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Committee advances bill to limit federal sharing of identifying data for fetal deaths
Summary
The committee recommended SB 530, a privacy-focused measure that would stop the state from sending parent names, full dates of birth, medical record numbers and street addresses to federal authorities for fetal deaths after about 20 weeks, while still providing year-of-birth, town/county and delivery date for public-health surveillance. HHS supported the narrower de-identification and the committee voted unanimously to place the bill on the consent calendar.
Senator Sydney Rosenwald introduced SB 530 as a measure to align state law with prior changes to live-birth reporting and to protect parental privacy in tragic late miscarriages. The bill directs DHHS to refrain from sending certain identifying items—names, full dates of birth, medical-record numbers and street addresses—to federal partners while still…
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