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PA HB1851
Bill
Status
9/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gina Curry
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AI Summary
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Adds "midwife" as a defined term in Pennsylvania's Vital Statistics Law, meaning an individual licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1985
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Authorizes certified nurse midwives to provide medical certification on fetal death certificates, expanding current authority limited to physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
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Requires cases to be referred to an alternate qualified provider or coroner when the medical professional who would supply death certification is an immediate family member of the deceased
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Adds midwives to the list of providers whose unavailability or inability to certify a fetal death triggers mandatory referral to the county coroner
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment
Legislative Description
In general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in death and fetal death registration, further providing for information for certificates and for coroner referrals.
Last Action
Laid on the table
12/17/2025