Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Additional Info

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 : 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 : SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, System Exports, STEVE

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : ?

Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : ?

EBRS-Vendor : VitalChek

EBRS-System Name : VERA

EBRS-Year Updated : 2020

EBRS-Geocoding : No

EBRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EBRS-API Capability : No

EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No

EDRS-Vendor : In House

EDRS-System Name : EDRS

EDRS-Year Updated : 2014

EDRS-Next Update Scheduled : Spring 2025 will implement VitalChek EDRS system

EDRS-Spell Check : Yes

EDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EDRS-API Capability : No

EDRS-VIEWS : Yes for spellchecking

EDRS-Mass Fatality Incident : No

EFDRS-Vendor : VitalChek

EFDRS-System Name : VERA

EFDRS-Year Updated : May-20

EFDRS-Spell Check : No

EFDRS-Natural Language Processing : No

EFDRS-Geocoding Software/Vendor (if applicable) : No

EFDRS-API Capability : No

Fees-Birth Certificates : $34.00

Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $16.00

Fees-Amended Birth Records : $50.00

Fees-Death Certificates : $34.00

Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $16.00

Fees-Amended Death Records : $50.00

Fees-Marriage Certificates : $34.00

Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $16.00

Fees-Divorce Certificates : $34.00

Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $34.00

Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $16.00

Fees-Amending Demographic Items : $50.00

Fees-Amending Medical Items : $50.00

General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : Other

General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No

General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 111468

General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 97532

General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 605

General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 26716

General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 58105

General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 28136

General Questions-Other Vital Events Volume : N/A

General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 83

General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 83

General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Register vital events, Issue certified copies of vital events

General Questions-Local Registrar Chain of Command : Local registrars are county clerks or city clerks

General Questions-Notes : Hybrid entity

Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : After 110 years

Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Closed

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : N/A

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Long Form : Name, Father’s State of Birth, Father’s Date of Birth, Registrar’s Signature, Date Filed by Local Registrar

Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : N/A

Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : State File Number, Decedent’s Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Date of Death, Name at Birth or Other Name Used, Age, Location of Death, City/Village/Township of Death, County of Death, Current Residence – State, County, City/Village/Twp, Street and Number, Zip Code, Birthplace, SSN, Decedent’s Education, Race, Ancestry, Hispanic Origin, US Armed Forces, Usual Occupation, Kind of Business or Industry, Marital Status, Name of Surviving Spouse, Father’s Name, Mother’s Name Before First Married, Informant’s Name, Relationship to Decedent, and Mailing Address, Method of Disposition, Place of Disposition, Location of Disposition, Signature of Mortuary Science Licensee, License Number of Licensee, Name and Address of Funeral Facility, Certifier Signature and Title, Date Signed, License Number, Actual or Presumed Time of Death, Date Pronounced Dead On, Time Pronounced Dead, Medical Examiner Contacted, Place of Death, Location if In Hospital, Medical Examiner’s Case Number, Name of Attending Physician if Other than Certifier, Name and Address of Certifying Physician, Registrar’s Signature, Date Filed, Cause of Death and Interval, Other Significant Conditions, Tobacco Use Contributory, Pregnancy Status, Manner of Death, Autopsy and Autopsy Findings, Date of Injury, Time of Injury, How Injury Occurred, Injury at Work, Injury Location, Transportation Injury ,Location of Injury

Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, Not Yet Determined

Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : Yes

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

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Administrative to amend

Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : Court Ordered Amendment

Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : request and affidavit

Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : Yes

Sex Designation-Notes : MI Attorney General found state law requiring proof of surgery unconstitutional in 2022. Developed an administrative process that does not require proof of surgery. Legislation passed in 2024 to codify the practice.

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-System Name : Multiple--Each county medical examiner office chooses their own system

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Vendor : Multiple (QuincyTech, MDILog, others)

Medical Examiner/Coroner Case Management System-Connected with EDRS or EFDRS : MDILog-yes, QuincyTech-in progress

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