SFASB29 3005 1119 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLby NO.Senator McMath to Engrossed Senate Bill No.

29 BYby SENATORSSenator MCMATH,McMath ABRAHAM,AMENDMENT BARROW,NO. 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.

40:31.14(A)1 andOn topage enact1, R.S.line 2, delete "R.S.

13:5713(L),13:5713(C)" relativeand toinsert autopsies"R.S. ofchildren;to provideforaccessto immunizationrecords;toprovide forthereview ofimmunizationrecords;toprovideforreporting;andtoprovideforrelatedmatters.

Be40:31.14(A)" itAMENDMENT enactedNO. by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section2 1.On page 1, line 3, delete "to require coroners to perform autopsies on certain children;" and insert "to provide for access to immunization records;" AMENDMENT NO.

3 On page 1, line 7, delete "R.S.

13:5713(C) is hereby amended and reenacted and" AMENDMENT NO.

4 On page 1, delete lines 11 through 17 and on page 2, delete lines 1 through 25 and insert the following:

"L.(1) Any autopsy report, as provided for in R.S.

44:19, for a child under the age of fifteen" AMENDMENT NO.

5 On page 2, delete line 28 and insert "death.

The coroner or any individual contracted to perform an autopsy on behalf of the coroner, including but not limited to a forensic pathologistorhisdesignee,shallbegrantedaccesstothechild'simmunizationrecords in the state immunization registry." AMENDMENT NO.

6 On page 3, at the end of line 2, insert "Louisiana Department of Health.

The Louisiana Department of Health shall report the case to the" AMENDMENT NO.

7 On page 3, after line 7, insert the following:

"Section 2.

13:5713(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§5713.

Duties;

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.

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.

(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.

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.

(3) The inclusion of an immunization record in any report shall not imply cause of death.

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29 ENROLLED Section 2.

R.S.

Notwithstanding anyanyprovision provision of law to the contrary, immunization records for useuseinanimmunizationregistryshallnotbeconsideredprivilegedcommunicationsbetween 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.

* * **" PRESIDENTPage OF1 THEof SENATE1 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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