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ND SB2063
Bill
Status
1/8/2013
Primary Sponsor
Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Requires parents to submit birth registration forms within fourteen calendar days of birth for births occurring outside institutions, with evidence that the mother was pregnant, child was born alive, and mother was present in North Dakota at time of birth.
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Specifies acceptable evidence for proving pregnancy (prenatal records, physician statements), live birth (healthcare provider statements, public health nurse statements), and mother's presence in state (rent receipts, utility bills, driver's license, or affidavits).
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Reduces the timeframe for dismissing delayed birth registration applications from two years to one year if not actively pursued.
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Prohibits registering a live birth report for a deceased person one year or more after that person's date of birth.
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Changes fetal death registration procedures to require institutions to file electronically within fifteen days, and allows funeral directors or attendants to file for non-institutional fetal deaths; applies fifteen-day filing deadlines to medical certifications by physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
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Updates vital records amendment procedures to allow court orders to amend birth, death, or fetal death records, not just change names.
Legislative Description
Birth registration, delayed registration of birth, death registration, fetal death registration, amending vital records, and persons required to keep records under the Health Statistics Act.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 10 nays 37
2/25/2013