CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1510



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 3, 2009
  Yeas 97   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 1, 2009
  Yeas 46   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1510 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1510
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Ross, Klippert, and Johnson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/23/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to the disclosure of confidential information on birth certificates; and amending RCW 70.58.055.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 70.58.055 and 1997 c 58 s 948 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) To promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the certificates required by this chapter or by the rules adopted under this chapter shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics including social security numbers.
     (2)(a) The state board of health by rule may require additional pertinent information relative to the birth and manner of delivery as it may deem necessary for statistical study. This information shall be placed in a confidential section of the birth certificate form and shall not be used for certification, nor shall it be subject to the view of the public ((or for certification purposes except upon order of the court)) except as provided in (b) of this subsection. The state board of health may eliminate from the forms items that it determines are not necessary for statistical study.
     (b) Information contained in the confidential section of the birth certificate form may only be available for review by:
     (i) A member of the public upon order of the court; or
     (ii) The individual who is the subject of the birth certificate upon confirmation of the identity of the requestor in a manner approved by the state board of health. Confidential information provided to the individual who is the subject of the birth certificate shall be limited to information on the child and shall not include information on the mother or father.

     (3) Each certificate or other document required by this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar.
     (4) All vital records shall contain the data required for registration. No certificate may be held to be complete and correct that does not supply all items of information called for or that does not satisfactorily account for the omission of required items.
     (5) Information required in certificates or documents authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.

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