LD 1202
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LD 1202 Title Page Resolve, To Study the Accessibility of Birth Certificates and Other Vital Recor... LD 1202 Title Page
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Sec. 1. Access to vital records study. Resolved: That the Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records shall study
the provisions of the freedom of access laws in the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 1, chapter 13 as those laws relate to access to
vital records, such as birth, death and marriage certificates,
especially in relation to Title 22, section 2706, which allows a
state registrar or municipal clerk to restrict access to those
vital records. The office shall determine what criteria are used
by state registrars and municipal clerks in providing access to
vital records. The office shall determine whether a more uniform
process is needed to balance the requirements of the freedom of
access laws against the prevention of identity theft and the
privacy rights of adoptees. If a better process is needed, the
office shall determine what the better process is and report by
January 4, 2006 to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd
Legislature with the office's findings, recommendations and any
necessary implementing legislation.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Vital Records to study the effects of the
freedom of access laws on the ability of registrars to restrict
access to vital records, such as certificates of birth, death and
marriage. The purpose of the study is to reduce identity theft
and preserve the rights of adoptees while balancing the right of
the public to access certain records.

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