The bill creates a new procedural reporting requirement and makes related statutory changes. It adds a new section to chapter 9.02 RCW requiring detention facilities and private detention facilities (as defined in RCW 70.395.020) to report annually to the Department of Health the number of people who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, or perinatal loss while confined or incarcerated. The Department of Health must deliver an annual statewide report to the legislature that does not include personal identifying information; the first Department of Health report is due by December 1, 2026. The measure also amends RCW 68.50.010 in ways that affect county coroners or medical examiners’ jurisdiction over certain deceased bodies and the role of county commissioners in approving coroner/medical examiner morgue rules, and it repeals RCW 9.02.050 (Concealing birth) and 1909 c 249 s 200. Important gaps in the provided text: the exact new section number in chapter 9.02 RCW is not specified, the bill text does not define the terms miscarriage, stillbirth, or perinatal loss, and no general effective date or other implementation details beyond the December 1, 2026 report deadline are included.

If enacted, jails and private detention centers will have to count and send the Department of Health an annual tally of people who experience miscarriage, stillbirth, or other perinatal loss while confined, and the Department of Health will compile those submissions into a statewide report for the Legislature starting with a report due December 1, 2026. Practically, that means detention facility administrators must add a regular reporting task and the Department of Health must invest staff time to aggregate and publish non‑identifying statewide numbers, which could create modest ongoing administrative costs for facilities and the agency. The bill also removes the criminal statute at RCW 9.02.050 and alters provisions in RCW 68.50.010 affecting county coroners or medical examiners and county commissioners’ role with morgue rules, so coroners, medical examiners, and county governments may see changes to their responsibilities and approval duties around handling deceased bodies. Key details are unclear from the provided text: the new chapter 9.02 section number, how the terms miscarriage, stillbirth, and perinatal loss are defined, and the act’s effective date are not given, so the precise scope and timing of these practical effects remain uncertain.