SB760-SSA1,4,85 48.195 (1) Taking child into custody. In addition to being taken into custody
6under s. 48.19, a child whom a law enforcement officer, emergency medical services
7practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), or hospital staff member reasonably believes
8to be 72 hours old or younger may be taken into custody under circumstances in
9which a parent of the child relinquishes custody of the child to the law enforcement
10officer, emergency medical services practitioner, or hospital staff member and does
11not express an intent to return for the child. If a parent who wishes to relinquish
12custody of his or her child under this subsection is unable to travel to a sheriff's office,
13police station, fire station, hospital, or other place where a law enforcement officer,
14emergency medical services practitioner, or hospital staff member is located, the
15parent may dial the telephone number “911" or, in an area in which the telephone
16number “911" is not available, the number for an emergency medical service

1provider, and the person receiving the call shall dispatch a law enforcement officer
2or emergency medical services practitioner to meet the parent and take the child into
3custody. A law enforcement officer, emergency medical services practitioner, or
4hospital staff member who takes a child into custody under this subsection shall take
5any action necessary to protect the health and safety of the child, shall, within 24
6hours after taking the child into custody, deliver the child to the intake worker under
7s. 48.20, and shall, within 5 days after taking the child into custody, file a birth
8certificate record for the child under s. 69.14 (3).
SB760-SSA1,2 9Section 2. 48.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,4,1810 48.385 (2) Identification documents and other information. Except as
11provided in this subsection, ensure that the child is in possession of a certified copy
12of the child's birth certificate record, a social security card issued by the federal social
13security administration, information on maintaining health care coverage, a copy of
14the child's health care records, and either an operator's license issued under ch. 343
15or an identification card issued under s. 343.50. If the child is not in possession of
16any of those documents or that information, the agency shall assist the child in
17obtaining any missing document or information. This subsection does not apply to
18a child who has been placed in out-of-home care for less than 6 months.
SB760-SSA1,3 19Section 3. 48.432 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,4,2120 48.432 (1) (am) 1. The mother designated on the individual's or adoptee's
21original birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,4 22Section 4. 48.94 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,5,6 2348.94 (title) New birth certificate record. (1) After entry of the order
24granting the adoption the clerk of the court shall promptly mail a copy thereof to the
25state bureau of vital statistics records and furnish any additional data needed for the

1new birth certificate record. Whenever the parents by adoption, or the adopting
2parent and a birth parent who is the spouse of the adopting parent, request, that the
3birth certificate record for the person adopted be not changed, then the court shall
4so order. In such event no new birth certificate record shall be filed by the state
5registrar of vital statistics, notwithstanding the provisions of s. 69.15 (2) or any other
6law of this state.
SB760-SSA1,5,12 7(2) (intro.) If the court issues an order under s. 69.15 (2) (d) to restore the
8information from an adoptee's original birth certificate record, the state registrar
9shall issue a new birth certificate containing the information from the adoptee's
10original birth certificate record, except for the adoptee's given name at birth, if
11different. The restoration of any birth parent's name on the adoptee's birth
12certificate record does not do any of the following:
SB760-SSA1,5 13Section 5. 49.22 (7g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,5,1714 49.22 (7g) (a) Training to hospital staff members concerning the form
15acknowledgment that is prescribed by the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. and
16concerning the significance and benefits of, and alternatives to, of establishing
17paternity.
SB760-SSA1,6 18Section 6. 49.785 (1r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,5,2019 49.785 (1r) (b) Fees assessed for the signing of a death certificate record by a
20coroner or medical examiner.
SB760-SSA1,7 21Section 7. 49.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,322 49.84 (2) At the time of application, the agency administering the public
23assistance program shall apply to the department of health services for a certified
24copy of a birth certificate record for the applicant if the applicant is required to
25provide a birth certificate or social security number as part of the application and for

1any person in the applicant's household who is required to provide a birth certificate
2or social security number. The department of health services shall provide without
3charge any copy for which application is made under this subsection.
SB760-SSA1,8 4Section 8. 59.365 (1) (b) and (3) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,65 59.365 (1) (b) Fees assessed for the signing of a death certificate record by a
6coroner or medical examiner.
SB760-SSA1,6,16 7(3) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) (a) and (b) and (2), if a board that had been
8providing coroner or lay medical examiner services begins providing physician
9medical examiner services under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement
10under s. 66.0301 after December 31, 2015, and before April 1, 2016, the board may
11one time set the fee assessed for the signing of a death certificate record at an amount
12exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100 and
13may one time set the fee assessed for the issuance of a cremation permit at an amount
14exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100.
15Fees under this paragraph may be established without regard to any change in the
16U.S. consumer price index.
SB760-SSA1,9 17Section 9. 59.43 (1c) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,1918 59.43 (1c) (b) Perform the duties that are related to vital statistics records
19under ss. 69.05 and 69.07.
SB760-SSA1,10 20Section 10. 69.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,2421 69.01 (8) “Direction of the state registrar" means the determination in
22individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative
23rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications
24within the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,11 25Section 11. 69.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,3
169.01 (10) “File" means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial
2incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital
3statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,12 4Section 12. 69.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,65 69.01 (11) “Filing party" means any person who submits a vital record to a local
6registrar for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,13 7Section 13. 69.01 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,98 69.01 (15) (b) The city registrar responsible for filing certificates of births or
9certificates of births and deaths
death records in his or her city.
SB760-SSA1,14 10Section 14. 69.01 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,1411 69.01 (16m) “Medical certification" means those portions of a death certificate
12record that provide the cause of death, the manner of death, injury-related data, and
13any other medically-related data that is collected as prescribed by the state registrar
14under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) 2.
SB760-SSA1,15 15Section 15. 69.01 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,1716 69.01 (19) “Registrant" means the subject of a certificate record or declaration
17which a local registrar has accepted for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,16 18Section 16. 69.01 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,2119 69.01 (21) “Registration district" means a county, except that a city approved
20under s. 69.04 is a registration district for filing certificates of births or certificates
21of births and deaths
death records occurring in the city.
SB760-SSA1,17 22Section 17. 69.01 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,2423 69.01 (24) “State registrar" means the state registrar of vital statistics records
24appointed by the department under s. 69.02 (1) (b).
SB760-SSA1,18 25Section 18. 69.01 (25) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1
169.01 (25) (intro.) “System of vital statistics” records" means:
SB760-SSA1,19 2Section 19. 69.01 (26) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,53 69.01 (26) (a) Certificates Records of birth, death, divorce or annulment, and
4termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents, and declarations of
5domestic partnership.
SB760-SSA1,20 6Section 20. 69.01 (26) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,87 69.01 (26) (c) Data related to documents records under par. (a) or worksheets
8under par. (b).
SB760-SSA1,21 9Section 21. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1310 69.01 (27) “Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates records of
11birth, death, divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership,
12marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports, or
13related reports.
SB760-SSA1,22 14Section 22. 69.02 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1515 69.02 (1) (a) Establish a unit called the office of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,23 16Section 23. 69.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1717 69.03 (2) Direct the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,24 18Section 24. 69.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1919 69.03 (3) Supervise the office of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,25 20Section 25. 69.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,2321 69.03 (4) Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital statistics records
22and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other
23means, as determined by the state registrar.
SB760-SSA1,26 24Section 26. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,14
169.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
2acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates of birth and death, original
3marriage documents, original divorce reports, original declarations of domestic
4partnership,
and original certificates of termination of records of birth, death,
5divorce, and
domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20
6(3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of
7occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file
8number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper
9original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61
10(5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper
11original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter,
12the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original
13of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the
14original vital record.
SB760-SSA1,27 15Section 27. 69.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,1716 69.03 (6) Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital
17statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,28 18Section 28. 69.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,2019 69.03 (7) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and
20procedures in this state in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,29 21Section 29. 69.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,2522 69.03 (11) Provide a copy or notice of Make available any vital record or
23court-ordered change of fact prepared by the state registrar under ss. 69.14 (1) (h)
24and (2) (a) and (b) 5., 69.15, 69.16 (2) and 69.19 or any authorization for an
25amendment under ss. 69.11 and 69.12 to the register of deeds of the county where the

1event which is the subject of the vital record, change of fact or amendment occurred
2and, if the event occurred in a city which is a registration district and responsible for
3registering the event, to the city registrar of the city.
SB760-SSA1,30 4Section 30. 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,115 69.03 (14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
6parents about birth certificates records including how to add the name of the father
7of a child whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth
8of the child to the birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father will
9not sign an affidavit, through a paternity action; the legal significance and future
10medical advantages to the child of having the father's name inserted on the birth
11certificate record; and the availability of services under s. 49.22.
SB760-SSA1,31 12Section 31. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,1613 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1459.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
15who reside in that county for whom no father's name has been inserted on the
16registrant's birth certificate record within 6 months of birth.
SB760-SSA1,32 17Section 32. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,33 18Section 33. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and
19amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,2520 69.04 (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district
21for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar has approved the
22city for registration of births under subd. 1. and
if the state registrar determines that
23the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of
24death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death
25records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.
SB760-SSA1,34
1Section 34. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,32 69.04 (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital
3records except as provided under pars. (b) and par. (c).
SB760-SSA1,35 4Section 35. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,36 5Section 36. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,86 69.04 (2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved
7by the state registrar for registering death certificates records, the office of the city
8registrar shall be the place for filing.
SB760-SSA1,37 9Section 37. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,1110 69.04 (3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to
11the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.
SB760-SSA1,38 12Section 38. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.
SB760-SSA1,39 13Section 39. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,1914 69.05 (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by
15photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that
16a local registrar may destroy birth certificates vital records on file for more than 365
17days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the
18state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified
19copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
SB760-SSA1,40 20Section 40. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,2421 69.06 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
22to every original certificate records of birth and death which he or she has been
23approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is are properly presented in his or her
24office.
SB760-SSA1,41 25Section 41. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.
SB760-SSA1,42
1Section 42. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,42 69.07 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
3to every original vital record properly records presented in his or her office under this
4chapter
.
SB760-SSA1,43 5Section 43. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,44 6Section 44. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,87 69.08 (1) Is on a form prepared in the method prescribed or supplied for the
8record
by the state registrar.
SB760-SSA1,45 9Section 45. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,1210 69.08 (2) Is prepared on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method
11prescribed
or is printed legibly in black permanent ink applied directly to the form
12paper.
SB760-SSA1,46 13Section 46. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,1514 69.08 (3) Supplies all items of information required by the form or gives a
15reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.
SB760-SSA1,47 16Section 47. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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