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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)

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  • 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

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  • CS/CS/SB 640, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2015 at 11:00 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 243 (er) Vital Statistics Roberson Similar Last Action: 6/11/2015 Chapter No. 2015-105
    Location: Became Law

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    382.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    382.003 Powers and duties of the department. Page 3 (pdf)
    382.006 Burial-transit permit. Page 3 (pdf)
    382.007 Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed. Page 4 (pdf)
    382.008 Death and fetal death registration. Page 5 (pdf)
    382.0085 Stillbirth registration. Page 7 (pdf)
    382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death. Page 8 (pdf)
    382.0135 Social security numbers; enumeration-at-birth program. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 640, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/12/2015 at 10:19 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2015 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2015 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 243 (c1) Vital Statistics Roberson Similar Last Action: 6/11/2015 Chapter No. 2015-105
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    589854 - Amendment
    Delete line 75 and insert:
    Fiscal Policy
    (Bradley)
    4/8/2015
    9:13 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/9/2015
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/2/2015 9:00 AM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/9/2015 9:00 AM Fiscal Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    382.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    382.003 Powers and duties of the department. Page 2 (pdf)
    382.006 Burial-transit permit. Page 3 (pdf)
    382.007 Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed. Page 4 (pdf)
    382.008 Death and fetal death registration. Page 5 (pdf)
    382.0085 Stillbirth registration. Page 7 (pdf)
    382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death. Page 7 (pdf)
    382.0135 Social security numbers; enumeration-at-birth program. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • SB 640, Original Filed Version Posted 2/3/2015 at 10:43 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/9/2015 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 243 (c1) Vital Statistics Roberson Similar Last Action: 6/11/2015 Chapter No. 2015-105
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    864098 - Amendment
    Delete line 75 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Grimsley)
    3/9/2015
    3:21 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/10/2015
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/10/2015 1:30 PM Health Policy 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    382.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    382.003 Powers and duties of the department. Page 2 (pdf)
    382.006 Burial-transit permit. Page 3 (pdf)
    382.007 Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed. Page 4 (pdf)
    382.008 Death and fetal death registration. Page 5 (pdf)
    382.0085 Stillbirth registration. Page 7 (pdf)
    382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death. Page 7 (pdf)
    382.0135 Social security numbers; enumeration-at-birth program. Page 8 (pdf)

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