General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2015 *_____HB06891ED____042815____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2015
*_____HB06891ED____042815____*
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(1) of subsection (a) of section 7-51 of the general statutes, as amended by section 1 of public act 14-133, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):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 the school district in which the mother was a resident at the time of the birth, or the superintendent's authorized agent, exclusively for the purpose of allowing such superintendent or authorized agent access to the birth record of a child, who is not yet eligible to enroll in kindergarten pursuant to section 10-15c, so that the superintendent or authorized agent may provide kindergarten-readiness information and information concerning the school district's prekindergarten programs to the parent or parents of such child.
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)
PH Joint Favorable Subst.
ED Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable Subst.
ED
Joint Favorable