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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 916 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to vital records; amending 63 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 1-311, as last amended by Section 1,
67	67	Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp . 2022, Section
68	68	1-311), which relates to birth certificates;
69	69	requiring birth certificates to include section for
70	70	pre-birth for certain infants; directing State
71	71	Department of Health to issue pre-birth certificate
72	72	under certain conditi ons; granting pre-birth
73	73	certificate same validity as other birth
74	74	certificates; requiring attending physician or other
75	75	healthcare professional to create separate medical
76	76	file for unborn child u nder certain condition ;
77	77	requiring submission of necessary documentation for
78	78	specified purpose; providing for codification; and
79	79	providing an effective date .
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85	85	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	86	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-311, as
87	87	last amended by Section 1, Chapter 87, O .S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp.
88	88	2022, Section 1-311), is amended to read as follows:
89	89	Section 1-311. A. A certificate of birth for each live birth
90	90	which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Regist rar
91	91	of Vital Statistics, within seven (7) days afte r the birth.
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143	143	B. When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge
144	144	of the institution or a designated representative shall obtain the
145	145	personal data, prepare the certificate and secure the signatu res
146	146	required by the certificate. The physician in attendance shall
147	147	certify to the facts of birth and provide the medical information
148	148	required by the certificate within five (5) days after the birth.
149	149	C. When a birth occurs outside an institution, the cert ificate
150	150	shall be prepared and filed by one of the f ollowing in the indicated
151	151	order of priority:
152	152	1. The physician in attendance at or immediately after the
153	153	birth;
154	154	2. Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the
155	155	birth; or
156	156	3. The father, the mother or, in the absence or inability of
157	157	the father or mother, the person in charge of the premises where the
158	158	birth occurred and present at the birth.
159	159	D. 1. If the mother was married at the time of birth, or
160	160	married at any time during the three hundred (300) calendar days
161	161	before the birth, the name of t he husband shall be entered on the
162	162	certificate as the father of the child unless paternity has been
163	163	determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction or a
164	164	husband’s denial of paternity form has bee n filed along with an
165	165	affidavit acknowledging pater nity, in which case the name of the
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217	217	father as determined by the court or affidavit acknowledging
218	218	paternity shall be entered.
219	219	2. If the mother was not married at the time of birth, nor
220	220	married at any time during the three hundred (300) calendar days
221	221	before the birth, the name of the father shall be entered on the
222	222	certificate of birth only if:
223	223	a. a determination of paternity has been made by an
224	224	administrative action through the Department of Human
225	225	Services or a court of competent jurisdiction, in
226	226	which case the name of the father shall be entered, or
227	227	b. the mother and father have signed an acknowledgement
228	228	of paternity pursuant to Section 1 -311.3 of this
229	229	title, or substantially similar affidavit from another
230	230	state and filed it with the State Registrar of Vital
231	231	Statistics.
232	232	E. Either of the parents of the child shall sign the
233	233	certificate of live birth worksheet to a ttest to the accuracy of the
234	234	personal data entered thereon, in time to permit its filing within
235	235	the seven (7) days prescribed in this section.
236	236	F. If the live birth results from a process in which the
237	237	delivering mother was carrying the child of another wom an by way of
238	238	a prearranged legal contract, the original birth certificate shall
239	239	be filed with the personal information of the woman who delivered
240	240	the child. A new birth certificate will be placed on file once the
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292	292	State Registrar receives both a court orde r and a completed form
293	293	prescribed by the State Registrar which identifies the various
294	294	parties and documents the personal information of the intended
295	295	parents necessary to complete the new birth certificate.
296	296	G. Beginning on the effective date of this act July 26, 2022,
297	297	the biological sex designation on a certificate of birth issued
298	298	under this section sh all be either male or female and shall not be
299	299	nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation
300	300	including but not limited to the letter “X”.
301	301	H. A certificate of birth issued under this section shall
302	302	include, for any infant who has a pre -birth certificate issued under
303	303	Section 2 of this act, a section for pre-birth which shall document
304	304	the date of the first documented heartbeat of the child.
305	305	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
306	306	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-316.1 of Title 63, unless
307	307	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
308	308	A. The State Department of Health shall issue a pre -birth
309	309	certificate to pregnant women in this state who apply for such
310	310	certificate on behalf of their unbo rn child and submit such
311	311	documentation as may be required by the State Department of Health
312	312	to verify the first documented heartbeat of the unborn child. The
313	313	first documented heartbeat shall be the date that is documented on
314	314	the pre-birth certificate. The pre-birth certificate shall be
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367	367	or documentation.
368	368	B. A pre-birth certificate issued under this section shall have
369	369	the same validity as any other birth certificate issued by the
370	370	Department for all purposes including, but not limited to,
371	371	insurance, public benefits, and legal purposes.
372	372	C. Upon the first documented heartbeat of an unborn child by
373	373	the attending physician or other healthcare professional of a
374	374	pregnant woman, as determined by a fetal doppler or obstetric
375	375	ultrasound, the attending physician or other healthcare professional
376	376	shall create a separate medical record file for the unborn child .
377	377	At the request of the pregnant woman or the Department, the
378	378	physician or healthcare p rofessional shall submit documentation
379	379	necessary for any verification required under subsectio n A of this
380	380	section within seven (7) days of the request .
381	381	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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