HB 1292 -- Birth and Death Records

Sponsor:  Johnson (47)

This bill revises provisions pertaining to birth and death
records.  The bill:

(1)  Allows certification of a live birth which occurs at or en
route to an institution to be by an electronic process approved
by the Department of Health and Senior Services.  Medical
information pertaining to the certification must be provided
within seven days following the live birth;

(2)  Makes a technical revision to a provision pertaining to the
preparation of a belated birth certificate and a new birth
certificate for adopted children under 12 years of age;

(3)  Allows persons in charge of the final disposition of a dead
body to obtain a medical certification and allows the
certification by an electronic process approved by the
department.  The State Registrar may approve alternate methods
for obtaining medical certifications for persons who died of
natural causes;

(4)  Specifies the procedures pertaining to the certification for
various types of deaths;

(5)  Authorizes the registrar to prepare reproductions of vital
statistics, certificates, and reports;

(6)  Authorizes the department to disclose, upon request, copies
of birth records more than 90 years old and death records more
than 50 years old;

(7)  Increases from $10 to $13 the fees charged for the issuance
of a certification or copy of a vital record;

(8)  Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue to credit
$4 to the General Revenue Fund; $5 to the Children's Trust Fund;
$3 to the Missouri Public Health Services Fund; and $1 to the
Endowed Care Cemetery Audit Fund from each vital record fee
collected, effective August 28, 2004;

(9)  Requires that moneys in the Missouri Public Health Services
Fund be used to automate and improve the vital records system by
December 31, 2008; and

(10)  Increases from $10 to $13 the fees charged for the issuance
of a certification of a birth or death record by a local
registrar.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:15 am