Bill Text: NY A06522 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6522 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Changes the time limit within which a live birth must be registered from within 5 days of the birth, to within 15 days of the birth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A06522 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6522
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  the  registration
          of live births
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4130 of the public health law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  506  of  the  laws  of 1955, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. The birth of each child born alive in this state  shall  be  regis-
     5  tered  within [five] fifteen days after the date of birth by filing with
     6  the registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a  certificate
     7  of  such  birth,  which  certificate  shall  be upon the form prescribed
     8  therefor by the commissioner.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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