00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 159                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth."                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 18.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 18.50.235. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (a) The person                               
05       required to file a fetal death registration under AS 18.50.240(b) shall advise the                                
06       mother and, if the father is present, the father of a stillborn child                                             
07                 (1)  that the parent may request the preparation of a certificate of birth                              
08       resulting in stillbirth;                                                                                          
09                 (2)  that the parent may obtain a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth                          
10       by contacting the bureau; and                                                                                     
11                 (3)  of the contact information for the bureau.                                                         
12            (b)  The parent of a stillborn child who requests a certificate of birth resulting                           
13       in stillbirth may provide a name of a stillborn child for placement on the certificate. If                        
14       a name is not provided, the bureau shall cause the certificate to show either "baby                               
15       boy" or "baby girl," as appropriate, and the last name of the parent who requested the                            

01       certificate. The name of the stillborn child provided on the certificate of birth resulting                       
02       in stillbirth must be the same name as the name on the fetal death certificate.                                   
03            (c)  A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must include the state file                              
04       number of the corresponding fetal death certificate.                                                              
05            (d)  The department shall prescribe the form and content of a certificate of                                 
06       birth resulting in stillbirth to record the birth of a stillborn child and specify the                            
07       information required to prepare the certificate.                                                                  
08            (e)  The bureau may not use a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to                                
09       calculate live birth statistics.                                                                                  
10            (f)  A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth that is issued by the bureau shall                       
11       be filed with the local registrar of the registration district in which the delivery                              
12       occurred within five days after issuance. The local registrar shall file the certificate of                       
13       birth resulting in stillbirth with the fetal death certificate.                                                   
14            (g)  A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth may be requested and filed as a                          
15       delayed certificate under AS 18.50.180 except that, for a birth resulting in stillbirth                           
16       that occurred 12 or more years before the request, the certificate of birth resulting in                          
17       stillbirth shall be prepared on a form entitled "delayed certificate of birth resulting in                        
18       stillbirth" under AS 18.50.180(d).                                                                                
19            (h)  The department may adopt regulations needed to implement this section.                                  
20            (i)  In this section, "stillbirth" or "stillborn" refers to an unintended, intrauterine                      
21       fetal death occurring in the state after a gestational age of 20 completed weeks.