04/04/2012 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 129(FIN)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to providing a death certificate for                                                                      
     a deceased veteran without charge."                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:18:25 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TED MADSEN,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE MAX  GRUENBERG, explained                                                                    
that the  bill provided four  copies of a  death certificate                                                                    
for  a  deceased veteran  for  the  purposes of  eligibility                                                                    
benefits.  The  eligible   individual  was  responsible  for                                                                    
acquiring  the  certificates  from the  Division  of  Public                                                                    
Heath, (Department of Health and Social Services).                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  pointed out that the  Department of Health                                                                    
and Social Services fiscal note  (FN 1 DHS) appropriated $75                                                                    
thousand  in  general  funds to  replace  the  reduction  in                                                                    
program receipts for the Bureau of Vital Statistics.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to report  SCS CSHB 129(STA)  out of                                                                    
committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:19:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 129(STA)  was REPORTED out of committee  with a "do                                                                    
pass" recommendation and with  a previously published fiscal                                                                    
impact note: FN2 (DHSS)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:20:08 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:25:33 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED