New York S 3556: Prohibits the sale of infant loungers and restricts the use of such infant loungers in certain settings

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S03556 Summary:

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Prohibits the sale of infant loungers; restricts the use of such infant loungers in certain settings; defines an infant lounger to mean a padded pillow or cushioned product, sometimes with a lower indented region, used to support or hug an infant as it lies face up, primarily intended and marketed for the support of an infant while awake.

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3556

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
 sale of infant loungers and restricting the use of such infant loun-
 gers in certain settings

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 399-iii to read as follows:
 3 § 399-iii. Prohibit the sale of infant loungers and restrict use of
 4 such infant loungers in certain settings. 1. For the purposes of this
 5 section: (a) "Infant lounger" shall mean a padded pillow or cushioned
 6 product, sometimes with a lower indented region, used to support or hug
 7 an infant as it lies face up, primarily intended and marketed for the
 8 support of an infant while awake.
 9 (b) "Distributor" shall mean any person who delivers to a person other
 10 than the purchaser, for the purpose of retail sale.
 11 (c) "Manufacturer" shall mean any person who makes and places into the
 12 stream of commerce an infant lounger as defined by this section.
 13 (d) "Retailer" shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision
 14 eleven of section four hundred ninety-a of this chapter.
 15 (e) "Secondhand dealer" shall have the same meaning as set forth in
 16 subdivision six of section four hundred ninety-a of this chapter.
 17 (f) "Child care facility" shall mean any child day care provider as
 18 defined in section three hundred ninety of the social services law or
 19 child care program as defined in article forty-seven of the New York
 20 city health code as authorized by section five hundred fifty-eight of
 21 the New York city charter.
 22 (g) "Person" shall mean a natural person, firm, corporation, limited
 23 liability company, association, or an employee or agent of a natural
 24 person or an entity included in this definition.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02079-01-5

 S. 3556 2

 1 2. No manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer or
 2 secondhand dealer shall sell, lease, offer for sale, or offer for lease
 3 in this state any infant lounger.
 4 3. (a) On or after the effective date of this section, no child care
 5 facility shall use or have on the premises any infant lounger unless a
 6 medical professional has determined that use of an infant lounger is
 7 medically necessary for a particular child in such child care facility.
 8 (b) The office of children and family services, in consultation with
 9 the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene, shall
 10 notify child care facilities of the provisions of this subdivision in
 11 plain, non-technical language. Such notice shall be given to every child
 12 care facility upon the effective date of this section or as soon as
 13 practicable thereafter, and such notice shall also be given to each
 14 applicant for license or registration pursuant to section three hundred
 15 ninety of the social services law.
 16 (c) The office of children and family services shall promulgate rules
 17 and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subdivision, with
 18 respect to the ban on infant loungers in child care facilities.
 19 4.