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-AN ACT relating to vital records. 1
-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
-Section 1.   KRS 213.136 is amended to read as follows: 3
-(1) The state or county registrar shall, upon written request from an applicant entitled 4
-to a record in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the 5
-cabinet,[receipt of an app lication] issue a certified copy of any certificate or [a 6
-vital] record in the registrar's custody [ or a part thereof to any applicant] . Each 7
-certified copy[ issued] shall indicate[show] the date of registration. If the record is[ 8
-and copies issued from rec ords] marked "delayed" or "amended ," or issued 9
-pursuant to a court order, the certified copy shall bear the same designation and 10
-include the effective date of the modification [ shall be similarly marked and show 11
-the effective date. The documentary evidence  used to establish a delayed certificate 12
-shall be shown on all copies issued. All forms and procedures used in the issuance 13
-of certified copies of vital records in the Commonwealth shall be provided or 14
-approved by the state registrar]. 15
-(2) A certified copy  of a vital record or any part thereof, issued in accordance with 16
-subsection (1) of this section, shall be considered the legal equivalent of [for all 17
-purposes the same as] the original and shall serve as[be] prima facie evidence of the 18
-facts stated therein. The evidentiary value of a record filed more than one (1) year 19
-after the event, a record that has been amended, or a record of a foreign live 20
-birth[certificate or record which has been amended]  shall be determined by the 21
-judicial or administrative body, or official before which the certificate is offered as 22
-evidence. 23
-(3) [The federal agency responsible for national vital statistics may be furnished copies 24
-or data from the system of vital statistics for national statistics, if the federal agency 25
-shares in the cost of collecting, processing, and transmitting the data, and if the data 26
-is not used for other than statistical purposes by the federal agency unless so 27
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-authorized by the cabinet. 1
-(4) Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies may, u pon request, be 2
-furnished copies or data from the system of vital statistics for statistical or 3
-administrative purposes upon terms or conditions as may be prescribed by 4
-regulation if the copies or data are not used for purposes other than those for which 5
-they were requested without prior permission of the cabinet. No information other 6
-than statistical data shall be provided for commercial purposes. 7
-(5) The cabinet may, by agreement, transmit copies of records and other reports 8
-required by this chapter to offices of vital statistics outside the Commonwealth 9
-when the records or other reports relate to residents of those jurisdictions or persons 10
-born in tho se jurisdictions. The agreement shall require that the copies be used for 11
-statistical and administrative purposes only and the agreement shall further provide 12
-for the retention and disposition of the copies. Copies received by the Vital 13
-Statistics Branch f rom offices of vital statistics in other states shall be handled in 14
-the same manner as prescribed in this section. 15
-(6) ]No person shall prepare or issue any document purporting [certificate which 16
-purports] to be an original, certified copy, or copy of a certificate of birth, death, 17
-fetal death, or marriage [vital record]  except as authorized in this section or 18
-regulation adopted hereunder. 19
-Section 2.   KRS 213.141 is amended to read as follows: 20
-(1) Except as provided in subse ction (4)[(2]) of this section, the cabinet shall prescribe 21
-by regulation a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10)[five dollars ($5)], to be paid for: 22
-(a) 1. Certification of records, whether paper or electronic. 23
-2. [ certified copies of certificates or recor ds, or for ] A search of the files 24
-or records when no certification[copy] is made. 25
-3. [, or for ]Copies or information provided for health, research, statistical, 26
-or administrative purposes. 27
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-4. Copies of information provided in response to a subpoena or court 1
-order; 2
-(b) Verification of information contained in vital records when such 3
-information is provided; or 4
-(c) A request to modify or replace a vital record in accordance with KRS 5
-Chapter 213, provided that a fee shall not be assessed to modify the cause or 6
-manner of death or for a correction to public health statistical data collected 7
-through vital record registration. 8
-(2) The cabinet shall prescribe by administrative regulation pursuant to KRS  Chapter 9
-13A a fee not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15) [ten dollars ($10)]  to be paid for a 10
-certified copy of a record of a birth: 11
-(a) Three dollars ($3) of which shall be used by the Cabinet for Health and 12
-Family Services for the sole purpose of contractin g for the operation of 13
-private, not -for-profit, self -help, education, and support groups for parents 14
-who want to prevent or cease physical, sexual, or mental abuse of children; 15
-and 16
-(b) One dollar ($1) of which shall be used by the Division of Maternal and Child 17
-Health to pay for therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid -based 18
-elemental formula, or low -protein modified foods for all inborn errors of 19
-metabolism and genetic conditions if: 20
-1. The therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid -based 21
-elemental formula, or low-protein modified food products are medically 22
-indicated for the therapeutic treatment of inborn errors of metabolism or 23
-genetic conditions and are administered under the direction of a 24
-physician; and 25
-2. The affected person's the rapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino 26
-acid-based elemental formula, or low -protein foods are not covered 27
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-under any public or private health benefit plan. 1
-(3) Fees collected under this section by the state registrar shall be used to help defray 2
-the cost of administering the system of vital statistics. 3
-(4) No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing certificates of 4
-birth or death when required: 5
-(a) [No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid for furnishing certificates of 6
-birth o r death required ] In support of any claim against the government for 7
-compensation, insurance, back pay, or other allowances or benefits for any 8
-person who has at any time served as a member of the Army, Navy, Marine 9
-Corps, or Air Force of the United States;[.] 10
-(b) [No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid ] For furnishing a certificate 11
-of birth to a member of the Kentucky National Guard who has received 12
-deployment orders during the sixty (60) days prior to the furnishing of the 13
-certificate;[.] 14
-(c) [No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid ] For furnishing a certificate 15
-of birth to a child who is in the custody of or committed to the cabinet, 16
-including a child who has extended commitment to the cabinet in accordance 17
-with KRS 610.110(6);[.] 18
-(d) [No fee or compensation shall be allowed or paid ] For furnishing a certificate 19
-of birth to a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless 20
-youth as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2) who is under twenty -five (25) 21
-years of age, provided the ho meless individual or homeless youth has been 22
-verified as homeless by at least one (1) of the following: 23
-1. A director or designee of a governmental or nonprofit agency that 24
-receives public or private funding to provide services to homeless 25
-people; 26
-2. A loc al educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths 27
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-designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii) or a school 1
-social worker or school counselor; 2
-3. The director or director's designee of a federal TRIO Program or a 3
-Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program; or 4
-4. A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education;[.] 5
-(e) For furnishing a certificate of death of an individual who has died in the 6
-line of duty to state or federal agencies, as defined by the applicable 7
-provisions of Kentucky Revised Statutes; or 8
-(f) Upon the Governor's declaration of a natural disaster within the state, and 9
-when the commissioner of the Department for Public Health declares a 10
-waiver of the fee for a vital record certificate for the victims of the disaster. 11
-(5) The Office of Vital Statistics may waive the fee for verification of a vital event 12
-requested by a member of a state or federal law enforcement agency authorized to 13
-investigate matters involving public safety. 14
-(6) (a)[(5)] The cabinet shall notify the State Board of Elections monthly of the 15
-name, address, birthdate, sex, race, and Social Security number of residents of 16
-the Commonwealth who died during the previous month. This data shall 17
-include only those persons who were over the age of eighteen (18) years at the 18
-date of death. No fee or compensation shall be allowed for furnishing these 19
-lists. 20
-(b) To ensure the State Board of Elections accurately removes names from the 21
-voter registration records it maintains, the cabinet shall provide a copy of 22
-the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections 23
-on or before July 1 of each year. 24
-Section 3.   KRS 116.113 is amended to read as follows: 25
-(1) (a) Upon receipt of notification from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services 26
-or other reliable sources of the death of a person, the State Board of Elections 27
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-shall within five (5) days cause the removal of the name of that person from 1
-the voter registration records it maintains, except that no voter's name may be 2
-removed during the period of time the registration books are closed for any 3
-primary, general, or special election. 4
-(b) To ensure that the State Board of Elections accurately removes names from 5
-the voter registration records it maintains, the Cabinet for Health and Family 6
-Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death 7
-Report[lifetime Kentucky death records] to the State Board of Elections on or 8
-before July 1 of each year. 9
-(2) Upon receipt of notification from the circuit clerk that a person has been declared 10
-incompetent, the State Board of Elections shall within five (5) day s cause the 11
-removal of the name of that person from the voter registration records it maintains, 12
-except that no voter's name may be removed during the period of time the 13
-registration books are closed for any primary, general, or special election. 14
-(3) Upon receipt of notification from the Administrative Office of the Courts that a 15
-person has been excused from jury duty for not being a citizen of the United States, 16
-the State Board of Elections shall within five (5) days cause the removal of the 17
-name of that p erson from the voter registration records it maintains, except that no 18
-voter's name may be removed during the period of time the registration books are 19
-closed for any primary, general, or special election. 20
-(4) Upon receipt of notification from the Administ rative Office of the Courts or the 21
-United States Department of Justice that a person has been convicted of a felony 22
-offense, the State Board of Elections shall within five (5) days cause the removal of 23
-the name of that person from the voter registration re cords it maintains, except that 24
-no voter's name may be removed during the period of time the registration books 25
-are closed for any primary, general, or special election. 26
-(5) Upon receipt of notification from a local or state jurisdiction that a voter has 27
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-registered to vote in the new local or state jurisdiction outside of the 1
-Commonwealth, the State Board of Elections shall within five (5) days cause the 2
-removal of the name of that person from the voter registration records that it 3
-maintains, except that no  voter's name may be removed during the period of time 4
-the registration books are closed for any primary, regular election, or special 5
-election. 6
-(6) Following the purge of a name from the records of the State Board of Elections, the 7
-state board shall notify the clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the action; 8
-and the county clerk shall within ten (10) days update the county voter registration 9
-files to reflect the necessary change. If a protest is filed by the voter, the county 10
-board shall hear it  at its next regular monthly meeting. If the county board decides 11
-in favor of the protesting voter, the voter's registration record shall be restored, 12
-including his or her voting record. If the protest is filed while the registration books 13
-are closed and the county board decides in favor of the protesting voter, the county 14
-board shall issue the voter an "Authorization to Vote" for the upcoming election 15
-and the voter's record shall be restored when the registration books open following 16
-the election. 17
+HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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+KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT FORM
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+2026 REGULAR SESSION
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+Amend printed copy of SB 147/GA
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+Amendment No. HFA  Rep. Rep. Deanna Gordon
+
+Committee Amendment   Signed:
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+Floor Amendment   LRC Drafter:
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+Adopted:   Date:
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+Rejected:   Doc. ID: XXXX
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+Page 1 of 1
+  On page 7, after line 17, by inserting:
+"SECTION 4.   A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 214 IS CREATED TO READ
+AS FOLLOWS:
+(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall include alpha -gal syndrome in its list
+of noncommunicable diseases that health care providers and health care facilities are
+required to report to a local health department or to the Department for Public Health in
+accordance with KRS 214.010.
+(2) The laboratory that confirms a positive test result of alpha-gal syndrome shall submit the
+confirmation to the Department for Public Health wit hin five (5) days using a reporting
+system required by the department. The laboratory shall use diagnostic tests for alpha -
+gal syndrome that are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control
+and Prevention (CDC).
+(3) The department shall follow up annually on reported cases of alpha -gal syndrome using
+appropriate random sampling methods for confirming that positive cases continue to
+meet the most current CDC surveillance case definition of alpha-gal syndrome.
+(4) The department shall submit a n annual report to the CDC summarizing its findings
+related to the reporting and incidence of alpha-gal syndrome.".