Assembly Bill A2087

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the adoption information registry

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  • 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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2013-A2087 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2889
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4138-c, Pub Health L; amd §5, Chap 480 of 2012

2013-A2087 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the adoption information registry.

2013-A2087 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2087

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to the adoption
  information registry; and to amend chapter 480 of the  laws  of  2012,
  amending  the  public health law relating to the adoption registry, in
  relation to the effectiveness thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of
section  4138-c  of  the public health law, as amended by chapter 480 of
the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  2. Upon application for registration by an adoptee not  born  in  this
state,  or  by  a birth parent or BIOLOGICAL sibling of such an adoptee,
the department shall [search the records of the department to],  TO  THE
EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  determine  whether the adoptee's adoption occurred
within this state.  If  the  department  determines  that  the  adoption
occurred within this state, it shall register the applicant if he or she
is  otherwise  qualified  and make appropriate notifications pursuant to
subdivision four of this section.   The registry shall  accept,  at  any
time,  and  maintain  the verified registration transmitted by an agency
pursuant to section forty-one hundred thirty-eight-d of this  title,  or
of  the  birth  parents  of  an  adoptee who was born in this state. The
registry shall neither accept nor maintain the registration of an  adop-
tee sooner than eighteen years after the adoptee's birth, or in the case
of  registration  by  a biological sibling of an adoptee, no sooner than
the longer of eighteen years after the  biological  sibling's  birth  or
eighteen  years after the adoptee's birth. Any person whose registration
was accepted may withdraw such registration prior to the release of  any
identifying  information.  The  adoptee  registrant,  and the biological
sibling registrant, shall include as part of the registration the  iden-

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

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