H1963B2498A04472 AJB:EJH 05/20/24 #90 A04472
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1963
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE RAPP
Printer's No. 2498
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 13, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
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 general provisions, further providing for
definitions; and, in records, further providing for fees for
copies.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 16 through 21; page 2, lines 1
through 9; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 1. Section 105 introductory paragraph of the act of
June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics
Law of 1953, is amended to read:
Section 105. General Provisions: Definitions.--As used in
this act, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings given to them in this section unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise--
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Section 2. Section 807(c) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 807. Records: Fees for Copies.--* * *
[(c) No fee shall be charged for certified copies of records
or parts thereof furnished members of the armed forces of the
United States and their dependents during their term of active
service and after their death in service or honorable discharge
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therefrom.]
(d) Subject to subsection (e), no fee shall be charged for
certified copies of records or parts thereof for any of the
following:
(1) An individual who currently serves in the United States
Armed Forces, including a reserve component or the National
Guard.
(2) A member of the United States Armed Forces, including a
reserve component or the National Guard, who was killed or dies
while on official duty status authorized under Federal or State
law .
(3) A veteran.
(4) A spouse of an individual specified under paragraph (1),
(2) or (3).
(5) A dependent of an individual specified under paragraph
(1), (2) or (3). This paragraph shall only apply to a request
made for a certified copy of a certificate of birth.
(e) The fee waiver under subsection (d) shall only apply to
the following applicants for certified copies of records or
parts thereof:
(1) An applicant who is an individual specified under
subsection (d)(1) or (3).
(2) An applicant who is a spouse of an individual specified
under subsection (d)(1), (2) or (3).
(3) An applicant who is a representative of a dependent
child of a deceased veteran or an individual specified under
subsection (d)(2). This paragraph shall only apply to a request
made for a certified copy of a certificate of death.
(4) An applicant who is a representative of the estate of an
individual specified under subsection (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4).
This paragraph shall only apply to a request made for a
certified copy of a certificate of death.
(5) An applicant that is a funeral establishment responsible
for filing the death record of an individual specified under
subsection (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4). This paragraph shall only
apply to a request made for a certified copy of a certificate of
death.
(f) The fee waiver under subsection (d) shall apply
regardless of whether an individual specified under subsection
(d)(2) or (3) predeceased or survived any other individual who
qualifies for the fee waiver.
(g) The fee waiver under subsection (d) shall apply to the
first ten certified copies of the same record or parts thereof
during a calendar year for an applicant under subsection (e).
(h) As used in this section, the term "veteran" means an
individual who served in the United States Armed Forces,
including a reserve component or the National Guard, and who was
discharged or released from service under conditions other than
dishonorable.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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