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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 103210) to Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to death certificates. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law requires that each death be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths in the district in which the death was officially pronounced or the body was found. Existing law establishes the required contents of the death certificate, including, but not limited to, the decedent’s name, sex, race, and the disease or conditions leading directly to death and antecedent causes, among other relevant identifying and medical information. </html:p>
<html:p>When the facts are incorrectly stated in a certificate of death, including a typographical error, existing law authorizes a person to make an affidavit under oath stating the changes necessary to make the record correct. Existing law requires that specified information be filed with the state or local registrar, and if the amendments are accepted, the State Registrar is required to transmit copies of
the amendment to the county recorder in whose offices the copies of the original record and information are on file. Existing law requires the amendment to be filed with and become a part of the record to which it pertains.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize a family member of the deceased, when a judicial determination is made on the manner of a deceased person’s death, to submit a written request to the State Registrar for a new death certificate reflecting the newly determined manner of death. This bill would require the request to be supported by a certified copy of the plea, verdict, statement of decision, or a judgment showing that the manner of death was determined by a finder of fact to be different than stated on the existing certificate. The bill would require the State Registrar to review the request and issue a new death certificate if specified conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the request identifies the determination of manner of death in
the certified court record. The bill would require the State Registrar to transmit copies of the new death certificate and the new certificate will supplant any previously issued certificate for the deceased person. The bill would require the local registrar to transmit any copies of the previously issued death certificate to the State Registrar if it is practical to do so and if it is not practical to do so, seal a cover over the copy, as specified. </html:p>
<html:p>By imposing new duties on local registrars, this bill would impose a state-mandated program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 103210) is added to Part 1 of Division 102 of the
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, to read:
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(a)
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When a judicial determination of a manner of a deceased person’s death has become final, a family member of the deceased may submit a written request to the State Registrar for a new death certificate for the deceased person on the ground that the manner of death stated on the registered certificate does not reflect the ultimate judicial determination. The request shall be supported by a certified copy of the plea, verdict, statement of decision, or judgment showing either expressly or implicitly that the manner of death was determined by a finder of fact to be different than stated on the existing certificate.
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(b)
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The State Registrar shall review the request and issue a new death certificate with the judicially determined manner of death
identified in the request if all of the following criteria are met:
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(1)
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The request identifies the determination of manner of death in the certified court record.
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(2)
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The request identifies a differing manner of death stated on the existing certificate.
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(3)
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The request is accompanied with the payment of the fee required by Section 103700.
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(c)
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Once the certificate is issued, the State Registrar shall transmit copies of the new death certificate to both of the following:
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(1)
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The local registrar and county recorder in whose offices copies of the previously issued death certificate are on file.
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(2)
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The person who submitted the
request.
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(d)
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Upon receipt of the new death certificate, the local registrar and county recorder shall transmit any copies of the previously issued death certificate to the State Registrar if it is practical to do so. If it is impractical to do so, then they shall effectually seal a cover over the copy in a manner as not to deface or destroy the copy and forward a verified statement of their action to the state registrar.
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(e)
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The new death certificate shall supplant any previously issued death certificate registered for the deceased person and shall be the only death certificate of the deceased person open to public inspection. The request and previously issued death certificate shall remain as part of the records of the State Registrar. All records and information referred to in this section, other than the newly issued death certificate, shall be available only upon the order of
a court of competent jurisdiction.
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<html:p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</html:p>
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