Assembly Bill A5036

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to adoptee rights

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

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2017-A5036 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4845
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §114, Dom Rel L; amd §4138-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8910
2013-2014: A909
2015-2016: A2901, S5964

2017-A5036 - Summary

Relates to adoptee rights; clarifies 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.

2017-A5036 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5036
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, MOSLEY, OTIS, BENEDETTO, HOOPER, TITUS,
   SEPULVEDA, ORTIZ, MAYER, AUBRY, PICHARDO, CUSICK,  BRINDISI,  SKOUFIS,
   MURRAY,  THIELE,  BRABENEC,  DiPIETRO,  TITONE,  GALEF,  RAIA, STIRPE,
   COLTON, DILAN, LAVINE, KEARNS, STECK, LOPEZ, WALKER, RICHARDSON,  KIM,
   HIKIND,  CAHILL,  JEAN-PIERRE, HEVESI, BICHOTTE, JOYNER, SANTABARBARA,
   DenDEKKER, BLAKE, HUNTER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,
   BARRETT,  BUCHWALD,  BUTLER,  COOK,  CURRAN,  DAVILA, DINOWITZ, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT, FAHY, FARRELL, GIGLIO, GJONAJ, GOTTFRIED, GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS,
   KOLB, LALOR, LIFTON, LUPARDO, LUPINACCI, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONALD,
   McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, M. G. MILLER,  MOYA,  OAKS,  PALMESANO,  PALUMBO,
   PAULIN,  PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW, RA, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ,
   ROSENTHAL, RYAN, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTADOS, SOLAGES, STEC, WALTER, WRIGHT,
   ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the public health law, in
   relation to adoptee rights
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The legislature hereby states its
 intention to acknowledge, support and encourage the life-long health and
 well-being of persons who have been and will be adopted in the state  of
 New  York.  The  legislature  further  recognizes  that the inability to
 access accurate and complete medical and self-identifying  data  of  any
 adopted  person  may  result  in  such  person succumbing to preventable
 disease, premature death or  otherwise  unhealthy  life.  As  such,  the
 provisions  of  this  act seek to establish considerations under the law
 for adopted persons to access their birth  information  while  providing
 for  the  privacy of an adopted person and his or her birth and adoptive
 families.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 114 of the domestic  relations  law,  as
 amended  by chapter 559 of the laws of 1992 and as designated by chapter
 601 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A5036A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4845
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §114, Dom Rel L; amd §4138-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8910
2013-2014: A909
2015-2016: A2901, S5964

2017-A5036A - Summary

Relates to adoptee rights; clarifies 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.

2017-A5036A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5036--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, MOSLEY, OTIS, BENEDETTO, HOOPER, TITUS,
   SEPULVEDA, ORTIZ, MAYER, AUBRY, PICHARDO,  CUSICK,  BRINDISI,  MURRAY,
   THIELE,  BRABENEC,  DiPIETRO,  TITONE,  GALEF,  RAIA,  STIRPE, COLTON,
   DILAN, LAVINE, KEARNS, STECK, LOPEZ, WALKER, RICHARDSON, KIM,  HIKIND,
   CAHILL,  JEAN-PIERRE, HEVESI, BICHOTTE, JOYNER, SANTABARBARA, DenDEKK-
   ER, BLAKE, HUNTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  BARRETT,
   BUCHWALD,  BUTLER,  COOK, CURRAN, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY,
   FARRELL, GIGLIO, GJONAJ, GOTTFRIED, GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS, KOLB,  LALOR,
   LIFTON,  LUPARDO,  LUPINACCI, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONALD, McDONOUGH,
   McKEVITT,  M. G. MILLER,  MOYA,  OAKS,  PALMESANO,  PALUMBO,   PAULIN,
   PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  PRETLOW, RA, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, ROSEN-
   THAL, RYAN, SIMANOWITZ,  SKARTADOS,  SOLAGES,  STEC,  WALTER,  WRIGHT,
   ZEBROWSKI  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Health --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the public health law, in
   relation to adoptee rights
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The  legislature  hereby  states  its
 intention to acknowledge, support and encourage the life-long health and
 well-being  of persons who have been and will be adopted in the state of
 New York. The legislature  further  recognizes  that  the  inability  to
 access  accurate  and  complete medical and self-identifying data of any
 adopted person may result  in  such  person  succumbing  to  preventable
 disease,  premature  death  or  otherwise  unhealthy  life. As such, the
 provisions of this act seek to establish considerations  under  the  law
 for  adopted  persons  to access their birth information while providing
 for the privacy of an adopted person and his or her birth  and  adoptive
 families.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09376-02-7
              

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2017-A5036B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4845
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §114, Dom Rel L; amd §4138-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8910
2013-2014: A909
2015-2016: A2901, S5964

2017-A5036B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adoptee rights; clarifies 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.

2017-A5036B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5036--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, MOSLEY, OTIS, BENEDETTO, HOOPER, TITUS,
   SEPULVEDA, ORTIZ, MAYER, AUBRY, PICHARDO,  CUSICK,  BRINDISI,  MURRAY,
   THIELE,  BRABENEC,  DiPIETRO,  TITONE,  GALEF,  RAIA,  STIRPE, COLTON,
   DILAN, LAVINE, KEARNS, STECK, LOPEZ, WALKER, RICHARDSON, KIM,  HIKIND,
   CAHILL,  JEAN-PIERRE, HEVESI, BICHOTTE, JOYNER, SANTABARBARA, DenDEKK-
   ER, BLAKE, HUNTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ARROYO,  BARRETT,
   BUCHWALD,  BUTLER,  COOK, CURRAN, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY,
   FARRELL, GIGLIO, GJONAJ, GOTTFRIED, GRAF, HAWLEY, JOHNS, KOLB,  LALOR,
   LIFTON,  LUPARDO,  LUPINACCI, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONALD, McDONOUGH,
   McKEVITT,  M. G. MILLER,  MOYA,  OAKS,  PALMESANO,  PALUMBO,   PAULIN,
   PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  PRETLOW, RA, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, ROSEN-
   THAL, RYAN, SIMANOWITZ,  SKARTADOS,  SOLAGES,  STEC,  WALTER,  WRIGHT,
   ZEBROWSKI  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Health --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the public health law, in
   relation to adoptee rights
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The  legislature  hereby  states  its
 intention to acknowledge, support and encourage the life-long health and
 well-being  of persons who have been and will be adopted in the state of
 New York. The legislature  further  recognizes  that  the  inability  to
 access  accurate  and  complete medical and self-identifying data of any
 adopted person may result  in  such  person  succumbing  to  preventable
 disease,  premature  death  or  otherwise  unhealthy  life. As such, the
 provisions of this act seek to establish considerations  under  the  law
 for  adopted  persons  to access their birth information while providing

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09376-04-7
              

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