Last Action | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 5) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to vital statistics. |
Bill Documents |
Bill
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Bill Request Number | 257 |
Sponsors | H. Collins, T. Couch, B. DeWeese, D. Ford, R. Henderson, A. Koenig, T. Moore, A. Webb-Edgington, A. Wuchner |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 213.041 to allow certificates required under KRS Chapter 213 to be signed in black or blue ink; amend KRS 213.076 to require the state registrar to send an incomplete or unsatisfactory certificate of death to the appropriate funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner responsible for the entry to complete or correct the certificate; require the state registrar to notify the entity who submitted the certificate of death that it was returned to the funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner for completion. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Coroners - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Deaths - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Embalmers and Funeral Directors - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Public Health - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Public Records and Reports - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of State Agencies - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of |
Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
Votes | Vote History |
08/23/07 |
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10/03/07 |
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01/08/08 |
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01/14/08 |
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01/31/08 |
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02/01/08 |
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02/04/08 |
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02/05/08 |
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02/07/08 |
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02/27/08 |
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02/28/08 |
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03/03/08 |
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03/05/08 |
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03/07/08 |
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04/01/08 |
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04/07/08 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions of the bill except delete language amending KRS 213.076 requiring the state registrar to send an incomplete or unsatisfactory certificate of death to the appropriate funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner responsible for the entry to complete or correct the certificate; delete language amending KRS 213.076 requiring the state registrar to notify the entity who submitted the certificate of death that it was returned to the funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner for completion; create new language amending KRS 213.076 to establish that a funeral director will not be held responsible for the failure of a physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner to complete or correct an entry on the death certificate for which he or she is responsible; create new language amending KRS 213.076 to establish that the cause of death be shown on the certificate of death as unknown or under investigation or under inquiry by a Kentucky coroner in medical certification of death cases where inquiry is required by a Kentucky coroner or if the cause of death is unknown or under investigation; create new language amending KRS 213.076 to establish that in the case of death in which diabetes was known to be an underlying cause or contributing condition; amend KRS 213.076 to delete language regarding diabetes questions on death certificates; and repeal KRS 213.078. |
Index Headings |
Coroners - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Deaths - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Embalmers and Funeral Directors - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Public Health - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of Public Records and Reports - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of State Agencies - Vital Statistics Branch, certificates of death, issuance of |
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