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PA HB2423

PA HB2423
In birth registration, providing for certain information prohibited related to birth registration.


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Introduced
03/16/2022
In Committee
03/16/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
11/30/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An act providing for the administration of a statewide system of vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners, prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians, midwives and other persons; requiring reports and certificates for the registration of vital statistics; regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto," in birth registration, providing for certain information prohibited related to birth registration.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 in Pennsylvania to prohibit the identification of a child's sex on birth certificates or birth registration documents filed after the effective date of the law. The prohibition does not apply to forms or data related to a child's birth that are submitted or compiled pursuant to federal law or regulation.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (14)

Last Action

Referred to HEALTH (on 03/16/2022)

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