HLS 18RS-930 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 620
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY CARTER
VETERANS: Requires the office of vital records to share data regarding veterans
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:41(L), relative to vital records disclosure; to provide for the disclosure of
3 certain vital records to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; to provide
4 for the duties of the state registrar in disclosure of records; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:41(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง41. Disclosure of records
9 * * *
10 L. For the purpose of determining the eligibility of a person to participate in
11 veterans' benefits, upon written request, the state registrar shall issue a certified copy
12 of a death certificate to a representative from the U.S. Department of Veterans
13 Affairs. The written request from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
14 howsoever transmitted, shall constitute sufficient proof for release of the certificate.
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are additions. HLS 18RS-930 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 620
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 620 Original 2018 Regular Session Gary Carter
Abstract: Requires upon written request that the state registrar release death certificates of
veterans to the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs for veterans benefit determinations.
Present law provides for the disclosure of vital records.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law requires the state registrar to provide certain vital records to the U.S. Dept. of
Veterans Affairs upon written request for the purpose of determining veterans' benefits.
(Adds R.S. 40:41(L))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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