2021 Senate Bill 709

Authorize hospital “baby boxes” in surrendered newborn law

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 28, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Curtis VanderWall (R-35)

To revise references to a law prescribing the duties of funeral directors upon assuming custody of a dead body, so as to accommodate the proposal in Senate Bill 708 to allow fire departments and hospitals to install a “newborn safety device” where a mother may surrender a baby anonymously.

Referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors, and Veterans