PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 435 PRINTER'S NO. 1619
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 ERICKSON, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 5, 2007
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 stillbirth. 14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 15 hereby enacts as follows: 16 Section 1. The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known 17 as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a 18 section to read: 19 Section 207. Department: Certificate of BIRTH RESULTING IN <-- 20 Stillbirth.--Upon request from the mother or father, a 21 certificate of BIRTH RESULTING IN stillbirth shall be issued by <-- 22 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 of stillbirth shall <-- 3 include, but not 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. A5L35JS/20070S0387B1619 - 2 -