WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Section 5-1029(f) and (g), respectively

to be

Section 5-1029(g) and (h), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law

Section 5-1029(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Family Law

Section 5-1029(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY    OF

MARYLAND, That Section(s) 5-1029(f) and (g), respectively,   of

Article - Family Law of the Annotated Code of Maryland     be
renumbered to be Section(s) 5-1029(g) and (h), respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-1029.

(e) (1) The results of each blood test shall be received in
evidence if:

(i) definite exclusion is established; or

(ii) the testing is sufficiently extensive to
exclude 97.3% of alleged fathers who are not biological fathers,
and the statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity
is at least 97.3%.

(2) A SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (F)
OF THIS SECTION, A laboratory report is prima facie evidence of
the results of a blood test WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF THE
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN OR ANALYST PERSONALLY APPEARING IN COURT.

(3) If a laboratory report is admitted in evidence[,
the laboratory technician who made the test is subject to
cross examination by any party to the proceeding] WITHOUT THE

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