Tyler's Law requires hospitals, medical examiners, and coroner offices to report deaths and serious injuries involving children to the Consumer Product Safety Commission when those incidents appear connected to children's products or infant and toddler products. Hospitals must submit reports within seven days of determining an incident involved a covered product, and medical examiners and coroner offices have the same seven-day deadline for deaths. The reports must include detailed information about the incident, product, affected child, and any relevant medical records or investigations. Medical examiner and coroner offices that fail to comply will lose eligibility for federal grants under the Department of Justice's Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program during the following fiscal year, while hospitals must comply as a condition of Medicare participation. The reporting requirements take effect 180 days after the bill is enacted.
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