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1994 SESSION
HB 837 Hospital paternity establishment programs.
Introduced by: Jean W. Cunningham | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Hospital paternity establishment. Requires every birthing hospital in the Commonwealth to provide each unwed mother and alleged father with information concerning their ability to legally establish the child's paternity, prior to leaving the hospital, by signing an acknowledgment, under oath. The Department of Social Services is required to furnish training, written instructions and the forms to be used for the acknowledgment, which must include the social security number of both parents, if known. That information will be forwarded to the State Registrar of Vital Records so that the birth certificate will include the name of the child's legal father. The State Board of Social Services will prescribe an amount to be paid the hospital for each acknowledgment.
The bill provides that the provision of this information by hospital personnel is not considered to be the practice of law.
This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Stimulating Personal Initiative to Overcome Poverty.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/04/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD8140761 (HB837E) pdf
- 03/10/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB837ER) pdf
- 04/18/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/94 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/94 House: Read first time
- 02/04/94 House: Read second time
- 02/04/94 House: Amendment by Del. Cunningham agreed to
- 02/04/94 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/04/94 House: Printed as engrossed LD8140761 (HB837E)
- 02/07/94 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/08/94 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/94 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/94 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/94 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/25/94 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/01/94 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB837ER)
- 03/22/94 House: Enrolled
- 03/23/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/10/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/18/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)