Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF1345

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)