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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 325 | PRINTER'S NO. 1176 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, SCARNATI, BROWNE, TOMLINSON, GORDNER, ORIE, YUDICHAK, ALLOWAY, BRUBAKER, EICHELBERGER, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, D. WHITE, YAW, WOZNIAK AND SOLOBAY, JANUARY 31, 2011 |
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| SENATOR VANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, AS AMENDED, MAY 4, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 |
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1 | the department for any fetal death previously filed with the |
2 | department. The fee for issuance shall be the same as the fee |
3 | for a death certificate issued by the department. The | <-- |
4 | certificate shall include, but not be limited to, the following: |
5 | (1) Name of the stillborn child. |
6 | (2) Date of delivery. |
7 | (3) County of delivery. |
8 | (4) Mother's name and birthplace. |
9 | (5) Father's name and birthplace. |
10 | (6) The statement: "This certificate is not proof of live |
11 | birth." |
12 | Such certificate shall not affect the registration, filing or |
13 | record requirements of this act, nor shall the issuance of such |
14 | certificate impose upon a coroner or medical examiner any |
15 | additional duties to conduct an investigation. |
16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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