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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A747
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Joseph Borelli
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Kenneth Blankenbush
Marc Butler
Karim Camara
2013-A747 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A747 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts Bill of Adoptee Rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they reach the age of 18; creates a contact preference to be filed by birth parents.
2013-A747 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 747 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BARRON, BLANKENBUSH, BOYLAND, BUTLER, CAMARA, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH, DINOWITZ, DUPREY, ENGLEBRIGHT, FARRELL, FITZPATRICK, GABRYS- ZAK, GALEF, GIGLIO, GOTTFRIED, GRAF, GUNTHER, HEVESI, HOOPER, JAFFEE, JORDAN, KATZ, KELLNER, KOLB, LAVINE, LIFTON, P. LOPEZ, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MAGNARELLI, MAISEL, McKEVITT, MILLER, MILLMAN, MONTES- ANO, MOYA, OAKS, PALMESANO, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW, RAIA, RAMOS, RIVERA, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, SCARBOROUGH, SCHI- MEL, STEVENSON, TEDISCO, TENNEY, THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to creating the bill of adoptee rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4138-e to read as follows: S 4138-E. BILL OF ADOPTEE RIGHTS. 1. (A) COMMENCING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OR THREE OF THIS SECTION, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, A PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR MORE WHO WAS BORN IN THIS STATE AND THEN ADOPTED AND WHOSE LONG-FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS THEN SEALED IN THIS STATE, MAY OBTAIN A CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH LONG-FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. (B) SUCH A CERTI- FIED COPY OF A LONG-FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE A LEGEND, APPEARING PROMINENTLY ON EACH PAGE OF THE DOCU- MENT PROVIDED, STATING AS FOLLOWS: THIS IS A CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THIS ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY ANOTHER CERTIFICATE ON FILE WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02906-01-3
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