Legislature(2009 - 2010)BUTROVICH 205
04/06/2009 01:30 PM Senate HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
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+ | HB 2 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | SB 139 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | SB 27 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 2-BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR STILLBIRTH 1:33:17 PM CHAIR DAVIS announced consideration of HB 2. [CSHB 2(HSS) was before the committee. SANDRA WILSON, aide to Representative Gatto, sponsor of HB 2, presented the sponsor statement. It allows parents who had a still born child to get a birth certificate for that child. Currently, all they receive is a fetal death certificate. Parents who have stillborn children go through the same labor as parents whose child takes their first breath. Being able to get a birth certificate for their child will validate that they had a child; the certificate is completely optional and has to be requested by the parent. Twenty-six other states have passed similar legislation. This will bring some closure to parents who are suffering through their loss. 1:35:12 PM SENATOR DYSON asked how long a child may live outside the womb before parents can claim a tax deduction or Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). MS. WILSON said she was not sure, but this particular bill does not provide any rights to claim a tax deduction or a PFD. The birth certificate does not claim a live birth. CHAIR DAVIS asked how the House voted on this. MS. WILSON replied it passed the House by a vote of 29 to 1. 1:37:33 PM MICHELLE WHITE, representing herself, supported HB 2. She said her daughter was stillborn on March 30, 2004. She went through a natural birth process, but was not able to get a birth certificate. She had to go through the grieving process - the depression, the going home with no child, the funeral arrangements, along with the hospital bills of having a child. This bill will bring closure to many grieving parents. CHAIR DAVIS noted a zero fiscal note. 1:38:33 PM SENATOR PASKVAN moved to report CSHB 2(HSS) from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, the motion carried.
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