General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4134
*04134_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4134
*04134_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO BIRTH RECORDS BY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 7-51 of the general statutes, as amended by section 1 of public act 14-133, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(a) (1) The department and registrars of vital statistics shall restrict access to and issuance of a certified copy of birth and fetal death records and certificates less than one hundred years old, to the following eligible parties: (A) The person whose birth is recorded, if such person is (i) over eighteen years of age, (ii) a certified homeless youth, as defined in section 7-36, or (iii) a minor emancipated pursuant to sections 46b-150 to 46b-150e, inclusive; (B) such person's child, grandchild, spouse, parent, guardian or grandparent; (C) the chief executive officer of the municipality where the birth or fetal death occurred, or the chief executive officer's authorized agent; (D) the local director of health for the town or city where the birth or fetal death occurred or where the mother was a resident at the time of the birth or fetal death, or the director's authorized agent; (E) attorneys-at-law representing such person or such person's parent, guardian, child or surviving spouse; (F) a conservator of the person appointed for such person; (G) a member of a genealogical society incorporated or authorized by the Secretary of the State to do business or conduct affairs in this state; (H) an agent of a state or federal agency as approved by the department; [and] (I) a researcher approved by the department pursuant to section 19a-25; and (J) the superintendent of schools for a school district in which such person is enrolled.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 7-51(a)(1)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
7-51(a)(1)
Statement of Purpose:
To grant access to birth records by school superintendents.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]