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SCASB29 3005 652 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session AmendmentsproposedbySenateCommitteeonHealthandWelfareto OriginalSenateBill No.
29 BY SENATORS MCMATH, ABRAHAM, BARROW, CARTER, CATHEY, HENRY, HODGES,MIZELL,MYERSANDSTINEANDREPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, BAYHAM, DICKERSON, GALLE, JACOB LANDRY, MCMAKIN, OWEN, WRIGHT AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
29 by Senator McMath AMENDMENT NO.
40:31.14(A) and to enact R.S.
1 On page 1, line 2, after "R.S.
13:5713(L), relative to autopsies ofchildren;to provideforaccessto immunizationrecords;toprovide forthereview ofimmunizationrecords;toprovideforreporting;andtoprovideforrelatedmatters.
13:5713(C)" insert "and to enact R.S.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
13:5713(L)" AMENDMENT NO.
Section 1.
2 On page 1, line 6, after "reenacted" insert "and R.S.
R.S.
13:5713(L) is hereby enacted" AMENDMENT NO.
13:5713(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
3 On page 1, delete lines 10 and 11, and insert the following:
§5713.
"physiciananautopsyin all casesof infants under the age of oneyearwhodieunexpectedly without explanation." AMENDMENT NO.
Duties;
4 On page 2, after line 19, insert the following:
autopsies and investigations * * * L.(1)Anyautopsyreport,asprovidedforinR.S.44:19,forachildunder the age of nine who dies unexpectedly without explanation shall include documentation of any immunizations administered to the child within ninety days before the child's death.
"(6)Theinclusionofanimmunizationrecordinanyreportshallnotimplycause of death." AMENDMENT NO.
The coroner or any individual contracted to perform an autopsy on behalf of the coroner, including but not limited to a forensic pathologist or his designee, shall be granted access to the child's immunization records in the state immunization registry.
5 On page 2, after line 20, insert the following:
(2)If thecoronerfinds that thecause of death was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or Sudden Death in the Young, he shall report the case to the Louisiana Department of Health.
"L.(1) The death investigationreportforany child under the age of fifteen who dies unexpectedly without explanation shall include documentation of any immunizations administered to the child within ninety days before the child's death, as available through the state immunization registry.
The Louisiana Department of Health shall report the case to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health's Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry.
(2) If the coroner finds that the cause of death was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or Sudden Death in the Young, he shall report the case to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health's Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry.
(3) The inclusion of an immunization record in any report shall not imply cause of death.
(3)Theinclusionofanimmunizationrecordinanyreportshallnotimplycause of death." Page 1 of 1
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Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SB NO.
29 ENROLLED Section 2.
R.S.
40:31.14(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§31.14.
Authorization of release of immunization records A.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immunization records for use in an immunization registry shall not be considered privileged communications between a healthcare provider and patient when such records are used in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
The Louisiana Department of Health, public health units and their agents, providers, coroners or any individual contracted to perform an autopsy on behalf of a coroner, parents or guardians, schools, and early learning centers may obtain information from, or provide information to, the immunization record of a client of any immunization registry without the written consent of a client.
* * * PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.