Assembly Bill A747

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the Bill of Adoptee Rights

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A747 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §4138-e, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8410
2011-2012: A2003
2015-2016: A3298

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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