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Amend CSSB 271, in SECTION 1 of the bill, by striking
subsection (c) of added Section 192.0022, Health and Safety Code
(Senate committee printing page 1, lines 34-43), and substituting
the following:
(c) A parent may provide a name for a stillborn child on the
request for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. If the
requesting parent does not wish to provide a name, vital statistics
shall fill in the certificate with the name "baby boy" or "baby
girl" and the last name of the parent. The name of the stillborn
child provided on or later added by amendment to the certificate of
birth resulting in stillbirth shall be the same name as placed on
the original or amended fetal death certificate.