SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1034
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEELMAN.
Read 1st time February 21, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
3402S.02I
AN ACT
To repeal section 193.245, RSMo 1994, relating to vital records, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 193.245, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 193.245, to read as follows:
193.245. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any such record except as authorized by this law and by regulation or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or in the following situations:
(1) A listing of persons who are born or who die on a particular date may be disclosed upon request, but no information from the record other than the name and the date of such birth or death shall be disclosed;
(2) The department may authorize the disclosure of information contained in vital records for legitimate research purposes;
(3) The department may authorize the disclosure of birth and death records that are at least seventy-two years old, based on the date the records are requested and shall release microfilms of such birth and death records, along with indexes to such birth and death records, to the state archives. Fees shall be assessed equivalent to the cost of copying the records;
(4) To a qualified applicant as provided in section 193.255.