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Utah law currently limits who can access vital records — such as birth and death certificates — to people with a direct, legitimate interest, including the subject of the record, immediate family members, guardians, and designated legal representatives. This bill would add liaisons for homeless children and youth, as designated under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act, to the list of people authorized to request and obtain a minor's vital records on that minor's behalf, so long as the liaison is assisting that child or youth. This would take effect May 6, 2026.