Bill Text: HI HB2694 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2694 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Fees.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-11 - Act 174, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). [HB2694 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2694-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2694
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FEES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 338-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The department of health shall establish reasonable fees to be paid for certified copies of certificates; provided that the department shall furnish, free of charge[~~, a~~]:

(1) A certified copy of any of the records, or a certification of birth, to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States, the veteran's wife, any member of the immediate family of a veteran or the next of kin of a deceased veteran, when required for use in connection with a claim based on service in the armed forces of the United States[.]; and

(2) A certification of birth to any individual who is homeless; provided that the individual's homeless status is corroborated by a verification letter issued by a homeless service provider.

Subject to sections 338-16, 338-17, and 338-18, the National Center for Health Statistics may obtain transcripts and statistical summaries on computer tapes of certificates or, without payment of fees, certified copies; provided the State is put to no expense in connection therewith.

A reasonable fee shall be charged for any correction in the items on a vital statistics certificate initiated by the registrant or the registrant's parent or representative if the registrant is a minor."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2021; provided that section 338-14(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.

Report Title:

Birth Certificates; Homeless; Waiver of Fees

Description:

Requires the Department of Health to furnish, free of charge, certified copies of birth certificates for any individual who is homeless, provided the individual's homeless status is corroborated by a verification letter issued by a homeless service provider. Repeals June 30, 2021. (HB2694 CD1)

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