Revision: March 16, 2023, 9:45 a.m.
Senate Finance
March 16, 2023
2023-1037s
05/08
Amendment to SB 105-FN
Amend the bill by replacing sections 1-3 with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Vital Records Administration; Penalties; Live Birth; Mother's Worksheet. Amend RSA 5-C:14 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. When a live birth is reported to the division of vital records, subparagraph II(a) and paragraph IV shall apply only to the information on the mother's worksheet that is required for the birth certificate.
2 Completion of Birth Worksheet for Hospital or Institutional Births. Amend RSA 5-C:19, II(a) to read as follows:
(a) The hospital or institution birth registrar or designee shall provide, with all personally identifiable information regarding the mother, father, and infant removed prior to submission:
(1) Information regarding the child, including [name,] date and time of birth, and sex.
(2) Information regarding the facility, including name, street address, city or town, and county.
(3) Information regarding the mother including:
(A) [Current name and maiden name.
(B) Date of birth and birthplace.
(C) City or town, county, and state of residence.
(D) Residential address and complete mailing address if different from the residential address, or, if the same as the residential address, her zip code only.
(E) Social security number.
(F)] Usual occupation and the business or industry in which employed.
[(G)] (B) Race.
[(H)] (C) Level of education.
[(I)] (D) Whether she was married at the time of the birth of child, or conception of child, or any time between.
(4) Information regarding the father including:
(A) [Name.
(B) Date of birth and birthplace.
(C) City or town, county, and state of residence.
(D) Residential address and complete mailing address if different from the residential address, or, if the same as the residential address, his zip code only.
(E) Social security number.
(F)] Usual occupation and the business or industry in which employed.
[(G)] (B) Race.
[(H)] (C) Level of education.
(5) The method of payment for prenatal care and for delivery.
(6) Statistical information from the mother, medical reports, and her physician regarding the mother and child including:
(A) Number of live births, not including this child, now living and now dead.
(B) Date of the last live birth.
(C) Other terminations of pregnancy, any time after conception.
(D) Date of the last other termination of pregnancy.
(E) Date last normal menses began.
(F) Month that prenatal care began.
(G) Total number of prenatal visits.
(H) Birth weight of the child.
(I) Clinical estimation of gestation in weeks.
(J) Plurality of the child, including but not limited to single, twin, or triplet.
(K) Birth order of the child.
(L) The Apgar score, which is an evaluation of a newborn infant's physical status, at one minute and at 5 minutes.
(7) If the mother is transferred to another facility before or after giving birth, transfer information for the mother and child including:
(A) Whether the mother was transferred prior to delivery or after delivery.
(B) Whether the infant was transferred after delivery.
(C) Whether the child was living or dead at the time of the report.
(8) Information regarding the medical aspects of the pregnancy including:
(A) Any medical risk factors for the pregnancy.
(B) Any other risk factors for the pregnancy.
(C) Any obstetric procedures performed during the course of the pregnancy.
(D) Any complications of labor and delivery.
(E) The method of delivery.
(F) Any abnormal conditions of the newborn.
(G) Any congenital anomalies of the child.
(9) Indication from one parent whether the division shall be authorized to provide the Social Security Administration with data from the birth record in order for the Social Security Administration to issue a social security number.
(10) Indication from one parent whether the division shall be authorized to release birth record information to the New Hampshire immunization registry.
(11) Signature of the individual who interviewed the parent or other informant certifying that the information has been recorded exactly as given by the parent or other informant or has been taken from medical records.
(12) The hospital, birthing center, or institution shall not disclose on the facility worksheet the mother's medical record number or the infant's medical record number.
3 Revision of Worksheet Forms.
I. No later than January 1, 2024, the division of vital records, in consultation with the division of public health services, hospitals, and freestanding birth centers, shall present revised mother and facility worksheet forms to the oversight committee on health and human services for approval.
II. No later than 12 months after receiving that approval, revised paper and electronic forms shall be in use.
2023-1037s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill removes the criminal penalty for information requested on the mother's birth worksheet that is not required for the birth certificate; provides that only de-identified information shall be submitted on the facility worksheet for a live birth; and repeals the requirement that the birth worksheet be retained permanently.