Section 102426 Of Article 2. Content Of Certificate Of Live Birth From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
102426
. (a) (1) In addition to the items of information collected
pursuant to Section 102425, the State Registrar shall instruct all
local registrars that have automated birth registration to
electronically capture the information specified in paragraph (2) in
an electronic file. The information shall not be transcribed onto the
actual hard copy of the certificate of live birth.
(2) The information required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
consist of the following:
(A) The mother's marital status.
(B) The mother's mailing address. The mother may designate an
alternate address at her discretion.
(C) Information about whether the birth mother received food for
herself during the pregnancy pursuant to the Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) program.
(D) The Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration
(Apgar) scores of 5 and 10 minutes.
(E) The birth mother's prepregnancy weight, weight at delivery,
and height.
(F) Information about smoking before and during pregnancy,
including the average number of cigarettes or packs of cigarettes
smoked during the three months before pregnancy and the average
number of cigarettes or packs of cigarettes smoked during each
trimester of pregnancy.
(3) Subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of paragraph (2) shall
become operative on January 1, 2007.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
information collected pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2)
of subdivision (a) shall not under any circumstances be disclosed or
available to anyone, except for both of the following:
(1) The State Department of Public Health and the Department of
Child Support Services for demographic and statistical analysis. The
Department of Child Support Services shall keep information received
pursuant to this subdivision confidential in accordance with Section
17212 of the Family Code.
(2) The federal government, without any personal identifying
information, for demographic and statistical analysis.