Assembly Bill A9632

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting 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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2017-A9632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7550
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §4138-e, amd §§4138, 4138-d & 4104, Pub Health L; amd §114, Dom Rel L

2017-A9632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "bill of adoptee rights".

2017-A9632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9632
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the domestic relations law, in
   relation to enacting 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:
   §  4138-E.  BILL OF ADOPTEE RIGHTS. 1. THIS SECTION SHALL BE KNOWN AND
 MAY BE CITED AS THE "BILL OF ADOPTEE RIGHTS".
   2. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY STATES ITS INTENTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE, SUPPORT
 AND ENCOURAGE THE LIFE-LONG HEALTH AND WELL-BEING NEEDS OF  PERSONS  WHO
 HAVE  BEEN AND WILL BE ADOPTED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE LEGISLATURE
 FURTHER RECOGNIZES THAT THE DENIAL OF ACCESS TO  ACCURATE  AND  COMPLETE
 MEDICAL  AND  SELF-IDENTIFYING  DATA  OF  ANY  ADOPTED PERSON, KNOWN AND
 WILFULLY WITHHELD BY OTHERS, MAY RESULT IN  SUCH  PERSON  SUCCUMBING  TO
 PREVENTABLE  DISEASE,  PREMATURE DEATH OR OTHERWISE UNHEALTHY LIFE, IS A
 VIOLATION OF THAT PERSON'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND IS CONTRARY TO THE TENETS OF
 GOVERNANCE. AS SUCH, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  SEEK  TO  ESTABLISH
 CONSIDERATIONS UNDER THE LAW FOR ADOPTED PERSONS EQUAL TO SUCH CONSIDER-
 ATIONS PERMITTED BY LAW TO ALL NON-ADOPTED PERSONS; THIS SECTION DOES SO
 WHILE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PRIVACY  OF AN ADOPTED PERSON AND HIS OR HER
 BIRTH.
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  WHEN  AN  ADOPTED
 PERSON  ATTAINS  THE  AGE  OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, THAT PERSON SHALL HAVE THE
 RIGHT TO RECEIPT OF A CERTIFIED COPY OF HIS OR HER ORIGINAL (LONG  FORM,
 LINE  BY  LINE  VAULT  COPY) BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND ANY CHANGE HIS OR HER
 BIRTH PARENT OR PARENTS MAY HAVE ATTACHED TO THAT CERTIFICATE, AND/OR  A
 MEDICAL  HISTORY  FORM  IF  AVAILABLE, UPON APPLICATION, PRESENTATION OF
 PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION AND THE PAYMENT OF A NOMINAL FEE.
   (B) WHEN IT SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH GOOD-FAITH EFFORTS TO  PROVIDE
 A  COPY  OF  AN ADULT ADOPTED PERSON'S ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE (AS IN
 THE CASE OF AN ADOPTED PERSON BORN OUTSIDE OF, BUT ADOPTED  WITHIN,  THE
 STATE  OF  NEW  YORK),  THE ADULT ADOPTED PERSON SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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