Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Additional Info
Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Parent, Father/Parent
Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : No
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : No
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 : STEVE, SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, System exports, STEVE, Secure FTP in support data formats, and reports in PDF or excel
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : Numerator-denominator rule as designed by Garland Land MDHSS 2001 used for web-based data query system.
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : 6
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : Not Used
EBRS-Vendor : ManTech
EBRS-System Name : VRVWeb
EBRS-Year Updated : 2024
EBRS-Next Update Scheduled : 2025
EBRS-Geocoding : Yes
EBRS-API Capability : Yes
EBRS-Homelessness : No
EBRS-FHIR API Capability : Yes
EDRS-Vendor : ManTech
EDRS-System Name : VRVWeb
EDRS-Year Updated : 2023
EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : When needed
EDRS-Spell Check : Yes
EDRS-Natural Language Processing : Yes
EDRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : Yes
EDRS-API Capability : Yes
EDRS-Homelessness : No
EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : Yes
EFDRS-Vendor : ManTech
EFDRS-System Name : VRVWeb
EFDRS-Year Updated : Nov-24
EFDRS-Spell Check : No
EFDRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : Yes
EFDRS-API Capability : No
EFDRS-Notes : Only file for 20 weeks and greater
Fees-Birth Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amended Birth Records : $20.00
Fees-Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amended Death Records : $20.00
Fees-Marriage Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Divorce Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $20.00
Fees-Amending Demographic Items : After 90 days $20
Fees-Amending Medical Items : $0.00
General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No
General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 37013
General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 26732
General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 196
General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 3550
General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 17274
General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 6494
General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 0
General Questions-Coroners Amount : 278
General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 0
General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : N/A
General Questions-Local Registrar Chain of Command : N/A
Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : Records filed before July 1, 1911 are open for inspection
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : Records filed before July 1, 1911 are open for inspection
Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 5 days
Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 3 days
Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : -
Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : -
Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Not Yet Determined
Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No
Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female
Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : No
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : We register what the funeral home puts on the record.
Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : No
Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : No
Sex Designation-Notes : Kansas has options of Male, Female, Not yet determined. Kansas does not have the option of “X” but the sex can be amended to male or female with the following documents:
Sworn statement (notarized Affidavit) or a typed notarized statement along with:
A copy of a valid passport page that reflects the applicant’s true sex; or
A copy of a valid driver’s license that reflects the applicant’s sex (Valid State issued ID from their state Driver’s License Bureau also works) (copy of front and back); or
A certification issued by a healthcare professional or mental health professional with whom the applicant has a doctor-patient relationship stating that based in his or her professional opinion the true gender identity of the applicant and that it is expected that this will continue to be the gender with which the applicant will identify in the futur
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-System Name : DIDI, Homegrown systems
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Latest Update : When needed
Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Connected with EDRS or EFDRS : Connected with EDRS system using FHIR