Who has responsibility for providing SIDS support services, the county where the family/childcare provider or other primary caretaker lives, or the county in which the death occurred?
The county where the family, childcare provider or other primary caretaker resides always has responsibility for providing SIDS support services. This same county professional would be responsible for notifying the physician of record and submitting the mandated reporting form. In those cases where the death occurs in one county and the family resides in another, the SIDS Coordinator/PHN where the death occurred upon notification , should immediately make a referral to the SIDS Coordinator where the family resides. There may also be times when the SIDS Coordinator from both counties are actively involved. Here are a few examples: the family lives in one county (i.e.: Los Angeles) and the infant’s death occurred at the home of childcare provider in another county. ( i.e.: Ventura); the infant dies in foster care in one county and the biological parent resides in another county; or the parents of a SIDS infant are incarcerated in one county and the baby dies in the care of a grandparent
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