| Last Action | to Health & Welfare (H) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to death certificates. | 
| Bill Documents | Bill | 
| Impact Statements | Fiscal Note Local Mandate | 
| Bill Request Number | 893 | 
| Sponsors | J. Hoover, M. Cherry | 
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 72.465 to require the Coroner to report to the local registrar any death certificate changes needed following an autopsy; amend KRS 212.245 to allow county, city-county, and district health departments to issue certificates of death and provisional certificates of death and to provide copies of the certificates for 30 days upon request; amend KRS 213.036 to require the local registrar to receive and process a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the county pursuant to KRS 213.076; amend KRS 213.076 to require that a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the Commonwealth be filed with the local registrar in the county where the death occurred; provide that the local registrar shall file the certificate with the cabinet or as otherwise directed by the state registrar prior to final disposition; amend KRS 213.078 to provide that the local registrar shall call attention to defects in the certificate of death; amend KRS 304.12-240, 367.934, and 367.942 to conform. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | Fiscal Note - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments Deaths - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments Embalmers and Funeral Directors - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments Health and Medical Services - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments Public Records and Reports - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments Local Mandate - Death certificates, authorize filing at local health departments | 
| 02/14/08 | 
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| 02/15/08 | 
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Last updated: 8/28/2019 8:09 AM (EDT)