as an 
 79 addendum to, or in connection with, any other required