85R1070 AJZ-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 619       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 192.0022(a)(1), Health and Safety Code,   is amended to read as follows:                (1)  "Stillbirth" means an unintended, intrauterine   fetal death occurring in this state [after a gestational age of not   less than 20 completed weeks].          SECTION 2.  Section 192.0022, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (b), (c), (g), and (h) and adding   Subsections (d-1) and (h-1) to read as follows:          (b)  The person who is required to file a fetal death   certificate under Section 193.002, if that person is required to   file a fetal death certificate or is otherwise involved in the   disposition of the stillborn child's remains, shall advise the   parent or parents of a stillborn child:                (1)  that a parent may, but is not required to, request   the preparation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth;                (2)  that a parent may obtain a certificate of birth   resulting in stillbirth by contacting the vital statistics unit to   request the certificate and paying the required fee; and                (3)  regarding the way or ways in which a parent may   contact the vital statistics unit to request the certificate.          (c)  A parent may provide a name for a stillborn child on the   request for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.  If the   requesting parent does not wish to provide a name, the vital   statistics unit shall fill in the certificate with the name "baby   boy" or "baby girl" and the last name of the parent.  [The name of   the stillborn child provided on or later added by amendment to the   certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be the same name   as placed on the original or amended fetal death certificate.]          (d-1)  The department shall issue a certificate of birth   resulting in stillbirth at the request of a parent of the stillborn   child.          (g)  On issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in   stillbirth to a parent who has requested the certificate as   provided by this section, the vital statistics unit shall file an   exact copy of the certificate with the local registrar of the   registration district in which the stillbirth occurred.  [The   local registrar shall file the certificate of birth resulting in   stillbirth with the fetal death certificate.]          (h)  A parent may request the vital statistics unit to issue   a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth without regard to   the date on which the birth resulting in stillbirth occurred [fetal   death certificate was issued].          (h-1)  A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth is not   a certificate of fetal death for purposes of Section 193.002, and   the issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth   under this section does not affect the issuance of a certificate of   fetal death under Section 193.002.          SECTION 3.  Section 192.0022(d), Health and Safety Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.