New York A00611 amends the public health law to redefine fetal death and establish procedures for the disposition of fetal remains.

New York A00611 amends the public health law to redefine fetal death as occurring prior to the complete expulsion or extraction of a fetus from its gestational parent. The bill specifies that fetal death must be registered within 72 hours. It also mandates that remains resulting from a spontaneous fetal death at any gestational age be released to the gestational parent upon request and issuance of a permit. The gestational parent is informed of their right to direct the burial, entombment, or cremation of the fetal remains.

New York A00611 amends the public health law to redefine fetal death and establish procedures for the disposition of fetal remains.

New York A00611 amends the public health law to redefine fetal death as occurring prior to the complete expulsion or extraction of a fetus from its gestational parent. The bill specifies that fetal death must be registered within 72 hours. It also mandates that remains resulting from a spontaneous fetal death at any gestational age be released to the gestational parent upon request and issuance of a permit. The gestational parent is informed of their right to direct the burial, entombment, or cremation of the fetal remains.