Bill Text: MI HB4153 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Records; birth; definition of certain individuals eligible for different fees and procedure to obtain birth certificate; provide for. Amends sec. 2803 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2803). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4152'19
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-04 - Assigned Pa 54'20 With Immediate Effect [HB4153 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4153-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4153
February 6, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Guerra, Steven Johnson, Love, Howell, Brann, Clemente, LaFave and Cynthia Johnson and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 2803 (MCL 333.2803), as amended by 2012 PA 499.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2803. (1) "Abortion" means that term as defined in
section 17015.
(2) "Dead body" means a human body or fetus, or a part of a
dead human body or fetus, in a condition from which it may
reasonably be concluded that death has occurred.
(3) "Eligible individual" means an individual who is the
subject of a birth record that is only available through the office
of the state registrar and who meets any of the following:
(a) He or she was born in the jurisdiction of the office of
the local registrar where the certified copy of the birth record is
being sought.
(b) If the individual was adopted and his or her actual place
of birth is not listed on the birth record, his or her adoption was
ordered by a probate court that is located in the jurisdiction of
the office of the local registrar where the certified copy of the
birth record is being sought.
(4)
(3) "Fetal death" means the death of a fetus
that has
completed at least 20 weeks of gestation or weighs at least 400
grams.
Fetal death includes a stillbirth. The definition shall must
conform in all other respects as closely as possible to the
definition recommended by the federal agency responsible for vital
statistics.
(5) (4)
"Fetal remains" means a
dead fetus or part of a dead
fetus that has completed at least 10 weeks of gestation or has
reached the stage of development that, upon visual inspection of
the fetus or part of the fetus, the head, torso, or extremities
appear to be supported by skeletal or cartilaginous structures.
Fetal remains do not include the umbilical cord or placenta.
(6) (5)
"File" means to present a
certificate, report, or
other record to the local registrar for registration by the state
registrar.
(7) (6)
"Final disposition" means
the burial, cremation,
interment, or other legal disposition of a dead body or fetal
remains.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. ____ (request no.
00318'19 *) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.
