STATE OF NEW YORK
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10807
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for the
issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 4174 of the
2 public health law, as amended by section 31 of part L of chapter 56 of
3 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) issue certified copies or certified transcripts of birth certif-
5 icates only (1) upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (2)
6 upon specific request therefor by the person, if eighteen years of age
7 or more, or by a parent or other lawful representative of the person, to
8 whom the record of birth relates including authorized representatives of
9 a local social services district if the person is in the care and custo-
10 dy or custody and guardianship of such district, or (3) upon specific
11 request therefor by the child of a deceased parent, provided such child
12 demonstrates proof of consanguinity or adoption consistent with regu-
13 lations promulgated by the commissioner, or (4) upon specific request
14 therefor by a department of a state or the federal government of the
15 United States;
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15351-02-6
