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Senate Bill S10246

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child

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2025-S10246 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11035
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4174, Pub Health L

2025-S10246 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child.

2025-S10246 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10246 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10246
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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

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