Baby Doe Law

The Baby Doe Law or Baby Doe Amendment is an amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, passed in 1984, that sets forth specific criteria and guidelines for the treatment of disabled newborns in the United States, regardless of the wishes of the parents.

Child Abuse Amendments of 1984
Other short titles
  • Child Abuse Amendments of 1983
  • Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act Amendments of 1983
Long titleAn act to extend and improve provisions of laws relating to child abuse and neglect and adoption, and for other purposes.
Nicknames
  • Baby Doe Law
  • Baby Doe Amendment
Enacted bythe 98th United States Congress
EffectiveOctober 9, 1984
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 98–457
Statutes at Large98 Stat. 1749
Codification
U.S.C. sections amended42 U.S.C. §§ 5102, 5103, 5103(b)(2), 5104
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 1904 by Austin Murphy (D‑PA 22nd), John Erlenborn (R‑IL 13th), Mario Biaggi (D‑NY 19th), Steve Bartlett (R‑TX 3rd), Paul Simon (D‑IL 22nd), James Jeffords (R‑VT AL), George Miller (D‑CA 7th), William Goodling (R‑PA 19th), Baltasar Corrada (I‑PR AL), Steve Gunderson (R‑WI 3rd), Joseph Gaydos (D‑PA 20th), Pat Williams (D‑MT 1st) on March 3, 1983
  • Committee consideration by House – Education and Labor
  • Passed the House on February 2, 1984 (396-4)
  • Passed the Senate on July 26, 1984 (89-0)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on September 19, 1984; agreed to by the House on September 26, 1984 (voice vote) and by the Senate on September 28, 1984 (voice vote)
  • Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 9, 1984
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