HB4519 Summary

• Increases the additional fee for certified copies of death certificates and fetal death certificates from $2 to $4.

• Requires $2 of the $4 additional fee to be deposited into the State Crime Laboratory Fund, with the remaining $2 deposited into the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund.

• Establishes that moneys in the State Crime Laboratory Fund from death certificate fees shall be used for continuing education, training, and professional development of forensic scientists.

• Creates the State Crime Laboratory Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury to support crime laboratory operations and forensic scientist training.