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HOUSE BILL NO. 1836 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on January 27, 2011) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate O'Bannon) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-134.02, relating to hospitals; blood samples of infants.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-134.02 as follows:

§ 32.1-134.02. Infants; blood sample provided to parents.

Every hospital providing maternity care shall offer to obtain a sample of blood from an infant born at the hospital and provide that sample to the mother of the infant.