PRINTER'S NO. 115
No. 132 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, LAUGHLIN, CORRIGAN, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS,
READSHAW, BELFANTI, HERSHEY, DALEY, STABACK, PRESTON,
BELARDI, E. Z. TAYLOR, SOLOBAY, CIVERA AND WASHINGTON,
JANUARY 23, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
JANUARY 23, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
2 act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
3 vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
4 Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
5 local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
6 prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
7 midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
8 certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
9 regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
10 disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
11 statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
12 penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
13 thereto," providing for regulation of electronic access to
14 vital statistics records.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Section 807 of the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304,
18 No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by
19 adding a subsection to read:
20 Section 807. Records: Fees for Copies.--* * *
21 (d) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to
22 provide for the electronic access of copies of records or
1 certifications to Federal, State or municipal agencies of
2 government. Such information shall be made available to the
3 appropriate authorized government agencies only for approved
4 government functions at a fair and reasonable cost. Electronic
5 access shall be made available to appropriate authorized
6 government agencies only for verification purposes, and at no
7 time shall printing of official documents from the transmitted
8 data be permitted.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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