Bill Text: IA HF566 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the electronic birth certificate system. (Formerly HSB 196)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-03 - Referred to Local Government. H.J. 753. [HF566 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF566-Introduced.html
House File 566 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 196) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the electronic birth certificate system. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2587HV (3) 86 aw/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.13A, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2015, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds 1 4 generated from the fees as established under section 144.46 1 5 for the mailing of the certified copy of the birth certificate 1 6 be appropriated and used to support the distribution of the 1 7 automatic birth certificate and the implementation of the 1 8 electronic birth certificate system. It is further the intent 1 9 of the general assembly that there be access to all birth 1 10 records available through the electronic birth certificate 1 11 system, including all records provided in accordance with 1 12 section 144.13 or section 144.14 and birth records that are 1 13 prepared and delivered to parents named in an adoption decree 1 14 pursuant to section 600.13, subsection 5. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 18 This bill relates to the electronic birth certificate 1 19 system. The bill provides that it is the intent of the general 1 20 assembly that there be access to all birth records through the 1 21 system, including birth records that are prepared and delivered 1 22 to parents named in an adoption decree. LSB 2587HV (3) 86 aw/sc
