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Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

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Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Father, Parent/Parent

Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : Yes, through court order

Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : Yes, through court order

Data Use-Require Agreement for Partners Within Health Department : Yes

Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : Yes

Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : Yes

Data Use-How Do You Share : SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, Secure Email, Email, STEVE, PDF or Excel, System Exports

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : None

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : Cells based on one or two events must be suppressed; if row or column totals allow for discerning counts of one or two by subtraction, suppression will increase as needed.

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : N/A

EBRS-Vendor : Genesis Systems, Inc.

EBRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)

EBRS-Year Updated : 2024

EBRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2028

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-Homelessness : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : Genesis

EDRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)

EDRS-Year Updated : 2024

EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2028

EDRS-Spell Check : Yes

EDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EDRS-API Capability : No

EDRS-Homelessness : No

EDRS-VIEWS : Yes. Version 2.0

EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : No

EFDRS-Vendor : Genesis

EFDRS-System Name : Colorado Vital Events System (COVES)

EFDRS-Year Updated : Replacing old Access database. New module in development within COVES.

EFDRS-Next Update Scheduled : Go live Jan 2025

EFDRS-Spell Check : Yes

EFDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EFDRS-API Capability : No

Fees-Birth Certificates : $20.00

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $13.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $20.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $20.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $13.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $20.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $17.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $10.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : $17.00

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $13.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $20.00

Fees-Amending Medical Items : $0.00

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Privacy Rules

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 62141

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 45741

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 436

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 15026

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 45598

General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 16410

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 1

General Questions-Coroners Amount : 62

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 226

General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Issuance, Home birth registration, Death Drop to Paper processing, Fetal Death registration

General Questions-Local Registrar Chain of Command : Deputy > Local Registrar > State Registrar

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Applicants for access to birth records are subject to review and approvals at appropriate levels.

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : Applicants for access to birth records are subject to review and approvals at appropriate levels.

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : Yes

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : No

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Verification

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Yes

Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : Yes

Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : Yes

Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 10

Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 72 hours Funeral Homes, 72 hours Medical Certifier

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, X, Not yet determined

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No

Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female, Unknown

Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Administrative Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Court Ordered Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Self-attestation on Sex Designation Form + Pay fee

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1039

Sex Designation-Notes : Individuals may self-attest the change to their sex designation when submitting a sex designation change form and paying the fee. They may only do it one time as any subsequent requests to change their sex designation will require a court order.

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-System Name : N/A - decentralized, county coroner system

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Vendor : N/A

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Latest Update : N/A

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Next Scheduled Update : N/A

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Connected with EDRS or EFDRS : No

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