STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE BILL 1491	By:	Ritze

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; requiring State Department of Health to allow individuals to access certain certificates online; requiring certain display on Department website; requiring Department to allow individuals to receive updates regarding request; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.  

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 34.24.2 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The State Department of Health shall allow individuals to request birth and death certificates through the web address vitalrecords.ok.gov.  The Department shall also prominently display on its website the method in which individuals may request birth and death certificates through the web address vitalrecords.ok.gov.    
B.  The Department shall allow individuals to receive real-time updates regarding the pending status of their request.  The update shall provide specific information related to the status of the request and an estimated date of delivery.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

54-1-5987	AM	12/27/12