Item 291 | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 |
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Vital Records and Health Statistics (40400) | $7,773,247 | $7,773,247 |
Health Statistics (40401) | FY2017 $1,357,169 | FY2018 $1,357,169 |
Vital Records (40402) | FY2017 $6,416,078 | FY2018 $6,416,078 |
Fund Sources: | | |
Special | FY2017 $7,156,746 | FY2018 $7,156,746 |
Federal Trust | FY2017 $616,501 | FY2018 $616,501 |
Authority: §§ 8.01-217, 32.1-249 through 32.1-276, Code of Virginia; and P.L. 93-353, as amended, Federal Code.
A. Effective July 1, 2004, the standard vital records fee shall be $12.00 and the fee for the expedited record search shall be $48.00.
B. The Department of Health shall report on efforts to address changes to the Electronic Death Registry System that would improve the system to make it easier for filing death certificates, address interoperability concerns by users, and provide technical assistance to system users, and other improvements. The department shall report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 1, 2016.
C. Notwithstanding § 32.1-273.D, Code of Virginia, the revenues generated from the sale of birth, marriage, or divorce records in state administered health districts shall be distributed between the districts that issue the records and the Division of Vital Records. The revenues will be split with 65 percent remaining in the district to support the costs of that district and 35 percent to be transferred to the Division of Vital Records to support ongoing infrastructure costs associated with the collection, retention and issuance of the Commonwealth's vital records.