HB359 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, the report of a fetal death is required to be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics within five days after a stillbirth if the fetus is beyond the 20th week of uterogestation. The report is for statistical purposes only and the State Registrar destroys the reports after data from the reports is transferred to the database of the Center for Death Statistics

This bill would authorize the mother or father of a stillborn child to request a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth from the State Registrar

This bill would specify that, if enacted, it may be known and cited as the Brooklee Act

To amend Section 22-9A-13 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to reports of fetal deaths, to authorize the mother or father of a stillborn child to request a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth from the State Registrar.