Bill Text: MI SB1084 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Records; birth; birth certificate provided to intended parents of a child born under a gestational surrogate parentage contract; require. Amends secs. 2831, 2832 & 2891 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2831 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1082'18

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-05 - Referred To Committee On Families, Seniors And Human Services [SB1084 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB1084-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1084

 

 

September 5, 2018, Introduced by Senators WARREN, ANANICH and CONYERS and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 2831, 2832, and 2891 (MCL 333.2831, 333.2832,

 

and 333.2891), sections 2831 and 2832 as amended by 1996 PA 307 and

 

section 2891 as amended by 2013 PA 136.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 2831. The state registrar shall establish a new

 

 2  certificate of birth for an individual born in this state when the

 

 3  registrar receives the following:

 

 4        (a) A report of adoption as provided in section 2829, a report

 

 5  of adoption prepared and filed under the laws of another state or

 

 6  foreign country, or a certified copy of the adoption order,

 

 7  together with the information necessary to identify the original

 

 8  certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate of live

 


 1  birth. However, the state registrar shall not establish a new

 

 2  certificate of live birth shall not be established if so requested

 

 3  by the court ordering the adoption; the adopting parent; or the

 

 4  adoptee, if the adoptee is an adult.

 

 5        (b) A request that a new certificate be established and the

 

 6  evidence required by the department proving that the individual's

 

 7  paternity has been established.

 

 8        (c) A request that a new certificate be established to show a

 

 9  sex designation other than that designated at birth. The request

 

10  shall must be accompanied by an affidavit of a physician certifying

 

11  that sex-reassignment surgery has been performed.

 

12        (d) A certification form under section 9 of the gestational

 

13  surrogate parentage act, together with the information necessary to

 

14  identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new

 

15  certificate of live birth.

 

16        Sec. 2832. (1) When a new certificate of live birth is

 

17  established, the actual place and date of birth shall must be

 

18  shown. The new certificate shall must be substituted for the

 

19  original certificate of live birth. Thereafter, the original

 

20  certificate and the evidence of adoption, or sex designation, or

 

21  certification under section 9 of the gestational surrogate

 

22  parentage act are not subject to inspection except as otherwise

 

23  provided in section 2882(2) or (3) or upon a court order. Evidence

 

24  in support of other birth record changes is subject to inspection

 

25  as provided in sections 2882 and 2883.

 

26        (2) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption or a copy

 

27  of an order of rescission, the original certificate of live birth


 1  shall must be restored to its place in the files. The certificate

 

 2  created under subsection (1) is not subject to inspection except

 

 3  upon a court order.

 

 4        (3) If a certificate of live birth is not on file for the

 

 5  individual for whom a new live birth certificate is to be

 

 6  established under section 2831, a new live birth certificate may be

 

 7  prepared on the delayed birth certificate form in use at the time

 

 8  of the adoption, legitimation, or paternity determination, or

 

 9  certification under section 9 of the gestational surrogate

 

10  parentage act.

 

11        (4) When a new certificate of live birth is established by the

 

12  state registrar, all copies of the original certificate of birth in

 

13  the custody of a custodian of permanent records in this state shall

 

14  must be sealed from inspection or forwarded to the state registrar,

 

15  as the state registrar directs.

 

16        Sec. 2891. (1) The state registrar or a local registrar shall,

 

17  upon receipt of a written request and payment of the prescribed

 

18  fee, conduct a search for a vital record for an individual who

 

19  purports to be eligible under section 2882 or for an agency under

 

20  section 2883(2) to receive a certified copy, administrative use

 

21  copy, or a statistical use copy of the requested vital record.

 

22        (2) If a search for a vital record is conducted by the state

 

23  registrar and the vital record cannot be located, the state

 

24  registrar shall issue an official statement that the vital record

 

25  could not be located instead of a certified copy or an

 

26  administrative use copy of the vital record. If a search for a

 

27  vital record is conducted by a local registrar and the vital record


 1  cannot be located, the local registrar is not required to may issue

 

 2  an official statement as described in this subsection, and the

 

 3  local registrar may waive the prescribed fee.

 

 4        (3) The state registrar or a local registrar may require an

 

 5  applicant who requests a certified copy, an administrative use

 

 6  copy, or a statistical use copy of a vital record to provide

 

 7  verification of his or her identity before releasing the vital

 

 8  record if eligibility for the vital record is restricted under

 

 9  section 2882.

 

10        (4) Subject to subsection (8), the fees for a search for a

 

11  vital record are as follows:

 

 

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     (a) A search including 1 certified copy,

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1 administrative use copy, or 1 statistical use

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copy of a vital record or an official statement

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issued by the state registrar that a vital record

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could not be located..................................  $  34.00

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     (b) Additional identical copies ordered at

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the same time.........................................  $  16.00

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                                                       per  copy

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     (c) Additional years searched....................  $  12.00

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                                                       per  year

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     (d) An authenticated copy........................  $  42.00

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     (e) Additional authenticated copies ordered

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at the same time......................................  $  26.00

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                                                       per  copy

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     (f) Verification of facts delineated in

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section 2881(2).......................................  $  18.00


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     (g) Except as otherwise provided in

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subdivision (h), a request for an expedited

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search for a vital record under this

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subsection............................................  $  12.00

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     (h) A request for an expedited search

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for an authenticated copy of a vital

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record under subdivision (d)..........................  $  25.00

 

 

 8        (5) The fees for establishment or registration of a vital

 

 9  record are as follows:

 

 

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     (a) Application for establishment of a

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delayed certificate of birth or death that

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includes 1 certified copy or an official

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denial of the application.............................  $  50.00

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     (b) Registration of a delayed certificate

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of birth for a foreign born adopted child that

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includes 1 certified copy.............................  $  50.00

 

 

17        (6) Upon formal application of a soldier; sailor; marine;

 

18  member of the coast guard; nurse; member of a women's auxiliary; or

 

19  other person individual who is entitled to a bonus, a pension, or

 

20  other compensation under a law of this state, the United States, or

 

21  another state or territory of the United States or a service

 

22  auxiliary for a vital record for the purpose of obtaining the

 

23  bonus, pension, or compensation, the state registrar shall furnish

 

24  1 certified copy of the vital record requested without charge. If

 

25  the person individual entitled to the vital record is deceased or

 

26  mentally incompetent, the state registrar may furnish the copy to

 

27  an heir, guardian, or legal representative of the person.


 1  individual. The state registrar shall label a certified copy

 

 2  furnished under this subsection with the following statement: "for

 

 3  veteran's benefits only, not for personal use".

 

 4        (7) Upon formal application, the state registrar or a local

 

 5  registrar shall furnish a certified copy of a vital record without

 

 6  charge to a licensed child placing agency representing a child for

 

 7  adoption purposes. The state registrar or local registrar shall

 

 8  label a certified copy provided under this subsection with the

 

 9  following statement: "for adoption purposes only, not for personal

 

10  use".

 

11        (8) Upon formal application, the state registrar shall charge

 

12  a person 65 years of age or older a fee of $14.00 for a search for

 

13  and 1 certified copy of his or her birth record.

 

14        (9) The state registrar shall charge the following fees for

 

15  the creation of new vital records and corrections of vital records:

 

 

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     (a) Application to create a new certificate

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of birth following an adoption; legal change of

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name for minors; acknowledgment of paternity; sex

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change; legitimation; order of filiation; or

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certification under section 9 of the gestational

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surrogate parentage act, or a request to replace a

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court filed certificate of adoption...................  $  50.00

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     (b) Subject to subsection (10),

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application received within 1 year of the date

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of the event to create a new certificate of birth

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or death to correct obvious minor errors and

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omissions.............................................  $  50.00


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     (c) An application with a request for an

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expedited creation of a new certificate under

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this subsection.......................................  $  25.00

 

 

 4        (10) The errors and omissions that may be corrected under

 

 5  subsection (9)(b) are limited to the following:

 

 6        (a) The addition of a given first or middle name if a name was

 

 7  not recorded at the time of filing.

 

 8        (b) A change to a social security number.

 

 9        (c) The addition of information originally specified as

 

10  unknown or that was omitted by error.

 

11        (d) A minor spelling change.

 

12        (11) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $50.00 for an

 

13  application to amend birth and death records more than 1 year after

 

14  the date of the event for the purpose of adding information or

 

15  correcting an error in information recorded on the document. The

 

16  state registrar shall charge a fee of $25.00 for an application

 

17  with a request for an expedited amendment to a birth or death

 

18  record under this subsection.

 

19        (12) The state registrar shall not charge a fee for any of the

 

20  following:

 

21        (a) Changing a vital record to correct an error made within

 

22  the office of a local registrar or the state registrar.

 

23        (b) Correcting an error if the correction is initiated by the

 

24  state registrar.

 

25        (c) Correcting a vital record if the correction is requested

 

26  by a county medical examiner for a case within his or her

 

27  jurisdiction.


 1        (d) Correcting a record if the correction is ordered by a

 

 2  court of competent jurisdiction following denial by the department

 

 3  of an application to make the correction.

 

 4        (e) Correcting a vital record if the correction is requested

 

 5  by a public agency that is the guardian of the individual to whom

 

 6  the vital record pertains.

 

 7        (13) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $50.00 for an

 

 8  application to amend a birth record regarding a documented legal

 

 9  change of name for an adult. The state registrar shall charge a fee

 

10  of $25.00 for an application with a request for an expedited

 

11  amendment to a birth record under this subsection.

 

12        (14) The state registrar or a local registrar with approval of

 

13  the state registrar may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs

 

14  of special services performed pursuant to section 2883, 2884, or

 

15  2888.

 

16        (15) A local registrar shall deposit fees collected under this

 

17  section as the governing body of the city or county directs. The

 

18  state registrar shall transmit fees collected under this section to

 

19  the state treasurer for deposit into the vital records fund created

 

20  in section 2892.

 

21        (16) The state registrar shall charge a fee of $12.00 for an

 

22  application for a copy or a certified copy of a vital records-

 

23  related document, including, but not limited to, a completed

 

24  application submitted under this section or a document submitted

 

25  under this section to support a requested change to a vital record.

 

26        (17) The state registrar or a local registrar shall not charge

 

27  a fee other than a fee prescribed in this section. However, a local


 1  governmental unit may adopt a system of fees for local registrars

 

 2  under the jurisdiction of the local governmental unit for a search

 

 3  that provides for fees less than those set forth in this section,

 

 4  and a charter county with a population of more than 2,000,000

 

 5  1,500,000 may adopt a system of fees for a local registrar under

 

 6  the jurisdiction of that charter county that provides for fees more

 

 7  than those set forth in this section. However, a charter county

 

 8  shall not impose a fee that is greater than the cost of the service

 

 9  for which the fee is charged.

 

10        (18) For searches under subsection (4), a local registrar

 

11  shall charge fees according to the following:

 

12        (a) The governing body of a local governmental unit that has

 

13  jurisdiction over a local registrar may adopt a system of fees for

 

14  the local registrar that provides for fees less than or equal to

 

15  the fees set forth in subsection (4). These fees shall must be used

 

16  for the maintenance and sustenance of the vital records fees

 

17  program only. The fees shall must alleviate any burden to the

 

18  taxpayers to provide this worthwhile program. A charter county with

 

19  a population of more than 2,000,000 1,500,000 may adopt a system of

 

20  fees for a local registrar under the jurisdiction of that charter

 

21  county that provides for fees that are more than the fees set forth

 

22  in subsection (4). A charter county shall not impose a fee that is

 

23  greater than the cost of the service for which the fee is charged.

 

24  A system of fees adopted under this subdivision shall must be used

 

25  by all local registrars under the jurisdiction of the local

 

26  governmental unit and shall must be reasonably related to the cost

 

27  incurred by the local registrar in making the search.


 1        (b) If a system of fees is not adopted by a local registrar's

 

 2  local governmental unit under subdivision (a), the local registrar

 

 3  shall not charge a fee other than a fee prescribed in subsection

 

 4  (4).

 

 5        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

 6  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

 7        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 8  unless Senate Bill No. 1082                                   

 

 9            of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

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