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                                   6602
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 18, 2019
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg-
   ing  a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth
   when the department of corrections  and  community  supervision  or  a
   local  correctional  facility  requests  such  for an individual under
   community supervision
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 4174 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 323 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  No  fee shall be charged for a search, certification, certificate,
 certified copy or certified transcript of a record to be used for school
 entrance, employment certificate or for purposes  of  public  relief  or
 when  required  by the veterans administration to be used in determining
 the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits made avail-
 able by the veterans administration or  when  required  by  a  board  of
 elections  for  the  purposes  of  determining voter eligibility or when
 requested by the department of corrections and community supervision  or
 a  local  correctional  facility  as  defined  in subdivision sixteen of
 section two of the correction law for the purpose of providing a  certi-
 fied  copy or certified transcript of birth to an inmate in anticipation
 of such inmate's release from custody OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER COMMUNI-
 TY SUPERVISION IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER ONGOING SUPERVISION IN  THE
 COMMUNITY or to obtain a death certificate to be used for administrative
 purposes  for  an inmate who has died under custody or when requested by
 the office of children and family services or an authorized  agency  for
 the  purpose  of  providing  a certified copy or certified transcript of
 birth to a youth placed in the care and custody or custody and guardian-
 ship of the local commissioner of social services or the care and custo-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 dy or custody and guardianship of the  office  of  children  and  family
 services  in  anticipation  of  such youth's discharge from placement or
 foster care.
   §  2. Section 4179 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 323
 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 4179. Vital records; fees; city of  New  York.  Notwithstanding  the
 provisions  of  paragraph  one of subdivision a of section 207.13 of the
 health code of the city of New York,  the  department  of  health  shall
 charge,  and  the  applicant  shall pay, for a search of two consecutive
 calendar years under one name and  the  issuance  of  a  certificate  of
 birth, death or termination of pregnancy, or a certification of birth or
 death,  or  a  certification  that  the record cannot be found, a fee of
 fifteen dollars for each copy. Provided, however, that no such fee shall
 be charged when the department of corrections and community  supervision
 or  a  local  correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of
 section two of the correction law requests a  certificate  of  birth  or
 certification  of birth for the purpose of providing such certificate of
 birth or certification of birth to an inmate  in  anticipation  of  such
 inmate's release from custody OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER COMMUNITY SUPER-
 VISION IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER ONGOING SUPERVISION IN THE COMMUNI-
 TY  or  to  obtain  a  death  certificate  to be used for administrative
 purposes for an inmate who has died under custody or when the office  of
 children  and  family services or an authorized agency requests a certi-
 fied copy or certified transcript of birth for a  youth  placed  in  the
 custody  of  the local commissioner of social services or the custody of
 the office of children and family services pursuant to article three  of
 the family court act for the purpose of providing such certified copy or
 certified transcript of birth to such youth in anticipation of discharge
 from placement.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.