Senate File 2081 SENATE FILE BY KREIMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the issuance of certified copies of death 2 certificates. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5034XS 80 5 rh/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 144.45B EXPEDITED ISSUANCE OF 1 2 CERTIFIED COPIES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES. 1 3 Upon application by an attorney or other officer of the 1 4 court involved in a court proceeding, the department shall, by 1 5 rule, provide for an expedited procedure for the issuance of a 1 6 certified copy of a certificate of death in cases in which 1 7 compliance with the otherwise prescribed time frame for 1 8 issuance would result in undue hardship. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill directs the department of public health to adopt 1 11 rules providing for an expedited procedure for the issuance of 1 12 a certified copy of a death certificate to an attorney or 1 13 other officer of the court involved in a court proceeding in 1 14 cases in which compliance with the otherwise prescribed time 1 15 frame for issuance would result in undue hardship. 1 16 LSB 5034XS 80 1 17 rh/sh/8 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35