Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 15, 2013 |
signed chap.15 |
Mar 12, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 27, 2013 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.51 substituted for s2889a |
Jan 24, 2013 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 23, 2013 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.11 rules report cal.11 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 15, 2013 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2087
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LAVINE
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
David Weprin
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) - 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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