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Connecticut House Bill HB06507

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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6507
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10+Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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1419 AN ACT CONCERNING MA TERNAL CHOICE IN THE EVENT OF
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20+STILLBIRTH AND THE REMOVAL OF DELIVERED PLACENTAS
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1622 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1723 Assembly convened:
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1925 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section, 1
2026 "stillborn fetus" means a fetus that died after a gestation period of 2
2127 twenty weeks or more. 3
22-(b) Any mother of a stillborn fetus shall have the right to arrange for 4
23-burial or cremation of the fetus in accordance with this subsection. 5
24-When practicable, upon admission to a hospital in which a mother is 6
25-expected to deliver a stillborn fetus, the hospital shall notify the mother 7
26-in writing of her right to arrange for such burial or cremation. If 8
27-notification upon admission is not practicable, or the mother was not 9
28-expected to deliver a stillborn fetus at the time of admission, such 10
29-notification shall be made not later than twenty-four hours after 11
30-admission. Any mother who wishes to arrange for burial or cremation 12
31-of a fetus shall elect to arrange for such burial or cremation in writing. 13
32-Such writing shall be delivered to the hospital not later than seventy-14
33-two hours after the mother's discharge from the hospital. If a mother 15
34-does not elect to arrange for such burial or cremation, the mother may 16
35-elect to be notified by the hospital of the manner of the final disposition 17
36-of the remains of the stillborn fetus. The Department of Public Health 18 Substitute Bill No. 6507
28+(b) The mother of a stillborn fetus shall have the right to arrange for 4
29+burial or cremation of the fetus. When practicable, upon admission to a 5
30+hospital in which a mother expects to deliver a stillborn fetus, such 6
31+hospital shall notify the mother in writing of her right to arrange for 7
32+burial or cremation of the fetus. If notification upon admission is not 8
33+practicable, or the mother did not expect to deliver a stillborn fetus at 9
34+the time of admission, such notification shall be made not later than 10
35+twenty-four hours after admission. Not later than twenty-four hours 11
36+after being notified by the hospital under this subsection, the mother 12
37+may elect, in writing, to arrange for the burial or cremation of the 13
38+stillborn fetus. The Department of Public Health shall prescribe the 14 Raised Bill No. 6507
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44+forms to be used for notifications and elections under this section. 15
45+Sec. 2. Section 19a-490v of the general statutes is repealed and the 16
46+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 17
47+(a) Except for the portion of a delivered placenta that is necessary for 18
48+an examination described in subsection (d) of this section, a hospital 19
49+[may] shall allow a woman who has given birth in the hospital, or a 20
50+spouse of the woman if the woman is incapacitated or deceased, to take 21
51+possession of and remove from the hospital the placenta if: 22
52+(1) The woman tests negative for infectious diseases; and 23
53+(2) The person taking possession of the placenta provides a written 24
54+acknowledgment that (A) the person received from the hospital 25
55+educational information concerning the spread of blood-borne diseases 26
56+from a placenta, the danger of ingesting formalin and the proper 27
57+handling of the placenta, and (B) the placenta is for personal use. 28
58+(b) A person removing a placenta from a hospital under this section 29
59+[may] shall only retain the placenta for personal use and [may] shall not 30
60+sell the placenta. 31
61+(c) The hospital shall retain the signed acknowledgment described in 32
62+subsection (a) with the woman's medical records. 33
63+(d) This section does not (1) prohibit a pathological examination of 34
64+the delivered placenta that is ordered by a physician or required by a 35
65+policy of the hospital, or (2) authorize a woman or the woman's spouse 36
66+to interfere with a pathological examination of the delivered placenta 37
67+that is ordered by a physician or required by a policy of the hospital. 38
68+(e) A hospital that allows a person to take possession of and remove 39
69+from the hospital a delivered placenta in accordance with the provisions 40
70+of this section is not required to dispose of the placenta as biomedical 41
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72+(f) A hospital that acts in accordance with the provisions of this 43
73+section shall not be liable for allowing the removal of a placenta from 44 Raised Bill No. 6507
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4581 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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4884 Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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87+Statement of Purpose:
88+To require hospitals to (1) inform mothers of stillborn fetuses of the right
89+to arrange for burial or cremation of such fetuses, and (2) permit the
90+removal of a delivered placenta from the hospital.
91+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
92+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
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