HEIRLOOM BIRTH CERTIFICATE S.B. 98:
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 98 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Dave Hildenbrand
Committee: Families, Seniors, and Human Services
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to do the following:
-- Require the State Registrar (the person who administers the State's system of vital statistics) to issue an heirloom birth certificate, upon request and payment of a fee.
-- Require the Department of Community Health (DCH) to promulgate rules establishing the fee and include an amount above the actual cost, for deposit into the Children's Trust Fund.
-- Require the State Registrar to establish procedures allowing the purchase of a gift card or certificate that could be redeemed for an heirloom birth certificate.
-- Require the DCH to market and promote heirloom birth certificates.
An heirloom birth certificate would not be an official record of birth and it would not be the active birth certificate of the individual whose name appeared on the document.
The proposed section of the Code could be referred to as the "Pam Posthumus Law".
Proposed MCL 333.2882a Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would establish a fee to cover the cost of issuing an heirloom birth certificate. The bill would require the fee to exceed the actual cost of creating the certificate and the excess revenue to be deposited in the Children's Trust Fund. The net fiscal impact would be an indeterminate increase in available revenue in the Children's Trust Fund.
Date Completed: 3-3-11 Fiscal Analyst: Steve Angelotti
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb98/1112