Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 36, Sec. 22. (SB 1014) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.
(a)The department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall distribute informational materials on the care and treatment of infants under the age of six months who have been exposed to alcohol and other drugs. The informational materials shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1)The signs and symptoms of an infant who has been exposed to alcohol and other drugs.
(2)The health problems of infants who have been exposed to alcohol and other drugs.
(3)The special feeding needs of infants who have been exposed to alcohol and other drugs.
(4)The special care needs of infants who have been exposed to alcohol and other drugs, such as not overstimulating those infants who have been exposed to cocaine.
(b)The informational materials developed pursuant to subdivision (a) may be distributed through hospitals, public health nurses, child protective services, alcohol and other drug facilities, educational networks, foster parent groups, medical professional offices, Medi-Cal programs, and county interagency task force
groups, as well as any other agency that the department selects.
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