MD SB201 | 2024 | Regular Session

Note: Carry Over of previous SB410

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity test; requiring that the offer to take a paternity test be made orally and in writing and before a birth certificate form for the child is completed; allowing the presumed father the option to waive the right to take a paternity test or elect to take a paternity test at any time before completion of the child's birth certificate; etc.

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Title

Public Health - Childbirth - Paternity Test

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-11SenateHearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-10SenateFirst Reading Finance
2023-09-27SenatePre-filed

Same As/Similar To

SB410 (Carry Over) 2023-02-01 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Health - General202401(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General202402(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General202403(n/a)See Bill Text

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