STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, RIVERA -- 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 the content of
birth certificates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the modern
2 family birth certificate act".
3 § 2. Section 4132 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
4 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5 5. Each parent of the child may choose to be designated on the certif-
6 icate of birth as "father" or "mother", as applicable, or as "parent".
7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of January next
8 succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective
9 immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
10 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
11 date are authorized to be made on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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