Sec. 3. Baby switching prohibited
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Chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Whoever being in interstate commerce knowingly alters or destroys an identification record of a newborn patient with the intention that the newborn patient be misidentified by any person shall be fined not more than $250,000 in the case of an individual and not more than $500,000 in the case of an organization, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. As used in this section, the term identification record means a record maintained by a hospital to aid in the identification of newborn patients of the hospital, including any of the following:
The footprint, fingerprint, or photograph of the newborn patient. A written description of the infant. An identification bracelet or anklet put on the newborn patient, or the mother of the newborn patient, by a staff member of the hospital. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 1205. Baby switching. .