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LD1485 • 2025

An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause

An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause

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Sponsor
Representative Tracy Quint
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause

An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause Sponsor: Representative Tracy Quint Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause Sponsor: Representative Tracy Quint Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2192(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2192(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1485 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-06 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-04-25 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-25 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or an Unknown Cause
Sponsor:
Representative Tracy Quint
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1485
H.P. 976 House of Representatives, April 3, 2025
An Act to Create a Minimum Standard of Pathology for Children
Under 3 Years of Age Who Die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
or an Unknown Cause
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative QUINT of Hodgdon.
Cosponsored by Representatives: GREENWOOD of Wales, HENDERSON of Rumford,
PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft, Senator: HAGGAN of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR2192(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3028, sub-§9-A is enacted to read:
39-A. Certain deaths of children under 3 years of age. If a medical examiner has
4 determined that a child under 3 years of age has died as a result of sudden infant death
5 syndrome or if the medical examiner is unable to determine the cause of death for a child
6 under 3 years of age, the Chief Medical Examiner shall, at the request of the child's parent
7 or legal guardian, preserve and retain sufficient tissue samples and other evidence
8 necessary to make a subsequent determination of the cause of death for one year following
9 the date of death of the child. Such evidence must be made accessible to the parent or
10 guardian of the child.
11SUMMARY
12 This bill provides that if a medical examiner has determined that a child under 3 years
13 of age has died as a result of sudden infant death syndrome or if the medical examiner is
14 unable to determine the cause of death for a child under 3 years of age, the Chief Medical
15 Examiner must, at the request of the child's parent or legal guardian, preserve and retain
16 sufficient tissue samples and other evidence necessary to make a subsequent determination
17 of the cause of death for one year following the date of death of the child. Such evidence
18 must be made accessible to the parent or guardian of the child.
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