SB-0795, As Passed House, February 28, 2006
October 5, 2005, Introduced by Senators GEORGE, HARDIMAN, ALLEN, BIRKHOLZ, KUIPERS, GOSCHKA and McMANUS and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2885.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2885. (1) The state registrar may transmit on microfilm
or microfiche or by other electronic means copies of the following
vital record certificates or reports or indexes of the certificates
or reports from the system of vital statistics to the library of
Michigan to be made available to the public to facilitate
genealogical research:
(a) Each death record certificate that is 75 years old or
older.
(b) Each marriage record certificate that is 75 years old or
older, excluding those marriage record certificates issued under
1897 PA 180, MCL 551.201 to 551.204.
(c) Each divorce record that is 75 years old or older.
(d) Each birth record certificate that is 110 years old or
older unless the certificate has been sealed or the disclosure of
that certificate is otherwise prohibited by law.
(2) To further facilitate genealogical research, the state
registrar may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Establish and implement a web-based mechanism to provide
the public with internet access to those vital record certificates
or reports or indexes of the certificates or reports described
under subsection (1).
(b) Transmit copies of those vital record certificates or
reports or indexes of the certificates or reports described under
subsection (1) to federal, state, local, and other public or
private entities.
(3) Vital records described under subsection (1)(a), (b), and
(c) that were previously sealed by law or rule shall be unsealed
and may be released by the state registrar as historical copies of
the certificate of a vital event.
(4) The state registrar shall establish procedures for the
transmission of those documents described in subsection (1). The
state registrar may establish procedures for the updating and
correcting of those documents described under subsection (1) that
are subsequently amended or replaced.
(5) Vital records copies or information released by the state
registrar in accordance with this section and no longer under the
supervisory control of the state registrar shall not be considered
prima facie evidence of the facts within those copies or other
information.