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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S1444
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S1444 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A794
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง4135, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S4502, A7462
2015-2016: A2928
2017-2018: A5441
2019-2020: A4218
2021-2022: A9217
2023-2024: A451
2013-S1444 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1444 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to birth certificates PURPOSE: To require a father's name be stated on a child's birth certificate. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 2 of section 4135 of the public health law by requiring a father's name be listed on the birth certificate of a child. A new section 4 is added which allows a father who is listed on a child's birth certificate to contest the paternity of such child. EXISTING LAW: A father's name is not required. JUSTIFICATION: This bill is intended to promote paternal responsibility. Requiring the father's name to be listed on a child's birth certificate serves to encourage and strengthen a relationship between a father and a child. In instances where birth parents are living apart from one another, it will ensure that a child has the ability to know the identity of his/her father.
2013-S1444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1444 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 birth certificates THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4135 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended and a new subdi- vision 4 is added to read as follows: 2. The name, IF KNOWN, of the putative father of a child born out of wedlock shall [not] be entered on the certificate of birth [prior to filing without (i) an acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law or section four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b of this article executed by both the mother and putative father, and filed with the record of birth; or (ii) notifi- cation having been received by, or proper proof having been filed with, the record of birth by the clerk of a court of competent jurisdiction or the parents, or their attorneys of a judgment, order or decree relating to parentage]. 4. A FATHER LISTED ON A CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE MAY CONTEST THE PATERNITY OF SUCH CHILD PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN-K OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. UPON ADJUDICATION THAT SUCH PERSON LISTED ON THE CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS NOT THE FATHER, A NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE WITHOUT SUCH PERSON'S NAME. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03859-01-3
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