Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Health and Human Services  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Public Health Administration  
Name of person completing this form:  
Talisa Gauthier  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-284-4853  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
GauthierT1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Brennan  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2024-8 HS  
Title of proposed rule set:  
AMENDMENTS TO VITAL RECORDS  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The general purpose of the Amendments to Vital Records ruleset, R 325.3250 to R 325.3267, is to  
establish definitions, requirements, and processes needed to amend or change birth and death  
certificates, and other vital records after they are filed.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The Amendments to Vital Records rules establish definitions, requirements, and processes needed to  
amend or change birth and death certificates, and other vital record after they are filed. Changes  
primarily address processes that have changed in transition from paper to electronic vital records.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Battle Creek Enquirer, June 20, 2024.  
Oakland Press, June 21, 2024.  
Marquette Mining Journal, June 21, 2024.  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
7/1/2024  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7/15/2024 09:00 AM at Room 1A , 333 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1515  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Jeffrey Duncan, State Registrar and Director, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics.  
Jaime Kennedy, Accreditation Coordinator, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics.  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Comments  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
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14.Date report completed:  
7/25/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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