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SF 1345 Senate Long Description

E Modifying certain provisions under the vital statistics act; modifying the definition of delayed registration relating to births or deaths and clarifying the definitions of file and registration; changing the term certificate to record or vital record; removing the city of St. Paul as a separate registration district; requiring designation of local registrars by the county board, eliminating the requirement for district court administrators to act as registrars; eliminating the requirement for local registrars to examine birth and death certificates, requiring the filing of birth records with the state registrar; requiring surnames to be defined by both parents in cases without a court order; removing the mother from the provision providing for the filing of birth records for births occurring outside an institution; prohibiting the registration of delayed records of birth for deceased persons; eliminating certain references to certified copies of birth certificates, providing for replacement birth records under certain conditions; providing for the filing of death records with the state registrar; eliminating the requirement for the filing of a certified copy of court findings with the death record in cases without a body; specifying a time limit for the reporting of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases; reducing the age for authorized access to birth data; granting the commissioner of human services access to birth records and health data for medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare program administration, child support enforcement and other public health purposes; granting persons performing medical research access to health data associated with birth registrations; authorizing the issuance of certified death certificates to individuals under certain conditions; providing for access to original birth records after adoption; modifying certain fee provisions; specifying certain term change instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing a certain provision providing for amendment of birth records (ra, ja)