ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2724	By:	Sherrer of the House

			    and

		Burrage of the Senate

An Act relating to public health and safety; requiring the development of certain database; requiring database to be searchable on website and made available without charge; providing database contain certain death certificates; 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 1-324.2 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:  
A.  The State Department of Health shall develop and maintain a database of certain death certificates.  Such database shall be searchable on the Department’s website and shall be available to the public without charge.  
B.  The database shall contain any death certificate that is greater than fifty (50) years in age.  The Department shall be responsible for updating the database on a monthly basis.   

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.
Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate