PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 325

PRINTER'S NO.  1176

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

326

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, SCARNATI, BROWNE, TOMLINSON, GORDNER, ORIE, YUDICHAK, ALLOWAY, BRUBAKER, EICHELBERGER, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, D. WHITE, YAW, WOZNIAK AND SOLOBAY, JANUARY 31, 2011

  

  

SENATOR VANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, AS AMENDED, MAY 4, 2011   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An

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act providing for the administration of a statewide system of

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vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State

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Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and

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local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,

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prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,

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midwives and other persons; requiring reports and

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certificates for the registration of vital statistics;

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regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the

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disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital

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statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and

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penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating

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thereto," providing for certificate of birth resulting in 

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stillbirth.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known

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as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a

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section to read:

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Section 207.  Department: Certificate of Birth Resulting in

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Stillbirth.--Upon request from the mother or father, a

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certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be issued by

 


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the department for any fetal death previously filed with the

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department. The fee for issuance shall be the same as the fee

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for a death certificate issued by the department. The

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certificate shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

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(1)  Name of the stillborn child.

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(2)  Date of delivery.

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(3)  County of delivery.

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(4)  Mother's name and birthplace.

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(5)  Father's name and birthplace.

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(6)  The statement: "This certificate is not proof of live

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birth."

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Such certificate shall not affect the registration, filing or

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record requirements of this act, nor shall the issuance of such

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certificate impose upon a coroner or medical examiner any

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additional duties to conduct an investigation.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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