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A3049Assembly2019-2020 Session

Extend Birth Registration Deadline

Official 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”

Sponsor Stacey Pheffer AmatoAD-23+2 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Health
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Health

What's happening

This bill extends the deadline to register live births in New York from five to fifteen days after birth.

Why it matters

  1. Provides families and healthcare providers more flexibility and time. to gather necessary documents and information for birth registration, which can be especially important in complicated births, home births, or situations where access to a registrar is limited.

  2. Reduces risk of late or missed registrations. by making compliance with the law less burdensome, potentially leading to more accurate and complete vital records in New York.

  3. May help underserved or marginalized populations. (such as those with transportation, language, or documentation barriers) to meet requirements without incurring penalties or legal issues, thereby supporting equitable access to official identity documents for newborns.

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Extend Birth Registration Deadline

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Stacey Pheffer Amato

Assembly Member · Assembly District 23

Chair, Governmental Employees

History

  1. Referred to health
  2. Referred to health

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3049

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 28, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, COOK, CYMBROWITZ -- 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 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.

LBD03720-01-9

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