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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 435, 1619                PRINTER'S NO. 1808

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 387 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, O'PAKE, GORDNER,
           BROWNE, TOMLINSON, REGOLA, ORIE, COSTA AND BRUBAKER,
           MARCH 13, 2007

        SENATOR ARMSTRONG, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,
           MARCH 10, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
     2     act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
     3     vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
     4     Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
     5     local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
     6     prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
     7     midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
     8     certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
     9     regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
    10     disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
    11     statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
    12     penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
    13     thereto," providing for certificate of BIRTH RESULTING IN      <--
    14     stillbirth.

    15     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    16  hereby enacts as follows:
    17     Section 1.  The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known
    18  as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a
    19  section to read:
    20     Section 207.  Department: Certificate of Birth Resulting in
    21  Stillbirth.--Upon request from the mother or father, a
    22  certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be issued by
    23  the department for any fetal death previously filed with the

     1  department. The fee for issuance shall be the same as the fee
     2  for a death certificate. The certificate shall include, but not
     3  be limited to, the following:
     4     (1)  Name of the stillborn child.
     5     (2)  Date of delivery.
     6     (3)  County of delivery.
     7     (4)  Mother's name and birthplace.
     8     (5)  Father's name and birthplace.
     9     (6)  The statement: "This certificate is not proof of live
    10  birth."
    11  Such certificate shall not affect the registration, filing or
    12  record requirements of this act, nor shall the issuance of such
    13  certificate impose upon a coroner or medical examiner any
    14  additional duties to conduct an investigation.
    15     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.










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