Susan - This is regarding your post: >>I just discovered a law on the books in NY State - apparently unique among the 50 states that states that formula discharge packs cannot be given to a woman without a prescription from her pediatrician or the request of the woman. So, I'm wondering why all women I see (including myself) are given these packs even when they don't ask for them. I'm writing a letter to the hospital where I delivered about how annoyed I am that they gave me that formula pack. I KNOW my pediatrician didn't order it.<< I had heard about the above info, however I was told that it was part of the NYS Dept of Health Rules and Regulations for Hospitals. If it is a state law, do you have the number of the law? That is what we would need to show the medical community when we object to their unlawful practice of giving the packs out indiscriminately. And your other post: >>I am preparing for a meeting with a NY State Senator thanks to another lactation consultant who graciously invited me along for my international experience.<< I have tried for years, unsuccessfully, to get a copy of the penalties for violating the NY State Civil Rights Law (79-e Right to breast feed) that grants women the right to breastfeed in public. Gov. Cuomo was in office at the time and was instrumental in getting the law on the books on 6/15/94, but none of my representatives in Albany, not in the Assembly nor the Senate nor Gov. Pataki's office, could find the penalties for me and/or was willing to give me a statement combining the penalties and the law on their official stationery. I wanted to work on putting the law, and the penalties for violating it, on a wallet-sized laminated card that could be given out to women. Do you have any ideas about how to get that information? The only other thing I have is the memory of an article in The New York Times, on or around that date, that reported the passing of the law and the penalties. I think the penalties were: up to $5,000 and/or up to 5 years in jail.but those, I've been told, are for the violation of any civil rights law; I doubt they would be levied for harassment for breastfeeding in public. My intention is to work to change that and would appreciate ideas on how to obtain an official statement from someone in Albany. Lee Galasso, MS, IBCLC, RLC Lactation Specialist Westchester County in NY State *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html