Assembly Bill A5449

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows release of non-certified copy of birth certificate to adoptee without court order if adoptee and a birth parent register with state's adoption registry

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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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2017-A5449 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4138-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6368
2013-2014: A875
2015-2016: A3369

2017-A5449 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows release of non-certified copy of birth certificate to adoptee without court order if adoptee and a birth parent register with state's adoption registry.

2017-A5449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5449
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the release of a
   non-certified copy of the birth certificate of an  adoptee  without  a
   court order
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 4138-c of the public  health  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A CORRESPONDING REGIS-
 TRATION FOR THE ADOPTEE AND FOR EITHER OF THE BIRTH  PARENTS,  AND  EACH
 HAS  CONSENTED TO THE RELEASE OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIRTH
 PARENTS AND THE ADOPTEE, RESPECTIVELY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  NOTIFY  THE
 COURT  WHEREIN  THE  ADOPTION  OCCURRED THAT A NON-CERTIFIED COPY OF THE
 ADOPTEE'S ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, IF AVAILABLE,  SHALL  BE  PROMPTLY
 RELEASED  TO  THE  ADOPTEE WITHOUT NECESSITY OF A COURT ORDER. PROVIDED,
 THAT IF ONLY ONE  BIRTH  PARENT  EXECUTED  THE  SURRENDER  AGREEMENT  OR
 CONSENTED  TO  THE  ADOPTION,  THEN  THE REGISTRATION OF THE OTHER BIRTH
 PARENT IN THE REGISTRY SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY FOR THE RELEASE OF SUCH  A
 BIRTH CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, any rules and regu-
 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
 tive date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09534-01-7

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