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636 BILL NO. 208 By: Garvin of the Senate
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1545 An Act relating to vital statistics; amending 63 O.S.
1646 2011, Section 1-311, which relates to birth
1747 certificates; modifying certain conditions; amending
1848 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -311.2, which relates to
1949 provision of documentation to the Department of Human
2050 Services; modifying requirements related to provision
2151 of certain documents and information; prohibiting
2252 certain release of information, data or records and
2353 requiring certain protection; directing certain data
2454 sharing agreement; amending 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -
2555 321, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 96, O.S.L. 2019
2656 (63 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 1 -321), which relates to
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2858 amendments under certain conditions; amending 63 O.S.
2959 2011, Section 1-323, as last amended by Section 1,
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3262 statistics records; adding exception; updating and
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4169 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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4370 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -311, is
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4899 Section 1-311. A. A certificate of birth for each live birth
49100 which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Registrar,
50101 within seven (7) days after the birth.
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52102 B. When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge
53103 of the institution or a designated representative shall obtain the
54104 personal data, prepare the certificate, and secure the signatures
55105 required by the certificate. The physician in attendance shall
56106 certify to the facts of birth and provide the medical information
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59108 C. When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate
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66113 2. Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the
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69115 3. The father, the mother, or, in the absence or inability of
70116 the father or mother, the person in ch arge of the premises where the
71117 birth occurred and present at the birth.
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73118 D. 1. If the mother was married at the time of conception and
74119 birth, or married at any time during the three hundred (300)
75120 calendar days before the birth , the name of the husband sha ll be
76121 entered on the certificate as the father of the child unless
77122 paternity has been determined otherwise by a court of competent
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78150 jurisdiction or a husband ’s denial of paternity form has been filed
79151 along with an affidavit acknowledging paternity, in which case the
80152 name of the father as determined by the court or affidavit
81153 acknowledging paternity shall be entered.
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83154 2. If the mother was not married at the time of conception and
84155 birth, nor married at any time during the three hundred (300)
85156 calendar days before the birth, the name of the father shall be
86157 entered on the certificate of birth only if:
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88158 a. a determination of paternity has been made by an
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95162 b. the mother and father have signed an affidavit
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98165 similar affidavit from another state and filed it with
99166 the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
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101167 E. Either of the parents of the child shall sign the
102168 certificate of live birth worksheet to attest to the accuracy of the
103169 personal data entered thereon, in time to permit its filing within
104170 the seven (7) days prescribe d in this section.
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106171 F. If the live birth results from a process in which the
107172 delivering mother was carrying the child of another woman by way of
108173 a prearranged legal contract, the original birth certificate shall
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109201 be filed with the personal information of th e woman who delivered
110202 the child. A new birth certificate will be placed on file once the
111203 State Registrar receives both a court order and a completed form
112204 prescribed by the State Registrar which identifies the various
113205 parties and documents the personal inf ormation of the intended
114206 parents necessary to complete the new birth certificate.
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116207 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -311.2, is
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119209 Section 1-311.2. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall
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121211 birth certificates, affidavits acknowledging paternity and such
122212 other documents or information necessary to comply with this act
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125214 electronic transmission of any birth, death, paternity or adoption
126215 data and such other documents or information necessary to comply
127216 with the Uniform Parentage Act or for the purpose of assisting with
128217 programs administered by the Department of Human Services. The
129218 Department of Human Services shall not release information, data or
130219 records received from the State Department of Health for these
131220 purposes in response to an Open Records Act request and shall
132221 protect the integrity of the vital records data to the ex tent
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137251 Services shall enter into a data sharing agreement for the purpose
138252 of implementing the provisions of this section .
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140253 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -321, as
141254 amended by Section 1, Chapter 96, O.S.L. 2019 (63 O.S. Supp. 2020,
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144256 Section 1-321. (a) A. A certificate or record registered unde r
145257 this article may be amended only in accordance with this article and
146258 regulations thereunder adopted by the State Board Commissioner of
147259 Health to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics
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150261 (b) B. A certificate that is amended under t his section shall
151262 be marked “amended”, except as provided in subsection (d) of this
152263 section. The date of amendment and a summary description of the
153264 evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be endorsed on
154265 or made a part of the record. The Board Commissioner shall
155266 prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or
156267 minor corrections shall be made to birth certificates within one (1)
157268 year after the date of birth without the certificate being
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161271 a court of competent jurisdiction, changing the name of a person
162272 born in this state and upon request of such person or his parent,
163273 guardian, or legal representative, the State Commissioner of Health
164274 shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.
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166302 (d) D. When a child is born out of wedlock, the Commissioner
167303 shall amend a certificate of birth to show paternity, if paternity
168304 is not currently shown on the birth certificate, in the following
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188317 copy of a court order directing such name be changed or upon receipt
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190319 indicating that an acknowledgement of paternity has been signed by
191320 both parents or a court order direct s such name change. Such
192321 certificate amended pursuant to this subsection shall not be marked
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196324 the event the acknowledgment of paternity is rescinded.
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198352 (f) F. The State Board of Health Commissioner shall have the
199353 power and duty to promulgate rules for situations in which the State
200354 Registrar of Vital Statistics receives false information regarding
201355 the identity of a parent.
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203356 (g) G. If within sixty (60) days of the initial issuance of a
204357 certificate of death, a funeral director, or a person acting as
205358 such, requests a correction to any portio n of the death record
206359 except the information relating to the medical certification
207360 portion, due to a scrivener ’s error, misspelling or other correction
208361 of information, the Commissioner of Health, through the State
209362 Registrar of Vital Statistics, shall amend the record, provided said
210363 request is made in writing or through an electronic system and is
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212365 by a sworn statement of the funeral director. The funeral director,
213366 or person acting as such, s hall be responsible for any and all
214367 amendment fees that may be imposed by the Commissioner of Health for
215368 said correction. Up to ten certified copies containing the
216369 erroneous original information may be exchanged for certified copies
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221371 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1 -323, as
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227403 proper administration of the vital statistics system, it shall be
228404 unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose
229405 information contained in, vital statistics records, or to copy or
230406 issue a copy of all or part of any such record except to:
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260453 subject of the record is under supervision of the Department of
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273461 available records fifty (50) years after the death and birth
274462 certificates shall be considered publicly available records one
275463 hundred twenty-five (125) years after the birth.
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278465 available an online public index that includes, as is applicable,
279466 the name, gender, date of birth, date of death, county of birth, and
280467 county of death of all persons in its records. Birth data shall not
281468 be added to the index until twent y (20) years after the birth.
282469 Death data shall not be added to the index until five (5) years
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287473 receiving digital files including all or part of the index described
288474 in this subsection. Such private entities may be assessed a fee
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294506 verification of the existence of birth and death certificates for
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318522 may be waived when such request is received by an Oklahoma state or
319523 local government agency. The recipient of a record verification as
320524 provided for in this subsection may also be subject to fees levied
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327556 D. The State Commissioner of Health may authorize the
328557 disclosure of data contained in vital statistics records for public
329558 health surveillance or re search purposes.
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335562 deaths which have occurred during such period of time. Upon receipt
336563 of such list the Depar tment of Public Safety shall use such list
337564 solely to update Department of Public Safety records and to cancel
338565 the driver license for those deceased individuals with a valid
339566 Oklahoma driver license at the time of death;
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348573 certificate. The certificate shall be used solely by the Fatality
349574 Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analyst of the Oklahoma Highway
350575 Safety Office to populate the federal FARS database.
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356605 list of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have
357606 occurred within the state for the immediately preceding month. The
358607 Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall use the transmitted list to
359608 ascertain the names of those individuals participating in the state
360609 Medicaid program who are deceased, and shall thereafter terminate
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364612 missing children, information pertaining to birth certificates and
365613 requests for copies of birth certificates shall be provided to the
366614 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation pursuant to the provisions of
367615 Section 1-323.1 of this title and Section 150.12A of Title 74 of the
368616 Oklahoma Statutes.
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373620 injuries and illnesses. The Department shall transmit to the
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421-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
422-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
423-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
424-By: _____________________ ____________
425-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
426-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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429- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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432-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
433-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
434-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
435-By: _______________________________ __
665+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MODERNIZATION AND
666+EFFICIENCY, dated 03/30/2021 - DO PASS.