ENROLLED
ACT No. 69
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 171
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:41(N), relative to vital records; to provide for disclosure of records by the
3 state registrar of vital records; to authorize disclosure of certain records by the state
4 registrar to the Department of Children and Family Services; to provide requirements
5 and conditions relative to such disclosure; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:41(N) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง41. Disclosure of records
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10 N. The state registrar shall issue the following records to the Department of
11 Children and Family Services upon the written request of an office of the
12 department:
13 (1) A certified copy of a birth certificate of a child placed in the custody of
14 the Department of Children and Family Services.
15 (2) A certified copy of a death certificate of a child who was in the custody
16 of the Department of Children and Family Services at the time of his death.
17 (3) A certified copy of a death certificate of a parent of a child placed in the
18 custody of the Department of Children and Family Services.
19 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
20 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
21 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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