Bill Text: NY A01696 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the estate of either a natural parent or an adopted child to disclose the death of such person for inclusion in the health department's adoption information registry or an adoption agency's mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in children and families [A01696 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01696-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1696 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing disclosure of the death of biological parents and adoptive children by the adoption information registry and by the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 4138-c of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6-b to read as follows: 3 6-B. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR AND MAINTAINED 4 BY THE REGISTRY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF 5 THE ESTATE OF AN ADOPTEE IF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER OR THE ADOP- 6 TIVE PARENTS OF AN ADOPTEE IF LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR THE 7 PARENTS OF AN ADOPTEE WHOSE CONSENT TO THE ADOPTION WAS REQUIRED AT THE 8 TIME OF THE ADOPTION, OR WHOSE SIGNATURE WAS REQUIRED ON AN INSTRUMENT 9 OF SURRENDER TO AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY IF SUCH ADOPTEE WAS BORN IN THIS 10 STATE, MAY TRANSMIT NOTICE OF THE DEATH OF SUCH PARTY FOR INCLUSION IN 11 THE REGISTRY. WHERE A REQUEST IS MADE FOR INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY THE 12 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RELEASE THE 13 FACT OF SUCH PERSON'S DEATH, AND THE DATE OF AND CAUSE OF SUCH DEATH 14 WHERE THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE HAS SO NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT. 15 S 2. Section 4138-d of the public health law is amended by adding a 16 new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 17 6-A. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR AND MAINTAINED 18 BY THE REGISTRY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF 19 THE ESTATE OF AN ADOPTEE IF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER OR THE ADOP- 20 TIVE PARENTS OF AN ADOPTEE IF LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR THE 21 PARENTS OF AN ADOPTEE WHOSE CONSENT TO THE ADOPTION WAS REQUIRED AT THE 22 TIME OF THE ADOPTION, OR WHOSE SIGNATURE WAS REQUIRED ON AN INSTRUMENT 23 OF SURRENDER TO AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY IF SUCH ADOPTEE WAS BORN IN THIS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01479-01-1 A. 1696 2 1 STATE, MAY TRANSMIT NOTICE OF THE DEATH OF SUCH PARTY FOR INCLUSION IN 2 THE REGISTRY. WHERE A REQUEST IS MADE FOR INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY THE 3 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE AGENCY SHALL RELEASE THE FACT 4 OF SUCH PERSON'S DEATH, AND THE DATE OF AND CAUSE OF SUCH DEATH WHERE 5 THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE HAS SO NOTIFIED THE AGENCY. 6 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.