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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0410* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 410 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J1 3lr1733 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Watson |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 1, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Public Health – Childbirth – Paternity Test 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | test; and generally relating to paternity tests and childbirth. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY adding to 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Health – General 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 20–2301 through 20–2303 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 23. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Paternity Test at Childbirth” 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Health – General 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | SUBTITLE 23. PATERNITY TEST AT CHILDBIRTH. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 20–2301. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | INDICATED. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) “ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ” MEANS THE LICENSED P HYSICIAN WHO HAS 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | PRIMARY RESPONSIBILI TY FOR THE MEDICAL C ARE OF AN INDIVIDUAL . 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (C) “HEALTH CARE FACILITY ” MEANS A FACILITY OR AN OFFICE WHERE 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | HEALTH OR MEDICAL CA RE IS PROVIDED TO PA TIENTS BY A HEALTH C ARE 22 2 SENATE BILL 410 |
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| 50 | 50 | | PROVIDER. 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 20–2302. 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) WHEN A CHILD IS BORN AT A HEALTH CARE FAC ILITY, THE ATTENDING 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | PHYSICIAN SHALL OFFE R THE PRESUMED FATHER OF THE CHILD THE OPTION T O 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | TAKE A PATERNITY TES T TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY OF THE CHILD. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | (B) THE OFFER TO TAKE A PATE RNITY TEST SHALL BE MADE ORALLY AND 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | IN WRITING AND BEFORE A BIRTH CERTI FICATE FORM IS COMPLETED FOR THE 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | CHILD. 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | |
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| 62 | 62 | | (C) THE PRESUMED FATHER M AY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO T AKE A PATERNITY 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | TEST OR ELECT TO TAK E A PATERNITY TE ST AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE COMPLETION 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | OF THE BIRTH CERTIFI CATE FORM FOR THE CHILD. 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | |
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| 66 | 66 | | 20–2303. 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | |
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| 68 | 68 | | THIS SUBTITLE DOES NO T APPLY IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN IS UNABLE TO 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | CONTACT THE PRESUMED FATHER OF THE CHILD . 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | October 1, 2023. 16 |
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