Bill Title: Vital records. Provides that a parent may request a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth when the child had a gestation age of less than 20 weeks. Specifies that a burial transit permit is required for the report of death and transportation and final disposition of a deceased individual. Provides that the information concerning a birth resulting in stillbirth is not required to be entered into the Indiana death registration system if the child had a gestational age of less than 20 weeks. Removes authority to issue a provisional certificate of death. Requires that a physical copy of the burial transit permit must remain with the body or body parts until the final disposition of the body. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1426 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Gregory Porter [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robin Shackleford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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