Assembly Bill A10807

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10807
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for the
   issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 4174 of the
 public health law, as amended by section 31 of part L of chapter  56  of
 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  issue  certified copies or certified transcripts of birth certif-
 icates only (1) upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or  (2)
 upon  specific  request therefor by the person, if eighteen years of age
 or more, or by a parent or other lawful representative of the person, to
 whom the record of birth relates including authorized representatives of
 a local social services district if the person is in the care and custo-
 dy or custody and guardianship of such district, or  (3)  UPON  SPECIFIC
 REQUEST  THEREFOR BY THE CHILD OF A DECEASED PARENT, PROVIDED SUCH CHILD
 DEMONSTRATES PROOF OF CONSANGUINITY OR ADOPTION  CONSISTENT  WITH  REGU-
 LATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER, OR (4) upon specific request
 therefor by a department of a state or the  federal  government  of  the
 United States;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15351-02-6