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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1893 | PRINTER'S NO. 2106 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, COHEN, GINGRICH, GRELL, M. K. KELLER, MOUL, O'NEILL, PICKETT, FARRY, DONATUCCI, GEIST AND MURT, MAY 12, 2011 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," further providing for death certificates of death | <-- |
14 | without cause of death listed. |
15 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
16 | hereby enacts as follows: |
17 | Section 1. Section 204 of the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, | <-- |
18 | No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended to |
19 | read: |
20 | Section 204. Department: Forms.--The department shall |
21 | prescribe the forms for all certificates required by this act. |
22 | The department may prescribe all other forms necessary for |
23 | collecting, transcribing, compiling and preserving vital |
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1 | statistics. The department shall include in such forms all |
2 | standard items which contribute to a uniform comparable |
3 | nationwide system of vital statistics. The department shall |
4 | provide, upon the request of an individual, death certificates |
5 | without the cause of death shown on the death certificate for |
6 | any death registered through an electronic death registration |
7 | system. |
8 | Section 1. The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known | <-- |
9 | as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a |
10 | section to read: |
11 | Section 508. Certificate of Death Without Cause of Death |
12 | Listed.--The department shall provide, upon the request of an |
13 | eligible applicant, a certificate of death without the cause of |
14 | death shown on the certificate of death for any death registered |
15 | within this Commonwealth. |
16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect June 30, 2012, or |
17 | immediately, whichever is later. |
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