ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 620
BY REPRESENTATIVES GARY CARTER, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAGLEY,
BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, BOUIE, BRASS, TERRY
BROWN, CARMODY, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, COX, CREWS, CROMER,
DAVIS, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS,
HENSGENS, HOFFMANN, HORTON, HUNTER, HUVAL, JACKSON,
JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JOHNSON, LEOPOLD, LYONS, MARCELLE, DUSTIN
MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, JIM MORRIS, PIERRE, POPE, PYLANT,
SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES,
THOMAS, WHITE, AND WRIGHT AND SENATORS BARROW, CARTER,
LUNEAU, MILLS, AND PRICE
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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.(1) For the purpose of determining the eligibility of a person to participate
11 in veterans' benefits, upon written request, the state registrar shall issue a certified
12 copy of a death certificate to a representative from the United States Department of
13 Veterans Affairs. The written request from the United States Department of Veterans
14 Affairs, howsoever transmitted, shall constitute sufficient proof for release of the
15 certificate.
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1 (2) The state registrar may submit data related to deaths of veterans directly
2 to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of determining
3 the eligibility of veterans benefits.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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