| Passed by the House March 3, 2009 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 1, 2009 Yeas 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | 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. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
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.