The Commissioner of the State Department of Health shall authorize the regular transmission of a list to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs of all registered deaths of residents of this state that have occurred within the state and who are indicated to be a veteran on the death record. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall use the transmitted list to identify Oklahoma veterans, as defined in Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for purposes of populating, updating and maintaining the veterans registry established in Section 421 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Social Security number of an individual veteran shall not be released as a part of the registry. The State Department of Health shall transmit to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs the following:
1. Veteran's name;
2. Social Security number;
3. Date of death; and
4. Place of interment, if applicable.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 124, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.