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AN ACT relating to birth certificates. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 213.141 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the cabinet shall prescribe by 4
regulation a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5), to be paid for certified copies of 5
certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made, 6
or for copies or information provided for research, statistical, or administrative 7
purposes. 8
(2) The cabinet shall prescribe by administrative regulation pursuant to KRS Chapter 9
13A a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) to be paid for a certified copy of a record 10
of a birth: 11
(a) Three dollars ($3) of which shall be used by the Cabinet for Health and 12
Family Services for the sole purpose of contracting for the operation of 13
private, not-for-profit, self-help, education, and support groups for parents 14
who want to prevent or cease physical, sexual, or mental abuse of children; 15
and 16
(b) One dollar ($1) of which shall be used by the Division of Maternal and Child 17
Health to pay for therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid-based 18
elemental formula, or low-protein modified foods for all inborn errors of 19
metabolism and genetic conditions if: 20
1. The therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid-based 21
elemental formula, or low-protein modified food products are medically 22
indicated for the therapeutic treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or 23
genetic conditions and are administered under the direction of a 24
physician; and 25
2. The affected person's therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino 26
acid-based elemental formula, or low-protein foods are not covered 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 920
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under any public or private health benefit plan. 1
(3) Fees collected under this section by the state registrar shall be used to help defray 2
the cost of administering the system of vital statistics. 3
(4) (a) No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing certificates of 4
birth or death required in support of any claim against the government for 5
compensation, insurance, back pay, or other allowances or benefits for any 6
person who has at any time served as a member of the Army, Navy, Marine 7
Corps, or Air Force of the United States. 8
(b) No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of 9
birth to a member of the Kentucky National Guard who has received 10
deployment orders during the sixty (60) days prior to the furnishing of the 11
certificate. 12
(c) No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of 13
birth to a child who is in the custody of or committed to the cabinet, including 14
a child who has extended commitment to the cabinet in accordance with KRS 15
610.110(6). 16
(d) No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing a certificate of 17
birth to: 18
1. A homeless individual as defined by KRS 198A.700; or[, including] 19
2. A minor who is a homeless individual, provided the homeless individual 20
is under twenty-five (25) years of age and has been verified as a 21
homeless child or youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), by at 22
least one (1) of the following: 23
a.[1.] A director or designee of a governmental or nonprofit agency that 24
receives public or private funding to provide services to homeless 25
people; 26
b.[2.] A local educational agency liaison for homeless children and 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 920
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youths designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)[,] 1
or a school social worker or school counselor; 2
c.[3.] The director or director's designee of a federal TRIO Program or a 3
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 4
Program; or 5
d.[4.] A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education. 6
(5) The cabinet shall notify the State Board of Elections monthly of the name, address, 7
birthdate, sex, race, and Social Security number of residents of the Commonwealth 8
who died during the previous month. This data shall include only those persons who 9
were over the age of eighteen (18) years at the date of death. No fee or 10
compensation shall be allowed for furnishing these lists. 11