2016 House Bill 5902

Revise surrendered newborn confidentiality details

Introduced in the House

Sept. 20, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Amanda Price (R-89)

To revise details of the confidentiality granted to parents who surrender a newborn under a law that facilitates this and provides liability waivers. The bill would require records in these cases to list the parents as "unknown" and the newborn as "Baby Doe".

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy