Ch. 560

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 560

(Senate Bill 174)

AN ACT concerning

Sentinel Birth Defects

FOR the purpose of requiring a hospital to disclose the identity
of a child who is born live or stillborn in the hospital and
has a sentinel birth defect to the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene under certain circumstances; requiring a
physician to provide certain information to the parent or
guardian of a child who has a sentinel birth defect at
certain times; requiring requiring the Secretary to send a
letter to the parent or guardian of a child who is born live
or stillborn in the hospital and has a sentinel birth defect
informing the parent or guardian of certain services; and
generally relating to sentinel birth defects.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 18-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

18-206.

(a) In this section, "sentinel birth defect" includes:

(1)  Anencephaly;

(2)  Spina bifida;

(3)  Hydrocephaly;

(4)  Cleft palate;

(5)  Cleft lip;

(6)  Esophageal atresia and stenosis;

(7)  Rectal and anal atresia;

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