A 4895: Requires every general hospital to report within seven days to the US consumer product safety commission with any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child determined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile product.
What A 4895 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill, known as "Tyler's Law", aims to improve reporting requirements for deaths and serious injuries caused by children's products or durable juvenile products. It requires general hospitals to report any examinations or inquiries related to these incidents to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission within seven days. Coroners, coroner's physicians, or medical examiners must also provide the US Consumer Product Safety Commission with autopsy reports or examination reports related to deaths caused by these products within seven days. The bill takes effect immediately, with the goal of enhancing public safety and improving product safety regulations.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 4895
- What is the current status of A 4895?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 4895 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 4895 pass?
- Not yet. A 4895 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 4895, and where is it now?
- A 4895 was authored by Asm. Kwani O'Pharrow. Its committee of record is Assembly Health. It is filed under CNT, alongside 26 other New York CNT bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4895 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the county law, in relation to reporting requirements of any examination or inquiry prepared with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child caused by a children's product or a durable juvenile product The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Tyler's law". 3 § 2. Section 2805-l of the public health law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 5 8. Every general hospital registered under this article shall report 6 within seven days to the United States consumer product safety commis- 7 sion with copies of any report of any examination or inquiry prepared 8 with respect to any death or serious injury occurring to a child deter- 9 mined to be caused by either a children's product or a durable juvenile 10 product as defined under the federal children's product safety and 11 recall effectiveness act of 2008. 12 § 3. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 13 sion 11 to read as follows: 14 11. The coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner shall prompt- 15 ly, but no later than seven days from the date of death, provide the 16 United States consumer product safety commission with copies of any 17 autopsy report or any report of any examination or inquiry prepared with 18 respect to any death occurring to a child determined to be caused by 19 either a children's product or a durable juvenile product as defined 20 under the federal children's product safety and recall effectiveness act 21 of 2008. 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09097-01-5
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