What's happening
This bill extends the deadline to register live births in New York from five days to fifteen days after birth.
Why it matters
Provides families with more flexibility and less pressure. to complete birth registration paperwork, which could be especially helpful after complicated births, for those with limited access to registrars, or in communities where travel and communication might be difficult.
May reduce the number of late registrations and associated penalties. , potentially saving parents from administrative burdens or unintended legal consequences if they miss the previous, shorter deadline.
Could impact access to services that require a birth certificate. , such as health insurance, government benefits, or passports, by extending the window before official documentation is available—potentially delaying enrollment or benefits for newborns during that period.
Affects reporting and health data collection timelines. , possibly impacting how quickly public health authorities receive and act upon information about births in the state.
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Extend Birth Registration Deadline
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 23
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Print number 6522a
- Amend and recommit to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Extend Birth Registration Deadline
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Pamela Helming
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6522--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, SIMANOWITZ, COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4130 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 506 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
2. The birth of each child born alive in this state shall be registered within [five] fifteen days after the date of birth by filing with the registrar of the district in which the birth occurred a certificate of such birth, which certificate shall be upon the form prescribed therefor by the commissioner.
§ 2. Subdivision 4 of section 4130 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 884 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
4. In each case where there was no physician or nurse-midwife in attendance upon the birth, it shall be the duty of the father or mother of the child, the householder or owner of the premises where the birth occurred, or the director or person in charge of the public or private institution where the birth occurred, each in the order named, within [five] fifteen days after the date of such birth, to report to the local registrar the fact of such birth and to file said certificate.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10227-03-7
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