Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
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  
Email of person completing this form:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Brennan  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2024-9 HS  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
COMPLETION, FILING, AND REGISTRATION OF VITAL RECORDS DOCUMENTS  
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:  
The general purpose of this ruleset is to establish requirements for completion filing and registration of vital records,  
including birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce records. Changes are primarily to address processes that  
have changed in the transition from paper to electronic vital records.  
2. Summary of the proposed rules:  
The Completion, Filing, and Registration of Vital Records Documents establish requirements for completion filing and  
registration of vital records, including birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce records. Changes primarily  
address processes that have changed in transition from paper to electronic vital records.  
3. 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.  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
7/1/2024  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
7/15/2024 01:00 PM at Room 1A, 333 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
7. 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.  
8. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
10. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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