New York S 3317: Relates to requests for birth certificates

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S03317 Summary:

BILL NOS03317 

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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Amd §4173, Pub Health L

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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.

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BILL NOS03317 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3317

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 requests for birth
 certificates

 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, or upon a specific request therefor by a person
 12 with a direct interest in the content of the birth record and that the
 13 information contained therein is necessary for the determination of
 14 personal or property right as determined by the registrar under regu-
 15 lations prescribed by the commissioner.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06306-01-5

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