Bill Text: VA HB91 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; removes fee to cover administrative cost, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171) [HB91 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB91-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-258.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§32.1-258.1. Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth; requirements.
Upon the request of either individual listed as the parent on
a report of fetal death in the Commonwealth as defined in §32.1-264, the State
Registrar shall issue a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth for
unintended, intrauterine fetal deaths occurring after a gestational period of
20 weeks or more. The requesting parent may, but shall not be required to,
provide a name for the stillborn child on the Certificate of Birth Resulting in
Stillbirth. The Board of Health shall prescribe a reasonable fee to cover
the administrative cost and preparation of such certificate. This section
shall apply retroactively to any circumstances that would have resulted in the
issuance of a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth, as prescribed by
the Board.
