PA HB164

Health care facilities must provide for final disposition of fetal remains through cremation or interment in accordance with burial and transit permit requirements under Pennsylvania vital records regulations

Parents who choose a disposition location other than the health care facility's usual and customary location are responsible for all costs related to final disposition

Unclaimed fetal remains may be cremated by simultaneous cremation, and no name is required to be designated on burial or transit permits

Information identifying parents of fetal remains must remain confidential and is protected from public disclosure under the Vital Statistics Law of 1953

Violations are subject to penalties under Article IX of the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, with the act taking effect 60 days after enactment