Bill Text: NY A03686 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes no fee shall be charged when the department of correctional services or a local correctional facility requests a birth certificate for the purpose of providing such birth certificate to an inmate in anticipation of such inmate's release from custody.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-26 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [A03686 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03686-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3686--A
                                                               Cal. No. 278
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, GOTTFRIED, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M.  of A.   PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
         -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled  from  the
         Senate,  vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining
         its place on the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  establishing  no
         fee shall be charged for certain requests for birth certificates
         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  separately amended by chapters 409 and 698  of  the  laws  of  1978,  is
    3  amended to read as 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 CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OR A LOCAL  CORREC-
   12  TIONAL  FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE
   13  CORRECTION LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A CERTIFIED COPY  OR  CERTI-
   14  FIED  TRANSCRIPT  OF BIRTH TO AN INMATE IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH INMATE'S
   15  RELEASE FROM CUSTODY OR WHEN REQUESTED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
   16  FAMILY  SERVICES  OR AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A
   17  CERTIFIED COPY OR CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT OF BIRTH TO A YOUTH PLACED IN THE
   18  CUSTODY OF THE LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE  CUSTODY  OF
   19  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE OF
   20  THE FAMILY COURT ACT IN ANTICIPATION  OF  SUCH  YOUTH'S  DISCHARGE  FROM
   21  PLACEMENT.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04433-02-0
       A. 3686--A                          2
    1    S 2. Section 4179 of the public health law, as added by chapter 414 of
    2  the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  4179.  Vital  records;  fees; city of New York. Notwithstanding the
    4  provisions of paragraph one of subdivision a of section  207.13  of  the
    5  health  code  of  the  city  of New York, the department of health shall
    6  charge, and the applicant shall pay, for a  search  of  two  consecutive
    7  calendar  years  under  one  name  and  the issuance of a certificate of
    8  birth, death or termination of pregnancy, or a certification of birth or
    9  death, or a certification that the record cannot  be  found,  a  fee  of
   10  fifteen  dollars  for  each  copy.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH FEE
   11  SHALL BE CHARGED WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OR A LOCAL
   12  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF  SECTION  TWO
   13  OF  THE  CORRECTION LAW REQUESTS A CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH OR CERTIFICATION
   14  OF BIRTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF  PROVIDING  SUCH  CERTIFICATE  OF  BIRTH  OR
   15  CERTIFICATION  OF  BIRTH  TO  AN INMATE IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH INMATE'S
   16  RELEASE FROM CUSTODY OR WHEN THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY  SERVICES
   17  OR  AN  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY  REQUESTS A CERTIFIED COPY OR CERTIFIED TRAN-
   18  SCRIPT OF BIRTH FOR A YOUTH PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE  LOCAL  COMMIS-
   19  SIONER  OF  SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE CUSTODY OR THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
   20  FAMILY SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE OF THE FAMILY  COURT  ACT  FOR
   21  THE  PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUCH CERTIFIED COPY OR CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT OF
   22  BIRTH TO SUCH YOUTH IN ANTICIPATION OF DISCHARGE FROM PLACEMENT.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   24  have become a law.