PRINTER'S NO. 2897
No. 2208 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, SCHRODER, FLICK, ALLEN, ARGALL, BENNINGHOFF, CIVERA, CLARK, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CURRY, DAILEY, DeLUCA, FARGO, FICHTER, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GODSHALL, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, LAUGHLIN, LEH, MAJOR, McILHINNEY, McNAUGHTON, METCALFE, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE, NAILOR, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, RAMOS, ROHRER, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STEELMAN, TRELLO, TRICH, TULLI, VANCE, WALKO, WILLIAMS, WILT AND ZIMMERMAN, FEBRUARY 2, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 2, 2000
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," further providing for reports to county 14 registration commissions. 15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 16 hereby enacts as follows: 17 Section 1. Section 801.1 of the act of June 29, 1953 18 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, 19 added August 18, 1961 (P.L.1011, No.452), is amended to read: 20 Section 801.1. Records: Reports to County Registration
1 Commissions.--The department shall, within 30 days of the last 2 day of each calendar month, report [monthly] in writing to the 3 registration commission of each county the deaths of residents 4 of such counties, except residents less than [twenty] eighteen 5 years of age, for [the preceding] that month. Said report shall 6 contain the full name of the decedent, his last address, the 7 date of his birth if available, and the date of his death. A 8 copy of each report shall be filed contemporaneously with the 9 Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation in the 10 Department of State. 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. J5L35SFL/20000H2208B2897 - 2 -