Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 03, 2012 |
approval memo.19 signed chap.480 |
Sep 21, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 14, 2012 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.156 substituted for a8307 |
May 22, 2012 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 21, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
May 16, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
May 15, 2012 |
1st report cal.815 |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 13, 2011 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 07, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 06, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 02, 2011 |
1st report cal.975 |
May 03, 2011 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5145
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8307
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง4138-c & 4138-d, Pub Health L
2011-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5145 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the adoption registry PURPOSE: To allow persons not born in New York State but whose adoptions were finalized in New York State to participate in the New York State adoption registry. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 4138-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to provide the term "adoptee" shall mean persons born in New York State or any other state within the United States or District of Columbia whose adoption took place in New York State. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 4138-c are amended to read as follows: Upon application for registration by an adoptee not born in this state, or by a birth parent or sibling of such an adoptee, the department shall search the records of the department to determine whether the adoptee's adoption occurred within this state. If the department determines that the adoption occurred within this state, it shall register the applicant if he or she is otherwise qualified and make appropriate notifications. JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S5145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5145 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the adoption registry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4138-c of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ADOPTEE" SHALL INCLUDE: THOSE PERSONS BORN IN THIS STATE, AND THOSE PERSONS BORN IN ANY OTHER STATE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHOSE ADOPTION OCCURRED WITHIN THIS STATE. S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 4138-c of the public health law, as amended by chapter 181 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 2. UPON APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION BY AN ADOPTEE NOT BORN IN THIS STATE, OR BY A BIRTH PARENT OR SIBLING OF SUCH AN ADOPTEE, THE DEPART- MENT SHALL SEARCH THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ADOPTEE'S ADOPTION OCCURRED WITHIN THIS STATE. IF THE DEPARTMENT DETER- MINES THAT THE ADOPTION OCCURRED WITHIN THIS STATE, IT SHALL REGISTER THE APPLICANT IF HE OR SHE IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED AND MAKE APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. The registry shall accept, at any time, and maintain the verified registration trans- mitted by an agency pursuant to section forty-one hundred thirty-eight-d of this title, or of the birth parents of an adoptee [if such adoptee] WHO was born in this state. The registry shall [not] NEITHER accept nor maintain the registration of an adoptee sooner than eighteen years after the adoptee's birth, or in the case of registration by a biological sibling of an adoptee, no sooner than the longer of eighteen years after the biological sibling's birth or eighteen years after the adoptee's birth[; provided, however, that any]. ANY person whose registration was EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11163-02-1
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