110 STAT. 3009-717 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996
which birth records are stored and birth certificates are produced from such records.
(2) GRANTS TO STATES. —
(A) ASSISTANCE IN MEETING FEDERAL STANDARDS. —
(i) IN GENERAL.— Beginning on the date a final
regulation is promulgated under paragraph (1)(B), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting
through the Director of the National Center for Health
Statistics and after consulting with the head of any
other agency designated by the President, shall make
grants to States to assist them in issuing birth certificates that conform to the standards set forth in the
regulation.
(ii) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.— The Secretary shall
provide grants to States under this subparagraph in
proportion to the populations of the States applying
to receive a grant and in an amount needed to provide
a substantial incentive for States to issue birth certificates that conform to the standards described in clause
(i).
(B) ASSISTANCE IN MATCHING BIRTH AND DEATH
RECORDS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Director of the
National Center for Health Statistics and after consulting with the head of any other agency designated by
the President, shall make grants to States to assist
them in developing the capability to match birth and
death records, within each State and among the States,
and to note the fact of death on the birth certificates
of deceased persons. In developing the capability
described in the preceding sentence, a State that
receives a grant under this subparagraph shall focus
first on individuals born after 1950.
(ii) ALLOCATION AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—The
Secretary shall provide grants to States under this
subparagraph in proportion to the populations of the
States applying to receive a grant and in an amount
needed to provide a substantial incentive for States
to develop the capability described in clause (i).
(C) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, acting through the Director
of the National Center for Health Statistics, shall make
grants to States for a project in each of 5 States to demonstrate the feasibility of a system under which persons
otherwise required to report the death of individuals to
a State would be required to provide to the State's office
of vital statistics sufficient information to establish the
fact of death of every individual dying in the State within
24 hours of acquiring the information.
(3) BIRTH CERTIFICATE. —As used in this subsection, the
term "birth certificate" means a certificate of birth—
(A) of—
(i) an individual born in the United States; or
(ii) an individual born abroad—
(I) who is a citizen or national of the United
States at birth; and
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