Sec. 19a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-15d). Transmittal of vital records to other states and the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 19a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-15d). Transmittal of vital records to other
states and the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (a) The
Department of Public Health may, by agreement, transmit copies of vital records required by sections 7-42, 7-45, 7-46, 7-47b, 7-48, 7-50, 7-57, 7-60, 7-62b, 7-62c, 7-64,
7-65, 7-68 and 19a-41 to 19a-45, inclusive, to offices of vital statistics outside this state
when such records relate to residents of those jurisdictions or persons born in those
jurisdictions. The agreement shall require that the copies be used for statistical and
administrative purposes only and the agreement shall further provide for the retention
and disposition of such copies. Copies received by the department from offices of vital
statistics in other states shall be handled in the same manner as prescribed in this section.
(b) The Department of Public Health shall, by agreement, transmit to the United
States Department of Health and Human Services information concerning individuals
for whom a death certificate has been issued pursuant to section 7-62b. Such agreement
may not include any restrictions on the use of the information, except that the agreement
may provide that the information may only be used by a federal agency for purposes of
ensuring that federal benefits or other payments are not erroneously paid to deceased
individuals.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 15; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-18, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 33.)
History: Sec. 19-15d transferred to Sec. 19a-45 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with
department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-18 added Subsec. (b) requiring department to transmit death certificate information to United States Department of Health and Human Services, effective May
2, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner
and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.