WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

This bill alters the procedural requirements for submitting the
results of blood tests in paternity proceedings.

Senate Bill 46, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 25, 1989, accomplishes the same general
purpose, although there are several significant differences
between the two bills. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to
sign House Bill 154.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

House Bill No. 154

AN ACT concerning

Paternity Proceedings - Blood Tests

FOR the purpose of providing that the laboratory report of a
blood test in a paternity proceeding is admissible in
evidence without the presence of a doctor or technician from
the laboratory that prepared the report under certain
circumstances; providing that when the laboratory report is
admitted in evidence, a doctor or technician from the
laboratory that prepared the report is subject to cross
examination under certain circumstances; providing that
certain laboratories shall be deemed to have consented to
provide a doctor or technician to testify at the trial of a
paternity proceeding when given a certain notice; and
generally relating to the admission in evidence of the
laboratory report of a blood test in paternity proceedings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law

Section 5-1029

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - Family Law

5-1029.

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