Assembly Bill A9927

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requests for birth certificates

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A9927 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9177
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4173, Pub Health L

2023-A9927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a certified copy of a birth record shall be issued upon a specific request therefor by a person with a direct interest in the content of the birth record and that the information contained therein is necessary for the determination of personal or property right.

2023-A9927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9927
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requests for 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 4173 of the public health law,  as
 amended  by  section  30 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. A certified copy or certified transcript of a birth record shall be
 issued only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction  or  upon  a
 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 an authorized representative
 of the office of children and family services or a local social services
 district if the person is in the care and custody or custody and guardi-
 anship of such entity, OR UPON A SPECIFIC REQUEST THEREFOR BY  A  PERSON
 WITH  A  DIRECT INTEREST IN THE CONTENT OF THE BIRTH RECORD AND THAT THE
 INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN IS  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  DETERMINATION  OF
 PERSONAL  OR  PROPERTY  RIGHT AS DETERMINED BY THE REGISTRAR UNDER REGU-
 LATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15096-01-4

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