BIRTH CERTIFICATE-STILLBIRTH

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2024
Bill #: SB3182
Category: Public Health, Hospital Facilities and Nursing Homes
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital having custody of a fetus following a spontaneous fetal death occurring during or after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks must notify the gestational parent of the parent's right to receive a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that after each fetal death that occurs in this State after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall, only upon request by a parent named on the fetal death certificate, prepare and issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (No Position)



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