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CS/CS/SB 640: Vital Statistics

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Health Policy ; Detert

Vital Statistics; Authorizing the Department of Health to produce and maintain paper death certificates and fetal death certificates and issue burial-transit permits; requiring electronic filing of death and fetal death certificates with the department or local registrar on a prescribed form; authorizing the department, rather than the local registrar, to grant an extension of time for providing certain information regarding a death or a fetal death; requiring the department to electronically notify the United States Social Security Administration of deaths in the state, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/22/2015 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 243 (Ch. 2015-105) -SJ 468
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/3/2015 Senate • Filed
2/6/2015 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 75
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 75
3/5/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/10/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/10/2015 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 192
3/12/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 192
3/17/2015 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 205
3/30/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/02/15, 9:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
4/2/2015 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 344
• Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 344
4/6/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/09/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/9/2015 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 377
4/10/2015 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 377
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/15
4/13/2015 Senate • CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 381
4/14/2015 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 422
4/22/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 468
• Substituted CS/HB 243 -SJ 468
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 243 (Ch. 2015-105) -SJ 468