A08386 Summary:

BILL NOA08386
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06602
 
SPONSORWeprin
 
COSPNSRGottfried
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§4174 & 4179, Pub Health L
 
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 his or her ongoing supervision in the community.
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A08386 Actions:

BILL NOA08386
 
06/15/2019referred to health
01/08/2020referred to health
01/22/2020reported referred to ways and means
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A08386 Committee Votes:

HEALTH Chair:Gottfried DATE:01/22/2020AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means
GottfriedAyeByrneAye
SchimmingerExcusedMcDonoughAye
GalefAyeGarbarinoAye
DinowitzAyeByrnesAye
CahillAyeAshbyAye
PaulinAyeMillerAye
CymbrowitzAyeSalkaAye
GuntherAye
RosenthalAye
HevesiAye
JaffeeAye
SteckAye
AbinantiAye
BraunsteinAye
KimAye
SolagesAye
BichotteAye
BarronAye
SayeghAye

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A08386 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08386 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8386
 
SPONSOR: Weprin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified tran- script of birth when the department of corrections and community super- vision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of section 4174 of the public health law. Section 2 amends section 4179 of the public health law. Section 3 sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Individuals often need state-issued identification to access social services, secure housing, and apply for employment, which are all key factors that contribute to the individual successfully reintegrating into the community after serving an incarceratory sentence. Many people returning from incarceration, however, do not have state-issued iden- tification, and obtaining such identification frequently requires providing a copy of a birth certificate, access to which can be costly. In 2010, legislation was enacted to provide birth certificates from the state health department and the NYC bureau of vital statistics at no charge to state and local correctional facilities as well as to NYC DOC when requested for the purpose of providing such certificate to an inmate in anticipation of such inmate's release from custody. This bill modifies existing law to expand those provisions to include requests made on behalf of individuals under community supervision, to promote successful reentry of those individuals.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Minimal to state and local governments.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08386 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8386
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 15, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred 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 chapter 323 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  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 inmate in anticipation
    15  of such inmate's release from custody or to an individual under communi-
    16  ty supervision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in  the
    17  community or to obtain a death certificate to be used for administrative
    18  purposes  for  an inmate who has died under custody or when requested by
    19  the office of children and family services or an authorized  agency  for
    20  the  purpose  of  providing  a certified copy or certified transcript of
    21  birth to a youth placed in the care and custody or custody and guardian-
    22  ship of the local commissioner of social services or the care and custo-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13301-01-9

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     1  dy or custody and guardianship of the  office  of  children  and  family
     2  services  in  anticipation  of  such youth's discharge from placement or
     3  foster care.
     4    §  2. Section 4179 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 323
     5  of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     6    § 4179. Vital records; fees; city of  New  York.  Notwithstanding  the
     7  provisions  of  paragraph  one of subdivision a of section 207.13 of the
     8  health code of the city of New York,  the  department  of  health  shall
     9  charge,  and  the  applicant  shall pay, for a search of two consecutive
    10  calendar years under one name and  the  issuance  of  a  certificate  of
    11  birth, death or termination of pregnancy, or a certification of birth or
    12  death,  or  a  certification  that  the record cannot be found, a fee of
    13  fifteen dollars for each copy. Provided, however, that no such fee shall
    14  be charged when the department of corrections and community  supervision
    15  or  a  local  correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of
    16  section two of the correction law requests a  certificate  of  birth  or
    17  certification  of birth for the purpose of providing such certificate of
    18  birth or certification of birth to an inmate  in  anticipation  of  such
    19  inmate's release from custody or to an individual under community super-
    20  vision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in the communi-
    21  ty  or  to  obtain  a  death  certificate  to be used for administrative
    22  purposes for an inmate who has died under custody or when the office  of
    23  children  and  family services or an authorized agency requests a certi-
    24  fied copy or certified transcript of birth for a  youth  placed  in  the
    25  custody  of  the local commissioner of social services or the custody of
    26  the office of children and family services pursuant to article three  of
    27  the family court act for the purpose of providing such certified copy or
    28  certified transcript of birth to such youth in anticipation of discharge
    29  from placement.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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