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SSB 1062
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 10, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 308
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 308 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 308 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a person experiences a pregnancy loss before the twentieth week after a heartbeat was detected, doctors or hospitals must tell them they can request a certificate of nonviable birth. The Department of Public Health will provide this certificate upon request for a fee that does not exceed the cost of making it. These certificates are not used to track live birth statistics and cannot be used to file lawsuits for damages.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to a certificate of nonviable birth.31A. Under the bill, a “nonviable birth” means an unintentional, spontaneous fetal demise occurring after demonstration of a doppler-detected heartbeat and prior to the twentieth week of gestation during a pregnancy that has been verified by a health care provider. _____ birth and, upon request by the patient, shall provide a letter certifying the nonviable birth to the patient. The bill authorizes the department of public health (DPH) to prescribe by administrative rule the form and content of a request and the process for requesting a certificate of nonviable birth. DPH shall issue a certificate within days of receipt of a request by the patient and submission of the certification letter. DPH shall adopt administrative rules to prescribe the form and content of and the fee for the preparation of a certificate. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of preparation of the certificate.” Fees collected are to be deposited in the general fund of the state and the vital records fund. A certificate of nonviable birth shall not be required to be filed or registered; DPH shall not register the nonviable birth associated with a certificate or use the nonviable birth in calculating live birth statistics; and a certificate of nonviable birth shall not be used to establish, bring, or support a civil cause of action seeking damages against any person for bodily injury, personal injury, or wrongful death for a nonviable birth.
Changed since by amendment H-8265; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 21, 2021. On February 2, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage.
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