Division of Vital Records Administration

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New Hampshire Department of State

• Division of Vital Records Administration
• http//www.sos.nh.gov/vitalrecords

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Legislative History

• SB 128 motivations
• Privacy of Vital Records
• Protection of budget
• Benefit to HAVA
• Better environmental controls for records
• Bill amendments
• Adherence to NCHS standards
• Creation of IRB funded by sales of new Heirloom
  Birth Certificate
• Assurance of access to vital records by DHHS
  through Direct and Tangible language
• Bill passed as trailer on budget bill effective
  date was July, 2003

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Since July, 2003

• Continued to provide ODS to DHHS EDW until May,
  when new format of 2003 revisions stopped data
  dump
• Continue to issue daily bioterrorism reports
• IRB not yet formed but the intent is to direct
  all requests for confidential data elements to go
  through IRB
• Working with architect for office relocation to
  Records and Archives Building

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Since July, Cont.

• CNSI development of NHVRIN (New Hampshire Vital
  Records Information Network)
• Migration of VRV2000 client/server app to .NET
  web application
• April 19 Death went live
• July 19 Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Fetal Death
  going live (along with business layer)

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NHVRIN Benefits

• .NET application will be easily
  developed/maintained by inhouse staff
• Software upgrades are no longer horribly
  expensive or problematic
• Users access will be greatly improved
• Connectivity becomes less of an issue
• Incorporation of OVS, NCHS standard revisions,
  NCHS/NAPHSIS use case modeling
• Inclusion of certifying physician

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