# Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance-Definition of Member's Stillborn Child for Purposes of Coverage
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2020-03-16 · Effective 2020-03-16 · 85 FR 14800
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-05042
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 14800
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2020-03-16
- **Effective date:** 2020-03-16
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the definition of "member's stillborn child" for purposes of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to mean a fetus whose fetal weight is 350 grams or more or whose duration in utero is 20 completed weeks of gestation. As a result, a fetus whose duration in utero is 20 completed weeks of gestation but who weighs less than 350 grams qualifies as a "member's stillborn child."

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/16/2020-05042/servicemembers-group-life-insurance-definition-of-members-stillborn-child-for-purposes-of-coverage)
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