STATE OF NEW YORK
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10246
IN SENATE
May 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 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.
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