Bill Text: CT HB05156 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Implementing The Department Of Public Health's Recommendations Regarding Access To A Copy Of An Acknowledgment Of Paternity.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-09 - File Number 306 [HB05156 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05156-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5156*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 195
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO A COPY OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 19a-42a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(b) Except for the IV-D agency, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the department shall restrict access to and issuance of certified copies of acknowledgments of paternity to the following parties: (1) Parents named on the acknowledgment of paternity; (2) the person whose birth is acknowledged, if such person is [over] eighteen years of age or older; (3) a guardian of the person whose birth is acknowledged; (4) an authorized representative of the Department of Social Services; [(4)] (5) an attorney representing such person or a parent named on the acknowledgment; or [(5)] (6) agents of a state or federal agency, as approved by the department.