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34	29		BILL NO. 1688 By: Roe of the House
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43	38		An Act relating to vital records; amending 63 O.S.
44	39		2021, Sections 1-301, 1-311, as last amended by
45	40		Section 131, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024, 1 -312, 1-
46	41		315.1, 1-317, as last amended by Section 133, Chapter
47	42		452, O.S.L. 2024, 1-317a, 1-318, 1-318.2, 1-319, 1-
48	43		321, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 87, O.S.L.
49	44		2022, 1-323, 1-329.1, (63 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sections
50	45		1-311, 1-317, and 1-321), which relate to vital
51	46		statistics; adding a d efinition; updating statutory
52	47		references; clarifying corrections to birth
53	48		certificates, death certificates, and fetal death
54	49		certificates; providing an effective date; and
55	50		declaring an emergency.
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59	56		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	57		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -301, is
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62	59		Section 1-301. As used in this article:
63	60		1. "Vital statistics" means records of birth, death, fetal
64	61		death and data related thereto;
65	62		2. "System of vital statistics" means the registration,
66	63		collection, preservation, amendment and certification of vital
67	64		statistics records, and activities related thereto, including the
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95	91		tabulation, analysis and publication of statistical data derived
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97	93		3. "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, report or
98	94		other record provided for in this article, of a birth, death, fetal
99	95		death or adoption, for registration by the State Commissioner of
100	96		Health;
101	97		4. "Registration" means the acceptance by the State
102	98		Commissioner of Health and the incorporation in his or her official
103	99		records of certificates, reports or other records provided for in
104	100		this article, of births, deaths, fetal deaths or adoptions;
105	101		5. "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction fro m
106	102		the mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the
107	103		duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction,
108	104		breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the
109	105		heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite move ment of
110	106		voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or
111	107		the placenta is attached;
112	108		6. "Stillbirth" or "stillborn child" means a fetal death;
113	109		7. "Certificate of birth result ing in stillbirth" means a
114	110		certificate issued to memorialize a stillborn child;
115	111		8. "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete expulsion or
116	112		extraction from its mother of a product of human conception after
117	113		the fetus has advanced to or beyond the twelfth week of
118	114		uterogestation. The death is indicated by the fact that, after such
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146	141		expulsion or extraction, the fetus does not breathe or show any
147	142		other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of
148	143		the umbilical cord or definite movement of vol untary muscles;
149	144		9. "Dead body" means an individual who is det ermined to be dead
150	145		pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Determination of Death
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152	147		10. "Final disposition" means the burial, interment, cremation,
153	148		or other disposition of a dead body or fetus;
154	149		11. "Physician" means a person who is a member of the c lass of
155	150		persons authorized to use the term "physician" pursuant to Section
156	151		725.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
157	152		12. "Institution" means any establishment, public or private,
158	153		which provides inpatient medical, surgical or diagnostic care or
159	154		treatment, or nursing, custodial or domiciliary care, to two or more
160	155		unrelated individuals, or to which persons are committed by law; and
161	156		13. "Disinterment" means the recovery of human remains by
162	157		exhumation or disentombment. "Disinterment" does not include the
163	158		raising and lowering of remains to accommodate two interments within
164	159		a single grave and does not include the repositioning of an outside
165	160		burial container that encroaches on adjoining burial space ; and
166	161		14. "Minor correction" means fixing a scrivener's error,
167	162		correcting an error in the spelling of a name or word of common
168	163		knowledge, filling in an erroneous omission, deleting an erroneous
169	164		addition, or something similar. To obtain a minor correction, an
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197	191		applicant shall provide clear and convincing evidence of a n
198	192		objective error that was knowable at or near the time the
199	193		certificate was made .
200	194		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -311, as
201	195		last amended by Section 131, Cha pter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp.
202	196		2024, Section 1-311), is amended to read as follows:
203	197		Section 1-311. A. A certificate of birth for each live birth
204	198		which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State Registrar
205	199		of Vital Statistics, Commissioner of Health within seven (7) days
206	200		after the birth.
207	201		B. When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge
208	202		of the institution or a designated representative shall obtain the
209	203		personal data, prepare the certificate and secure the signatures
210	204		required by the certificate. The physician in attendance shall
211	205		certify to the facts of birth and provide the medical information
212	206		required by the certificate within five (5) days after the birth.
213	207		C. When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate
214	208		shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated
215	209		order of priority:
216	210		1. The physician in attendance at or immediately after the
217	211		birth;
218	212		2. Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the
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248	241		the father or mother, the person in c harge of the premises where the
249	242		birth occurred and present at the birth.
250	243		D. 1. If the mother was married at the time of birth, or
251	244		married at any time during the three hundred (300) calendar days
252	245		before the birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the
253	246		certificate as the father of the child unless paternity has been
254	247		determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction or a
255	248		husband's denial of paternity form has been filed along wit h an
256	249		affidavit acknowledging paternity, in which case the name of the
257	250		father as determined by the court or affidavit acknowledging
258	251		paternity shall be entered . If there is a refusal to identify
259	252		paternity on the birth certificate, the State Department of Health
260	253		is authorized to register a birth certificate as such .
261	254		2. If the mother was not married at the time of birth, nor
262	255		married at any time during the three hundred (300) calendar days
263	256		before the birth, the name of the father shall be entered on the
264	257		certificate of birth only if:
265	258		a. a determination of paternity has be en made by an
266	259		administrative action through the Department of Human
267	260		Services or a court of competent jurisdiction, in
268	261		which case the name of the father shall be entered, or
269	262		b. the mother and father have agreed as to the biological
270	263		paternity of the child an d signed an acknowledgement
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298	290		acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to Section 1 -
299	291		311.3 of this title, or substantially similar
300	292		affidavit from another state and filed it with the
301	293		State Registrar of Vital Statistics Commissioner of
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303	295		This shall give the unmarried mother and biological father equal
304	296		rights and obligations to the child. A child whose parentage has
305	297		been determined as set forth shall be treated as a child of parents
306	298		who were married at the time of the birth.
307	299		E. Either of the parents of the ch ild shall sign the
308	300		certificate of live birth worksheet to attest to the accuracy of the
309	301		personal data entered thereon, in time to permit its filing within
310	302		the seven (7) days prescribed in this s ection.
311	303		F. If the live birth results from a process in which the
312	304		delivering mother was carrying the child of another woman by way of
313	305		a prearranged legal contract, the original birth certificate shall
314	306		be filed with the personal information of the woman who delivered
315	307		the child. A new birth certificate will be placed on file once the
316	308		State Registrar Department receives both a court order and a
317	309		completed form prescribed by the State Registrar Department which
318	310		identifies the various parties and documents the p ersonal
319	311		information of the intended parents necessary to compl ete the new
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348	339		G. Beginning on the effective date of this act April 25, 2022,
349	340		the biological sex designation on a certificate of birth issued
350	341		under this section shall be either male or female and shall not be
351	342		nonbinary or any symbol repres enting a nonbinary designation
352	343		including but not limited to the letter "X".
353	344		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -312, is
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355	346		Section 1-312. (a) A. Whoever assumes the custody of a living
356	347		infant of unknown parentage shall report, on a form and in the
357	348		manner prescribed by the State Commissioner of Health within seven
358	349		(7) days to the State Registrar Commissioner of Health , the
359	350		following information:
360	351		(1) the 1. The date and place of finding .;
361	352		(2) sex 2. Sex, color or race, and approximate age of child .;
362	353		(3) name 3. Name and address of the persons or institution with
363	354		whom the child has been placed for care .; and
364	355		(4) and other 4. Other data required by the Commissioner.
365	356		(b) B. The place where the ch ild was found shall be entered as
366	357		the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by
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368	359		(c) C. A report registered under this section shall constitute
369	360		the certificate of birth for the infant.
370	361		(d) D. If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is
371	362		found or obtained, any report registered under this section shall be
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400	390		competent jurisdiction.
401	391		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -315.1, is
402	392		amended to read as follows:
403	393		Section 1-315.1. A. If a death certificate is required to
404	394		settle a property or financial interest for a person who has
405	395		allegedly died in this state twenty -five (25) years ago or longer,
406	396		and the following determination s have been made:
407	397		1. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics for this state
408	398		Department of Health has confirmed that a death certificate is not
409	399		on file with the State Department of Health;
410	400		2. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics Department has
411	401		determined that all due diligence has been performed and the
412	402		requirements of Section 1 -317 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes
413	403		this title requiring a death certificate to be filed cannot be met;
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415	405		3. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics Department has
416	406		determined that all due diligence has been performed and the
417	407		requirements of Section 1 -314 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes
418	408		this title for the filing of a delayed death certificate cannot be
419	409		met; then a verified petition may be filed with the district court
420	410		of the county where the death allegedly occurred for an order
421	411		establishing a judicial record of death.
422	412		B. The verified petition shall contain the following:
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450	439		1. The full legal name of the person who is allegedly deceased;
451	440		2. The date and place of birth of the decedent;
452	441		3. The age of the decedent;
453	442		4. The date and place of the death of the decedent;
454	443		5. The property or financial interest to be resolved;
455	444		6. The determinations of the State Registrar of Vital
456	445		Statistics Department as required in paragraphs 2 and 3 of
457	446		subsection A of this section; and
458	447		7. Other facts deemed pertinent, which include, but are not
459	448		limited to, the parents or spouse of the decedent.
460	449		C. Upon the filing of the verified petition, the office of the
461	450		court clerk for the county where t he petition is filed shall give
462	451		the petition a number in the probate files of the county. Notice of
463	452		the verified petition shall be made upon the State Department of
464	453		Health and published once in a newspaper of general circulation in
465	454		the county where the pe tition is filed.
466	455		D. Based on the verified petition, all the evidence the
467	456		applicant has in his or her possession such as personal testimony,
468	457		affidavits or records and determinations of the State Registrar of
469	458		Vital Statistics Department as required in parag raphs 2 and 3 of
470	459		subsection A of this section, the court may enter an order:
471	460		1. Establishing the full legal name of the individual who is
472	461		deceased;
473	462		2. The date and place of the birth of the de cedent;
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502	490		4. The date and place w here the death occurred;
503	491		5. The property or financial interest that is resolved; and
504	492		6. Other facts deemed pertinent by the court and as set forth
505	493		in the verified petition.
506	494		Said order shall be final and conclusive of all the facts
507	495		therein adjudged.
508	496		E. A certified copy of the order shall be filed with the State
509	497		Department of Health, and a certified copy thereof shall be issued
510	498		by the State Department of Health in the same manner as certificates
511	499		of death.
512	500		F. Issuance of a certified copy of the order filed with the
513	501		State Department of Health pursuant to this section shall satisfy
514	502		any and all requirements set forth in any statute requiring a death
515	503		certificate or order of any court requiring the issuance of a death
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517	505		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -317, as
518	506		last amended by Section 133, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp.
519	507		2024, Section 1-317), is amended to read as follows:
520	508		Section 1-317. A. A death certificate for each death which
521	509		occurs in this state sha ll be filed with the State Department of
522	510		Health, within three (3) days after such death.
523	511		B. The funeral director shall personally sign the death
524	512		certificate and shall be responsible for filing the death
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552	539		certificate. If the funeral director is not availab le, the person
553	540		acting as such who first assumes custody of a dead body in
554	541		accordance with Section 1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
555	542		shall personally sign and file the death certificate. The personal
556	543		data shall be obtained from the next of kin or t he best qualified
557	544		person or source available. The funeral director or person acting
558	545		as such shall notify the person providing the personal data that it
559	546		is a felony to knowingly provide false data or misrepresent any
560	547		person's relationship to the decedent. The certificate shall be
561	548		completed as to personal data and delivered to the attending
562	549		physician or the medical examiner responsible for completing the
563	550		medical certification portion of the certi ficate of death within
564	551		twenty-four (24) hours after the death. No later than July 1, 2012,
565	552		the personal data, and no later than July 1, 2017, the medical
566	553		certificate portion, shall be entered into the prescribed electronic
567	554		system provided by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics
568	555		Department and the information subm itted to the State Registrar of
569	556		Vital Statistics Department. The resultant certificate produced by
570	557		the electronic system shall be provided to the physician or medical
571	558		examiner for medical certi fication within twenty -four (24) hours
572	559		after the death.
573	560		C. The medical certification shall be completed and signed
574	561		within forty-eight (48) hours after death by the physician,
575	562		physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse in charge
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604	590		death, except when inquiry as to the cause of death is required by
605	591		Section 938 of this title. No later than July 1, 2017, the medical
606	592		certification portion of certificate data shall be entered into the
607	593		prescribed electronic system provided by the State Registrar of
608	594		Vital Statistics Department and the information submitted to the
609	595		State Registrar of Vital Statistics Department.
610	596		D. In the event that the physician, physician assistant, or
611	597		advanced practice registered nurse in charge of the patient's care
612	598		for the illness or condition which resulted in death is not in
613	599		attendance at the time of death, the medical certification shall be
614	600		completed and signed within forty -eight (48) hours after death by
615	601		the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered
616	602		nurse in attendance at the time of death, except:
617	603		1. When the patient is under hospice care at the time of death,
618	604		the medical certification may be signed by the hospice's medical
619	605		director; and
620	606		2. When inquiry as to the cause of death is required by Sect ion
621	607		938 of this title.
622	608		Provided, that such certification, if signed by other than the
623	609		attending physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
624	610		registered nurse, shall note on the face the name of the attending
625	611		physician, physician assistant, or advan ced practice registered
626	612		nurse and that the information shown is only as reported.
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654	639		E. A certifier completing cause of death on a certificate of
655	640		death who knows that a lethal drug, overdose or other means of
656	641		assisting suicide within the meaning of Sections 3141.2 through
657	642		3141.4 of this title caused or contributed to the death shall list
658	643		that means among the chain of events under cause of death or list it
659	644		in the box that describes how the injury oc curred. If such means is
660	645		in the chain of events under cause o f death or in the box that
661	646		describes how the injury occurred, the certifier shall indicate
662	647		"suicide" as the manner of death.
663	648		F. The authority of a physician assistant to carry out the
664	649		functions described in this section shall be governed by the
665	650		practice agreement as provided by Section 519.6 of Title 59 of the
666	651		Oklahoma Statutes.
667	652		SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -317a, is
668	653		amended to read as follows:
669	654		Section 1-317a. A. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics
670	655		Department of Health shall make available to all funeral directors
671	656		and physicians licensed in this state a system to electronically
672	657		capture the required information and file the prescribed death
673	658		certificate with the State Department of Health. Access to the
674	659		prescribed electronic system shall be provided to registered users
675	660		at no cost.
676	661		B. Funeral directors and physicians shall be registered with
677	662		the State Registrar of Vital Statistics Department prior to using
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705	689		the prescribed electronic system. The State Registrar of Vital
706	690		Statistics Department shall provide such registration at no cost.
707	691		C. Registration shall be updated at least annually to maintain
708	692		access to the prescribed system and shall include training on any
709	693		changes or updates to the prescribed system or assoc iated forms.
710	694		Funeral directors licensed in this state shall be trained on the use
711	695		of the prescribed electronic system to file personal data on the
712	696		prescribed death certificate. Physicians licen sed in this state
713	697		shall be trained on the use of the prescribe d electronic system to
714	698		complete, sign, and file the medical certification on the prescribed
715	699		death certificate. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics
716	700		Department shall provide the required training at no cost.
717	701		D. No later than July 1, 2012, funeral direc tors licensed in
718	702		this state shall be required to sign and file death certificates
719	703		using the prescribed electronic system.
720	704		E. No later than July 1, 2017, physicians licensed in this
721	705		state shall be required to sign and file death certificates using
722	706		the prescribed electronic system.
723	707		SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -318, is
724	708		amended to read as follows:
725	709		Section 1-318. (a) A. A fetal death certificate for each fetal
726	710		death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the State
727	711		Registrar Department of Health , within three (3) days after such
728	712		delivery.
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756	739		(b) B. The funeral director or person acting as such who first
757	740		assumes custody of a fetus shall file the fetal d eath certificate.
758	741		In the absence of such a person, the physici an or other person in
759	742		attendance at or after the delivery shall file the certificate of
760	743		fetal death. He or she shall obtain the personal data from the next
761	744		of kin or the best qualified person or source available. He or she
762	745		shall complete the certificate as to personal data and deliver the
763	746		certificate to that person responsible for completing the medical
764	747		certification of cause of death within twenty -four (24) hours after
765	748		delivery.
766	749		(c) C. The medical certification shall be completed and signed
767	750		within forty-eight (48) hours after delivery by the physician in
768	751		attendance at or after delivery, except when inquiry into the cause
769	752		of death is required by Section 938 of this title.
770	753		SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -318.2, is
771	754		amended to read as follows:
772	755		Section 1-318.2. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics
773	756		Commissioner of Health shall establish a certificate of birth
774	757		resulting in stillbirth to be offered to the par ent or parents of a
775	758		stillborn child. The medical staff treati ng the stillbirth shall
776	759		notify the parent of the ability to request the certificate. The
777	760		certificate shall be available to any parent of a stillborn child
778	761		upon proper application. This certificate shall not be used as
779	762		evidence of live birth or for identi fication purposes.
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807	789		SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -319, is
808	790		amended to read as follows:
809	791		Section 1-319. A. A burial transit permit issued under the
810	792		laws of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought
811	793		into this state shall be authority for final disposition of the body
812	794		or fetus in this state.
813	795		B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to
814	796		disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by
815	797		regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such p ermit shall be
816	798		issued by the State Registrar of Vital Records Commissioner of
817	799		Health to a licensed funeral director, embalmer, or other person
818	800		acting as such, upon proper application.
819	801		C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of
820	802		the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed
821	803		by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section
822	804		1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
823	805		D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
824	806		reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not
825	807		required.
826	808		E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
827	809		reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and
828	810		reinterment shall be completed, signe d by the funeral director and
829	811		the next of kin, and then submit ted to the State Registrar of Vital
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857	838		Records at the State Department of Health within five (5) days of
858	839		such action.
859	840		F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of
860	841		Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the State
861	842		Registrar of Vital Reco rds Department.
862	843		SECTION 10. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -321, as
863	844		amended by Section 4, Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024,
864	845		Section 1-321), is amended to r ead as follows:
865	846		Section 1-321. A. A certificate or record re gistered under
866	847		this article may be amended only in accordance with this article and
867	848		regulations thereunder adopted by the State Commissioner of Health
868	849		to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records.
869	850		B. A certificate that is amended unde r this section shall be
870	851		marked "amended", except as provided in subsection D of this
871	852		section. The date of amendment and a summary description of the
872	853		evidence submitted in support of the amendme nt shall be endorsed on
873	854		or made a part of the record.
874	855		The Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under
875	856		which additions or minor corrections shall be made to birth
876	857		certificates within one (1) year after the date of birth without the
877	858		certificate being considered as amended. Certificates shall be
878	859		marked as "amended" for minor corrections made one (1) year after
879	860		the date of birth.
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907	887		C. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order, from a
908	888		court of competent jurisdiction, changing the name of a person born
909	889		in this state and upon request of such perso n or his or her parent,
910	890		guardian or legal representative, the State Commissioner of Health
911	891		shall amend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.
912	892		D. When a child is born out of wedlock, the Commissioner shall
913	893		amend a certificate of birth to show pa ternity, if paternity is not
914	894		currently shown on the birth certificate, in the following
915	895		situations:
916	896		1. Upon request and receipt of a sworn acknowledgment of
917	897		paternity of a child born out of wed lock signed by both parents;
918	898		2. Upon receipt of a certified c opy of a court order
919	899		adjudicating paternity; or
920	900		3. Upon receipt of an electronic record from the Department of
921	901		Human Services indicating that an acknowledgement acknowledgment of
922	902		paternity has been signed by both parents or a court order
923	903		adjudicating paternity.
924	904		E. For a child born out of wedlock, the Commissioner shall also
925	905		change the surname of the child on the certificate:
926	906		1. To the specified surname upon receipt of acknowledgment of
927	907		paternity signed by both parents, upon receipt of a certified copy
928	908		of a court order directing such name be changed or upon receipt of
929	909		an electronic record from the Department of Human Services
930	910		indicating that an acknowledgement acknowledgment of paternity has
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958	937		been signed by both parents or a court order directs such name
959	938		change. Such certificate amended pursuant to this subsection shall
960	939		not be marked "amended"; or
961	940		2. To the surname of the mother on the birth certificate in the
962	941		event the acknowledgment of paterni ty is rescinded.
963	942		F. The Commissioner shall have the power and duty to promulgate
964	943		rules for situations in which the State Registrar of Vital
965	944		Statistics Department receives false information regarding the
966	945		identity of a parent.
967	946		G. If within sixty (60) days one (1) year of the initial
968	947		issuance of a certificate of death , a funeral director, or a person
969	948		acting as such, requests a correction to any portion of the death
970	949		record except the information relating to the medical certification
971	950		portion, due to a scrivene r's error, misspelling or other correction
972	951		of information, the Commissioner of Health, through the State
973	952		Registrar of Vital Statistics, shall amend the record, provided the
974	953		request is made in writing or through an electronic system and is
975	954		accompanied by documentation disclosing the correct information or
976	955		by a sworn statement of the funeral director. The funeral director,
977	956		or person acting as such, shall be responsible for any and all
978	957		amendment fees that may be imposed by the Commissioner of Health for
979	958		the correction. Up to ten certified copies containing the erroneou s
980	959		original information may be exchanged for certified copies
981	960		containing the corrected information at no additional cost.
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1009	987		H. Beginning on the effective date of this act April 26, 2022,
1010	988		the biological sex designation on a certificate of birth amended
1011	989		under this section shall be either male or female and shall not be
1012	990		nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation
1013	991		including but not limited to the letter "X".
1014	992		SECTION 11. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -323, is
1015	993		amended to read as follows:
1016	994		Section 1-323. A. To protect the integrity of vital statistics
1017	995		records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and
1018	996		proper administration of the vital statistics system, it shall be
1019	997		unlawful for any person to permit ins pection of, or to disclose
1020	998		information contained in, vital statistics records, or to copy or
1021	999		issue a copy of all or part of any such record except to:
1022	1000		1. The person who is the subject of the re cord;
1023	1001		2. A parent named on the record or a person acting with the
1024	1002		parent's permission unless that parent is currently incarcerated;
1025	1003		3. Someone acting with permission of the person who is the
1026	1004		subject of the record;
1027	1005		4. Someone acting as a legal representative of the estate of
1028	1006		the person who is the subject of the rec ord;
1029	1007		5. Someone acting as a legal representative of a person
1030	1008		involved in a probate of the estate of the person who is the subject
1031	1009		of the record, as demonstrated by affidavit;
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1060	1037		demonstrates by affidavit that the record is necessary in order to
1061	1038		administer a client's estate;
1062	1039		7. Someone in receipt of a court order from a court of
1063	1040		competent jurisdiction ordering access to the record;
1064	1041		8. The Attorney General or to any district attorney upon
1065	1042		request in the course of a criminal investigation;
1066	1043		9. Only in the case of a death certificate, a funeral director;
1067	1044		10. A representative of the Department of Corrections, when the
1068	1045		subject of the record is under supervision of the Department of
1069	1046		Corrections;
1070	1047		11. A representative of the Department of Human Services acting
1071	1048		in accordance with Section 1 -311.2 of this title; or
1072	1049		12. Any other person working in the best interest of the
1073	1050		subject of the record or the estate of the subject of record , as
1074	1051		determined by regulati ons of the State Commissioner of Health.
1075	1052		Provided, that death certificates shall be considered publicly
1076	1053		available records fifty (50) years after the death and birth
1077	1054		certificates shall be conside red publicly available records one
1078	1055		hundred twenty-five (125) years after the birth.
1079	1056		B. The State Department of Health shall, by July 1, 2017, make
1080	1057		available an online public index that includes, as is applicable,
1081	1058		the name, gender, date of birth, date of death, county of birth, and
1082	1059		county of death of all persons in i ts records. Birth data shall not
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1110	1086		be added to the index until twenty (20) years after the birth.
1111	1087		Death data shall not be added to the index until five (5) years
1112	1088		after the death. The index shal l be made available online at no
1113	1089		cost to users.
1114	1090		Private entities may request assistance from the Department in
1115	1091		receiving digital files including all or part of the index described
1116	1092		in this subsection. Such private entities may be assessed a fee
1117	1093		that shall not exceed the cost of creating and transmitting the
1118	1094		digital file. The Commissioner may promulgate rules regarding
1119	1095		access to such digital files and applicable fees.
1120	1096		C. The Department may grant applications for electronic
1121	1097		verification of the existence of birth and death certificates for
1122	1098		legal and administrative purp oses at any time following the birth or
1123	1099		death when such applications are made by:
1124	1100		1. A government agency in conduct of its official business;
1125	1101		2. A benefit-paying party including but not limited to an
1126	1102		annuity company, pension plan or life insurance compan y in order to
1127	1103		determine benefit status;
1128	1104		3. A physician licensed to practice in the United States to
1129	1105		determine if a patient has been lost to care; or
1130	1106		4. Other entities for fraud protection, sub ject to verification
1131	1107		of the entity's purpose by the Department .
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1159	1134		The recipient of a record verification , as provided for in this
1160	1135		subsection, may not disclose to a party not involved in the issue
1161	1136		for which the verification was sought.
1162	1137		The Department may charge up to Four Dollars ($4.00) for each
1163	1138		electronic birth or dea th verification, although such fee may be
1164	1139		waived when such request is received by an Oklahoma state or local
1165	1140		government agency. The recipient of a record verification , as
1166	1141		provided for in this s ubsection, may also be subject to fees levied
1167	1142		by a contractor retained by the Commissioner to provide such
1168	1143		service.
1169	1144		The Commissioner may promulgate rules necessary to implement the
1170	1145		provisions of this subsection.
1171	1146		D. The State Commissioner of Health may authorize the
1172	1147		disclosure of data contained in vital statistics re cords for public
1173	1148		health surveillance or research purposes.
1174	1149		E. The State Department of Health shall transmit to the
1175	1150		Department of Public Safety:
1176	1151		1. At the end of each quarter year, a list of al l registered
1177	1152		deaths which have occurred during such period of time. Upon receipt
1178	1153		of such list the Department of Public Safety shall use such list
1179	1154		solely to update Department of Public Safety records and to cancel
1180	1155		the driver license for those deceased individuals with a valid
1181	1156		Oklahoma driver license at the time of de ath;
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1209	1183		2. At the end of each month, a report of all registered deaths
1210	1184		that resulted from a motor vehicle collision which have occurred
1211	1185		during such period of time. The report shall be used by the
1212	1186		Department solely for the purpose of statistical analysis and
1213	1187		reporting; and
1214	1188		3. Upon written request from the Department, a death
1215	1189		certificate. The certificate shall be used solely by the Fatality
1216	1190		Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analyst of the Oklahoma Highway
1217	1191		Safety Office to populate the federal FARS database.
1218	1192		F. Each month, the Commissioner shall authorize the
1219	1193		transmission to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority of a certified
1220	1194		list of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have
1221	1195		occurred within the state for the immediately preceding month. The
1222	1196		Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall use the transmitted list to
1223	1197		ascertain the names of those individuals participating in the state
1224	1198		Medicaid program who are deceased, and shall thereafter terminate
1225	1199		such deceased person's enrollment in the state Medicaid prog ram.
1226	1200		G. For the purpose of assisting in the location and recovery of
1227	1201		missing children, information pertaining to birth certificates and
1228	1202		requests for copies of birth certificates shall be provid ed to the
1229	1203		Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation pursuant to t he provisions of
1230	1204		Section 1-323.1 of this title and Section 150.12A of Title 74 of the
1231	1205		Oklahoma Statutes.
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1259	1232		H. The Commissioner shall authorize the transmission of death
1260	1233		certificates to the Department of Labor for the purpose of the
1261	1234		Department of Labor condu cting a census of total occupational
1262	1235		injuries and illnesses. The Department shall transmit to the
1263	1236		Department of Labor statistics of fatal occupational injuries that
1264	1237		shall include the following:
1265	1238		1. Name of the deceased;
1266	1239		2. Date of death;
1267	1240		3. Sex;
1268	1241		4. Race;
1269	1242		5. Age;
1270	1243		6. Birth date;
1271	1244		7. Social Security number;
1272	1245		8. Whether an autopsy was conducted;
1273	1246		9. Month of the accident; and
1274	1247		10. Whether decedent was of Hispanic origin.
1275	1248		I. The Department of Labor shall be required to protect the
1276	1249		integrity of the vital s tatistics records to the same extent
1277	1250		required of the Department pursuant to this section.
1278	1251		SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -329.1, is
1279	1252		amended to read as fol lows:
1280	1253		Section 1-329.1. Until a permit for disposal has been i ssued in
1281	1254		accordance with this section, no dead human body whose death
1282	1255		occurred within the State of Oklahoma shall be cremated, buried at
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1310	1282		sea, or made unavailable for further pathologic study by other
1311	1283		recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such r emains.
1312	1284		When the person legally responsible for disposition of a dead
1313	1285		human body, whose death occurred or was pronounced within this
1314	1286		state, desires that the body be cremated, buried at sea, or m ade
1315	1287		unavailable for further pathologic study by other recogniz ed means
1316	1288		of destruction or dissolution of such remains, that person shall
1317	1289		complete an application -permit form for such procedure provided by
1318	1290		the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Chief
1319	1291		Medical Examiner, in accordance with Section 948 .1 of this title,
1320	1292		shall charge a fee for each cremation permit issued. The Medical
1321	1293		Examiner shall be notified, as required in Section 938 of this
1322	1294		title. He or she shall perform the required in vestigation and shall
1323	1295		issue a valid death certificate as requi red by Section 947 of this
1324	1296		title and execute the permit in accordance with rules established by
1325	1297		the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In order to be valid,
1326	1298		each permit must contain an individual number assigned to the
1327	1299		particular permit by the Office o f the Chief Medical Examiner. A
1328	1300		copy of the application -permit form and the original death
1329	1301		certificate shall be filed with the State Registrar Department of
1330	1302		Health. The original application -permit form shall be filed by the
1331	1303		funeral director with the Offi ce of the Chief Medical Examiner.
1332	1304		Such filing shall occur or be postmarked within forty -eight (48)
1333	1305		hours of the death.
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1361	1332		If death occurred or was pronounced outside the geographic
1362	1333		limits of the State of Oklahoma and the body is brought into this
1363	1334		state for such disposal, a transit permit or a permit for removal,
1364	1335		issued in accordance with the laws and regulations in force where
1365	1336		the death occurred shall authorize the transportation of the body
1366	1337		into or through this state and shall be accepted in lieu of a
1367	1338		certificate of death as required above. A valid permit issued for
1368	1339		disposal of such body in accordance with the laws in the
1369	1340		jurisdiction where the body died or death was pronounced shall be
1370	1341		authority for cremation or burial at sea or to make the body
1371	1342		otherwise unavailable for further pathologic study by other
1372	1343		recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains.
1373	1344		SECTION 13. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
1374	1345		SECTION 14. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
1375	1346		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
1376	1347		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
1377	1348		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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	1375	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2025.
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	1385	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.
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