Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05236 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/10/2019

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5236  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 547 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING MATERNAL CHOICE IN THE EVENT OF 
STILLBIRTH. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to require hospitals to inform 1 
mothers of a stillborn fetus of the right to arrange for burial or 2 
cremation of the fetus. 3 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require hospitals to inform mothers of stillborn fetuses of the right 
to arrange for burial or cremation of the fetuses.