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Assembly Bill A6522A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Changes the time limit within which a live birth must be registered from within 5 days of the birth, to within 15 days of the birth

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2017-A6522 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4991
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4130, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3049

2017-A6522 - Summary

Changes the time limit within which a live birth must be registered from within 5 days of the birth, to within 15 days of the birth.

2017-A6522 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6522
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  registration
   of live births
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4130 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  506  of  the  laws  of 1955, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The birth of each child born alive in this state  shall  be  regis-
 tered  within [five] FIFTEEN days after the date of birth by filing with
 the registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a  certificate
 of  such  birth,  which  certificate  shall  be upon the form prescribed
 therefor by the commissioner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10227-01-7

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2017-A6522A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4991
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4130, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3049

2017-A6522A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the time limit within which a live birth must be registered from within 5 days of the birth, to within 15 days of the birth.

2017-A6522A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6522--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, SIMANOWITZ, COOK -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on  Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  registration
   of live births

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4130 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  506  of  the  laws  of 1955, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The birth of each child born alive in this state  shall  be  regis-
 tered  within [five] FIFTEEN days after the date of birth by filing with
 the registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a  certificate
 of  such  birth,  which  certificate  shall  be upon the form prescribed
 therefor by the commissioner.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section  4130  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  884  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. In each case where there  was  no  physician  or  nurse-midwife  in
 attendance  upon the birth, it shall be the duty of the father or mother
 of the child, the householder or owner of the premises where  the  birth
 occurred,  or  the director or person in charge of the public or private
 institution where the birth occurred, each in the  order  named,  within
 [five] FIFTEEN days after the date of such birth, to report to the local
 registrar the fact of such birth and to file said certificate.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10227-03-7

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