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:  
2024-9 HS  
Title of proposed rule set:  
COMPLETION, FILING, AND REGISTRATION OF VITAL RECORDS DOCUMENTS  
3. Purpose for 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.  
4. Summary of 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.  
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  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
7/15/2024 01:00 PM 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=1516  
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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