BIL: 5187

TYP: Joint Resolution JR

INB: House

IND: 20020425

PSP: Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee H3M 27

SPO: Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

DDN: l:\council\bills\swb\5343ac02.doc

RBY: Senate

COM: Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA

SUB: DHEC regulation, vital statistics (D.No. 2719)

HST:

Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved

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Senate 20020501 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA

referred to Committee

House 20020501 Read third time, sent to Senate

House 20020430 Read second time

House 20020425 Introduced, read first time

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20020425

TXT:

INTRODUCED

April 25, 2002

H.5187

Introduced by Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee

S. Printed 4/25/02--H.

Read the first time April 25, 2002.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2719, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Vital Statistics, designated as Regulation Document Number 2719, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

This amendment will substantially amend Regulation 6119, Vital Statistics, to ensure that birth, death, and fetal death data captured is in compliance with the new standard model adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for implementation January 2004.

NCHS is the federal government’s principal vital and health statistics agency. NCHS provides a wide variety of data with which the health of our nation is monitored. NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle, and exposure to unhealthy influences, etc. This data is used by policymakers in Congress and the Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health community.

The philosophy of the standard certificates/reports being implemented in January 2004 was based on an electronic process to register vital events, not to design a word processing package to complete a paper document. Revised vital record software packages are being structured to interface with hospital patient record packages, funeral director packages, etc. A major emphasis of the 2004 revision is to improve quality. A system will not just capture a response; the system will capture quality information. Therefore, it is imperative for the State of South Carolina to revise regulations to ensure that our State collects its vital event data on the new standard model beginning January 1, 2004.

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