PRINTER'S NO. 1080
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1043
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROZZI, BULLOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, GLEIM, HOWARD,
SANCHEZ, FREEMAN, KINSEY, DAVIDSON, HILL-EVANS, LEE,
R. MACKENZIE, MADDEN, GALLOWAY, SCHWEYER, CIRESI AND
HOHENSTEIN, MARCH 31, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 31, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
thereto," in records, further providing for fees for copies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 807 of the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304,
No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by
adding subsections to read:
Section 807. Records: Fees for Copies.--* * *
(d) No fee shall be charged for certified copies of records
or parts of records furnished to a foster youth or homeless
youth. The signature or presence of or permission from a parent
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or guardian shall not be required to obtain the copies.
(e) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Foster youth" shall mean an individual under eighteen (18)
years of age, or if a court retains dependency jurisdiction
under 42 Pa.C.S. § 6351(j) (relating to disposition of dependent
child) an individual up to twenty-one (21) years of age, who is:
(1) under the care and responsibility of the Commonwealth
and is placed in foster care, as defined in 45 CFR 1355.20
(relating to definitions), under 42 Pa.C.S. § 6351 or 6352
(relating to disposition of delinquent child); or
(2) placed under a voluntary placement agreement under 55
Pa. Code § 3130.65 (relating to voluntary placement agreement).
"Homeless youth" shall have the same meaning as the term
"unaccompanied youth" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77, 101 Stat. 482).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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