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A03439 Summary:

BILL NOA03439 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRBurdick, Colton, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§4173, 4174 & 4139, Pub Health L

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Requires a certified copy or certified transcript of a birth record, death record, certificate of marriage, or certificate of dissolution of marriage to be issued to the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a deceased person upon request; removes requirement for such individuals to obtain a court order for issuance of such records.

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BILL NOA03439 

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01/27/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3439

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring a certi-
 fied copy or certified transcript of a birth record, death record,
 certificate of marriage, or certificate of dissolution of marriage to
 be issued to the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a deceased
 person upon request

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4173 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by section 30 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 2. A certified copy or certified transcript of a birth record shall be
 5 issued only upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or upon a
 6 specific request therefor by the person, if eighteen years of age or
 7 more, or by a parent or other lawful representative of the person to
 8 whom the record of birth relates including an authorized representative
 9 of the office of children and family services or a local social services
 10 district if the person is in the care and custody or custody and guardi-
 11 anship of such entity. A certified copy or certified transcript of a
 12 birth record of a deceased person shall be issued only upon order of a
 13 court of competent jurisdiction, or upon a specific request therefor by
 14 a parent, lawful representative, child, grandchild, or great-grandchild
 15 of such deceased person to whom such record of birth relates.
 16 § 2. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 4174 of
 17 the public health law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 15 of the
 18 laws of 2024, paragraph (b) as amended by section 31 of part L of chap-
 19 ter 56 of the laws of 2015, and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 396
 20 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to
 21 read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06712-01-5

 A. 3439 2

 1 (a) upon request, issue to any applicant either a certified copy or a
 2 certified transcript of the record of any death registered under the
 3 provisions of this chapter (1) when a documented medical need has been
 4 demonstrated, (2) when a documented need to establish a legal right or
 5 claim has been demonstrated, (3) when needed for medical or scientific
 6 research approved by the commissioner, (4) when needed for statistical
 7 or epidemiological purposes approved by the commissioner, (5) upon
 8 specific request by municipal, state or federal agencies for statistical
 9 or official purposes, (6) upon specific request of the agent charged
 10 with controlling disposition of a decedent's remains, as designated
 11 pursuant to subdivision three of section four thousand two hundred one
 12 of this chapter, spouse, domestic partners as defined in paragraph (c)
 13 of subdivision one of section four thousand two hundred one of this
 14 chapter, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, siblings, or[,]
 15 parents of the deceased or the lawful representative of such persons, or
 16 (7) pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction on a
 17 showing of necessity; except no certified copy or certified transcript
 18 of a dea