Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-6. Provider duty to provide perinatal hospice brochure, perinatal hospice provider list, and certification form
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Sec. 6. (a) The state department shall develop a form on which a pregnant woman certifies, at the time of receiving a diagnosis that the pregnant woman’s unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly, that the pregnant woman has received the following:
(2) A list of the perinatal hospice providers and programs developed under section 5 of this chapter.
(1) A copy of the perinatal hospice brochure developed under this chapter.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-6
- lethal fetal anomaly: means a fetal condition diagnosed before birth that, if the pregnancy results in a live birth, will with reasonable certainty result in the death of the child not more than three (3) months after the child's birth. See Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-2
- perinatal hospice: means the provision of comprehensive, supportive care to a pregnant woman and her family beginning with the diagnosis of a lethal fetal anomaly and continuing through the live birth and death of the woman's child as a result of the lethal fetal anomaly. See Indiana Code 16-25-4.5-3
(b) The provider diagnosing the pregnant woman’s unborn child with the lethal fetal anomaly shall, at the time of diagnosis:
(1) provide the pregnant woman with a written copy of:
(A) the perinatal brochure developed under this chapter; and
(B) the certification form developed by the state department under subsection (a); and
(2) have the pregnant woman complete the certification form.
As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.12.