Bill Text: TX SB250 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to State Affairs [SB250 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB250-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia, Rodríguez | S.B. No. 250 |
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relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate | ||
of an adopted child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 192.008(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child | ||
must be in the names of both [ |
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single individual, male or female, from adopting a child. Copies of | ||
the child's birth certificates or birth records may not disclose | ||
that the child is adopted. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a supplementary birth certificate issued on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A supplementary birth certificate | ||
issued before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law | ||
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |