SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 86, 1724
PRINTER'S NO. 2521
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
118
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, RAPP, HAMM, DIAMOND, COOK, GROVE, ECKER,
STAATS, KAUFFMAN, ROWE, GLEIM, IRVIN, COX, MOUL, SANKEY,
B. MILLER, MERCURI, GILLEN, ARMANINI, BOROWICZ, ROAE, FEE,
KLUNK, KNOWLES, HELM, KERWIN, HICKERNELL, FRITZ, BERNSTINE,
PENNYCUICK, SCHEMEL, SMITH, HERSHEY, DAVANZO, DAY, OWLETT,
MARSHALL, SCHMITT, ROTHMAN, FLOOD, GREGORY, JONES, GREINER,
BONNER, WARNER, LEWIS DELROSSO, METCALFE, MALONEY, MUSTELLO,
WENTLING, SCHLEGEL CULVER, SILVIS AND E. NELSON,
JANUARY 11, 2021
SENATOR BROOKS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN SENATE, AS
AMENDED, DECEMBER 14, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for the final disposition of fetal remains; and
imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Final
Disposition of Fetal Remains Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
"Fetal death." The expulsion or extraction from its mother
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