WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

The result would be to bar paternity blood testing, because no
paternity blood testing technician or analyst could meet the
definition of a "qualified person" as proposed in this bill.

The Department of Human Resources has, therefore,
reluctantly requested that I veto Senate Bill 946, and has
pledged to work with the sponsors next year to reintroduce the
bill without this unintended technical error.

For the above reasons, I have decided to veto Senate Bill
946.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 946

AN ACT concerning

Paternity Proceedings - Blood Test - Presence
of Laboratory Technician

FOR the purpose of permitting the results of a blood test to be
admitted into evidence in a paternity proceeding without the
presence of a laboratory technician under certain
circumstances; requiring certain information in a laboratory
report in order to admit the results of a blood test into
evidence in a paternity proceeding without the presence of a
laboratory technician; providing that the results of a blood
test are admissible as substantive evidence in a paternity
proceeding under certain circumstances; requiring a State's
Attorney to take certain action if the State's Attorney
intends to introduce the results of a blood test in a
paternity proceeding without the presence of the laboratory
technician; requiring an alleged father to take certain
action if he desires the presence of the laboratory
technician in a paternity proceeding; providing that, under
certain circumstances, the failure of an alleged father to
request the presence of a laboratory technician waives his
right to the presence of a laboratory technician; making
stylistic changes; and generally relating to the
admissibility of the results of a blood test without the
presence of a laboratory technician in a paternity
proceeding.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law
Section 5-1029

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