| Last Action | 02/07/22: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the dignified treatment of fetal remains. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 895 |
| Sponsor | A. Southworth |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 to require a hospital or abortion provider to inform the parents about their right to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains after a spontaneous miscarriage or abortion; make parents electing a disposition method other than the customary method for that facility responsible for the costs of disposition; require the abortion provider or hospital to provide for final disposition of the fetal remains if the parents decline or do not make a determination, require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate a form through administrative regulation to document specified information for each spontaneous miscarriage or abortion; amend KRS 367.97501 to add fetal remains to the definition of "human remains," and exclude from the definition of "pathological waste." |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Embalmers and Funeral Directors - Fetal remains, disposition Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Fetal remains, disposition Parental Rights - Fetal remains, disposition Reproductive Issues - Fetal remains, disposition State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, information collection Cemeteries and Burials - Fetal remains, disposition Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, fetal remains, information collection |
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| 02/07/22 |
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