Relating to the availability to the public of certain deceased individuals’ anonymized biographical information and immunization record data

This bill relates to the public availability of anonymized biographical information and immunization record data of certain deceased individuals.26 on or after January 1, 2020, to first create, and assign an individual identifier to, a report for each individual that includes biographical information collected from the individual’s death certificate including the individual’s year of birth, year of death, biological sex, ethnicity, and cause of death using international classification of diseases codes. HHS is then required to search the immunization registry information system to collect immunization data for all available vaccinations for each deceased individual. If the deceased individual is under 18 years of age, HHS shall collect the entire immunization record data set of the individual. If the deceased individual is 18 years of age or older, HHS shall collect the immunization record data set for the 24 months immediately preceding the individual’s date of death. Following collection of the immunization data, HHS shall create a report and assign the same individual identifier to the individual’s collected immunization data as assigned to the individual’s collected biographical information. Following the collection of the biographical information and immunization data and the creation of the reports, HHS shall make both anonymized reports available to the public in a digital, downloadable format, such as a comma-separate text file. HHS shall not reproduce, release, or disclose the information compiled under the bill for any purpose other than for the purposes of the bill. Beginning July 1, 2024, and thereafter, HHS shall comply with the bill for each death certificate filed in the state within 90 days of the filing of the death certificate. The bill defines “immunization record data set” for the purposes of the bill.