HB 2177 — Definition of fetal death

Summary

Modifying the vital statistics definition of fetal death.

Bill Text

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Revised Code of Washington: RCW 70.58A.010.

• RCW 70.58A.010

  as calculated from the date the last menstrual period of the individual who gave birth began, to the date of expulsion or extraction → derived, and is issued from the central vital records system. A certification includes an attestation by the state or local registrar to the accuracy of information, and has the full force and effect of the original vital record. (5) "Certification item" means any item of information that appears on certifications. (6) "Coroner" means the person elected or appointed in a county under chapter 36.16 RCW to serve as the county coroner and fulfill the responsibilities established under chapter 36.24 RCW. (7) "Cremated remains" has the same meaning as "cremated human remains" in chapter 68.04 RCW. (8) "Delayed report of live birth" means the report submitted to the department for the purpose of registering the live birth of a person born in state that was not registered within one year of the date of live birth. (9) "Department" means the department of health. (10) "Domestic partner" means a party to a state registered domestic partnership established under chapter 26.60 RCW. (11) "Facility" means any licensed establishment, public or private, located in state, which provides inpatient or outpatient medical, surgical, or diagnostic care or treatment; or nursing, custodial, or domiciliary care. The term also includes establishments to which persons are committed by law including, but not limited to: (a) Mental illness detention facilities designated to assess, diagnose, and treat individuals detained or committed, under chapter 71.05 RCW; (b) City and county jails; (c) State department of corrections facilities; and (d) Juvenile correction centers governed by Title 72 RCW. (12) "Fetal death" means any product of conception that shows no evidence of life, such as breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles after complete expulsion or extraction from the individual who gave birth that is not an induced termination of pregnancy and: (a) Has completed twenty or more weeks of gestation at the date of death based on the best clinically accurate gestational age

  amended

Action History

1. January 12, 2026

   First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

Sponsors

• (Thai) · Primary

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