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Jan 06, 2010 |
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May 20, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S5592
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
2009-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8050
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4138-a, Pub Health L
2009-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5592 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to certificate of birth data PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill would require certificates of birth data to be made for all persons, regardless of age, who were born outside of the United States and who have validly adopted. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. The Bill amends subdivision 1 of section 4138-a of the public health law, removing the requirement that a person who has been adopted be under the age of 18 to receive a certificate of birth data. JUSTIFICATION : Under current law, certificates of birth data are only issued to applicants who have been adopted and are under the age of 18 at the time of their application for such certificates. For many individuals, this age obstacle prevents them from obtaining any record of their birth if they have no such record prior to their eighteenth birthday. This bill would allow anyone who has been adopted to receive a certificate of birth data, regardless of their age at the time of application for the certificate.
2009-S5592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5592 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 20, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- 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 certificate of birth data THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4138-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 409 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 1. A certificate of birth data shall be made whenever proper proof is submitted to the commissioner that a person, who [is] WAS under the age of eighteen AT THE TIME OF THEIR ADOPTION and born outside of the United States has been validly adopted by residents of this state pursuant to a judgment, order, or decree of adoption issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, another state, or a foreign country. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11096-01-9
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