An Act protecting personal identifying information on records of death
By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1540) of Barry R. Finegold for legislation to make it unlawful to disclose identifying information contained in death records. Public Health.
Death certificates; privacy
Removes a decedent's social security number from their publicly available death certificate, creating a new class of unredacted, restricted death certificate containing the SSN that may only be accessed by the decedent's next of kin, a legal agent or government agency, and the funeral home. A copy of the death certificate without the SSN will remain a public record.
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