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123367
. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) "Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative" means the program
sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that recognizes hospitals that offer
an optimal level of care for infant feeding.
(2) "Perinatal unit" means a maternity and newborn service of the
hospital for the provision of care during pregnancy, labor, delivery,
and postpartum and neonatal periods with appropriate staff, space,
equipment, and supplies.
(b) All general acute care hospitals and special hospitals, as
defined in subdivisions (a) and (f) of Section 1250, that have a
perinatal unit shall, by January 1, 2025, adopt the "Ten Steps to
Successful Breastfeeding," as adopted by Baby-Friendly USA, per the
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, or an alternate process adopted by
a health care service plan that includes evidence-based policies and
practices and targeted outcomes, or the Model Hospital Policy
Recommendations as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of
Section 123366.