New York S 9411: Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth in certain situations

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S09411 Summary:

BILL NOS09411 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01719

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§4174 & 4179, Pub Health L

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Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision in connection with such individual's ongoing supervision in the community.

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BILL NOS09411 

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03/10/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9411

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 prohibiting charg-
 ing a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth
 when the department of corrections and community supervision or a
 local correctional facility requests such for an individual under
 community supervision

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4174 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 4. No fee shall be charged for a search, certification, certificate,
 5 certified copy or certified transcript of a record to be used for school
 6 entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief or
 7 when required by the veterans administration to be used in determining
 8 the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits made avail-
 9 able by the veterans administration or when required by a board of
 10 elections for the purposes of determining voter eligibility or when
 11 requested by the department of corrections and community supervision or
 12 a local correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of
 13 section two of the correction law for the purpose of providing a certi-
 14 fied copy or certified transcript of birth to an incarcerated individual
 15 in anticipation of such incarcerated individual's release from custody
 16 or to an individual under community supervision in connection with such
 17 individual's ongoing supervision in the community or to obtain a death
 18 certificate to be used for administrative purposes for an incarcerated
 19 individual who has died under custody or when requested by the office of
 20 children and family services or an authorized agency for the purpose of
 21 providing a certified copy or certified transcript of birth to a youth
 22 placed in the care and custody or custody and guardianship of the local
 23 commissioner of social services or the care and custody or custody and
 24 guardianship of the office of children and family services in antic-
 25 ipation of such youth's discharge from placement or foster care. Whenev-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03683-01-5

 S. 9411 2

 1 er a request is made by the department of corrections and community
 2 supervision for a certified copy or certified transcript of birth on
 3 behalf of an incarcerated individual pursuant to this section, a certi-
 4 fied copy of the sentence and commitment or certificate of conviction
 5 shall be deemed to grant authorization by the incarcerated individual to
 6 the department to submit such request on their behalf, and no other
 7 authorization shall be required.
 8 § 2. Section 4179 of the public health law, as amended by section 3 of
 9 part E of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 10 § 4179. Vital records; fees; city of New York. Notwithstanding the
 11 provisions of paragraph one of subdivision a of section 207.13 of the
 12 health code of the city of New York, the department of health shall
 13 charge, and the applicant shall pay, for a search of two consecutive
 14 calendar years under one name and the issuance of a certificate of
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