Bill Text: NY A08386 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in the community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - reported referred to ways and means [A08386 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08386-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8386 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg- ing a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4174 of the public health law, as 2 amended by chapter 323 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. No fee shall be charged for a search, certification, certificate, 5 certified copy or certified transcript of a record to be used for school 6 entrance, employment certificate or for purposes of public relief or 7 when required by the veterans administration to be used in determining 8 the eligibility of any person to participate in the benefits made avail- 9 able by the veterans administration or when required by a board of 10 elections for the purposes of determining voter eligibility or when 11 requested by the department of corrections and community supervision or 12 a local correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of 13 section two of the correction law for the purpose of providing a certi- 14 fied copy or certified transcript of birth to an inmate in anticipation 15 of such inmate's release from custody or to an individual under communi- 16 ty supervision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in the 17 community or to obtain a death certificate to be used for administrative 18 purposes for an inmate who has died under custody or when requested by 19 the office of children and family services or an authorized agency for 20 the purpose of providing a certified copy or certified transcript of 21 birth to a youth placed in the care and custody or custody and guardian- 22 ship of the local commissioner of social services or the care and custo- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13301-01-9A. 8386 2 1 dy or custody and guardianship of the office of children and family 2 services in anticipation of such youth's discharge from placement or 3 foster care. 4 § 2. Section 4179 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 323 5 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 4179. Vital records; fees; city of New York. Notwithstanding the 7 provisions of paragraph one of subdivision a of section 207.13 of the 8 health code of the city of New York, the department of health shall 9 charge, and the applicant shall pay, for a search of two consecutive 10 calendar years under one name and the issuance of a certificate of 11 birth, death or termination of pregnancy, or a certification of birth or 12 death, or a certification that the record cannot be found, a fee of 13 fifteen dollars for each copy. Provided, however, that no such fee shall 14 be charged when the department of corrections and community supervision 15 or a local correctional facility as defined in subdivision sixteen of 16 section two of the correction law requests a certificate of birth or 17 certification of birth for the purpose of providing such certificate of 18 birth or certification of birth to an inmate in anticipation of such 19 inmate's release from custody or to an individual under community super- 20 vision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in the communi- 21 ty or to obtain a death certificate to be used for administrative 22 purposes for an inmate who has died under custody or when the office of 23 children and family services or an authorized agency requests a certi- 24 fied copy or certified transcript of birth for a youth placed in the 25 custody of the local commissioner of social services or the custody of 26 the office of children and family services pursuant to article three of 27 the family court act for the purpose of providing such certified copy or 28 certified transcript of birth to such youth in anticipation of discharge 29 from placement. 30 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.