Bill Summary for Bill Number HB12-1041

Date: 02/08/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1041

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved Amendment L.002 (Attachment A). After a brie Refer House Bill 12-1041 to the Committee on Appro	PASS

02:42 PM -- House Bill 12-1041 - Creation of an Electronic Death Registration System

Representative Labuda, prime sponsor, explained that House Bill 12-1041 requires the Department of Public Health and Environment (DPHE) to create an electronic death registration system to allow persons responsible for reporting death information to the Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to do so electronically. She noted that the proposed system is an alternative to the current paper-based system that relies on the hand delivery of death certificates to required locations, and that requires families to travel to the county in which a death occurs for purposes of obtaining copies of death certificates.

Representative Kefalas distributed Amendment L.002 (Attachment A) and a staff memorandum on the fiscal assessment of the amendment (Attachment B) to the committee. A brief discussion on the fee structure in the bill ensued.

The following persons testified:

02:48 PM -- Mr. Bob O'Doherty, representing Colorado Public Health and Environment, responded to committee questions and testified in support of the bill.

02:51 PM -- Mr. Chuck Bowman, representing the Colorado Funeral Directors Association, testified in support of the legislation.

03:07 PM -- Ms. Lora Thomas, representing the Colorado Coroners Association, testified in support of the legislation.


BILL:	HB12-1041
TIME:	03:08:34 PM
MOVED:	Kefalas
MOTION:	Moved Amendment L.002 (Attachment A). After a brief committee discussion, the motion was withdrawn.
SECONDED:	Kagan
		VOTE
	Acree
	Beezley
	Conti
	Hullinghorst
	Joshi
	Kagan
	Kefalas
	Labuda
	McCann
	Pabon
	Swalm
	Swerdfeger
	DelGrosso

YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:


BILL:	HB12-1041
TIME:	03:14:16 PM
MOVED:	McCann
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 12-1041 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1.
SECONDED:	Pabon
		VOTE
	Acree	Yes
	Beezley	Yes
	Conti	Yes
	Hullinghorst	Yes
	Joshi	Yes
	Kagan	Yes
	Kefalas	No
	Labuda	Yes
	McCann	Yes
	Pabon	Yes
	Swalm	Yes
	Swerdfeger	Yes
	DelGrosso	Yes

Final YES: 12 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS