1. Division of Vital Records Administration http://www.sos.nh.gov/vitalrecords New Hampshire Department of State

2. 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

4. 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

6. 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)

7. NHVRIN Benefits .NET application will be easily developed/maintained by inhouse staff  Software upgrades are no longer horribly expensive or problematic  User’s 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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