,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hghd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ac1 #bjbf,mrs4 
,cammack 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 and
 ,mr4 ,steube7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to require   
hospitals and freestanding birth centers
 to notify each mother of a miscarried  
fetus of her rights with respect to such
 fetus1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,bereaved ,parents ,rights ,act4    
#b4 ,hospital and birth center notice   
and fetal disposition requirements      
,section #ahff7;a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           

#acie;cc7a77 is amended--  7#a7 in      
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by moving         
subparagraphs 7,w7 and 7,x7 #b ems to   
the left2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,x71 by
 striking and at the end2  7,c7 in      
subparagraph 7,y71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 1 and2  
and  7,d7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,y7 the following new     
subparagraph3  7,z7 beginning on the    
date that is #cj days after the date of 
enactment of this subparagraph1 in the  
case of a hospital or freestanding birth
 center 7as defined in section          
#aije7l771 to meet the requirements of  
paragraph 7#d74  2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following new paragraph3 
7#d77;,a7 ,for purposes of paragraph    
7#a77,z71 a hospital or freestanding    
birth center shall--  7i7 in the case   
that the hospital or freestanding birth 
center has custody of a fetus following 
a miscarriage or stillbirth1 not later  
than the earliest of #f hours following 
the miscarriage or stillbirth or when   

the parent is discharged from such      
hospital or freestanding birth center1  
notify the parent or parents of the     
fetus 7using a form developed by the    
,secretary7 of the right of the parents 
to-- 7,i7 a private or common burial of 
the fetus2  7,,ii7 cremation of the     
fetus2 or  7,,iii7 disposal of the fetus
 by the hospital or freestanding birth  
center2 and  7ii7 in the case that1 not 
later than #gb hours after receiving the
 notice described in clause 7i71 a      
parent elects in writing 7using the form
 described in such clause7 to arrange   
for the burial or cremation of the      
fetus1 ensure that the disposition of   
the fetus follows the same fetal death  
disposition options of the ,state that  
apply in the case of a fetal death that 
occurs in the ,state4  7,b7 ,any        
individual who is harmed as a result of 
a violation of the requirements of      
subparagraph 7,a7 may bring a civil     
action in an appropriate district court 
of the ,united ,states for appropriate  

relief4  4