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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 972
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING AC CESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH RECOR DS BY
ADULT ADOPTED PERSON S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 7-53 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(c) Upon request, the department shall issue an uncertified copy of 4
an original certificate of birth to (1) an adopted person who is eighteen 5
years of age or older, [whose adoption was finalized on or after 6
October 1, 1983,] or (2) such adopted person's adult child or 7
grandchild. Such certificate shall be marked with a notation by the 8
issuer that such original certificate of birth has been superseded by a 9
replacement certificate of birth as on file. Additionally, a notice stating 10
that information related to the birth parents' preferences regarding 11
contact by such adopted person or such adopted person's adult child 12
or grandchild and a medical health history form completed by the 13
birth parent may be on file with the Department of Children and 14
Families shall be printed on such certificate or attached thereto. 15 Raised Bill No. 972
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Sec. 2. Section 7-53a of the general statutes is repealed and the 16
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 17
[(a) Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter until 18
January 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Public Health shall submit a 19
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning 20
the number of original birth certificates issued annually to adopted 21
persons eighteen years of age or older whose adoption was finalized 22
on or after October 1, 1983, or the adult children or grandchildren of 23
adopted persons in accordance with section 7-53, to the joint standing 24
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 25
relating to public health.] 26
[(b)] Not later than January 1, [2016] 2020, and annually thereafter 27
until January 1, [2021] 2025, the Commissioner of Children and 28
Families shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of 29
section 11-4a, concerning the number of contact preference forms and 30
medical health history forms annually filed with the department in 31
accordance with section 17a-60a to the joint standing committee of the 32
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 33
health. The report shall include the number of birth parents that 34
selected each option described in section 17a-60a. 35
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 45a-751b of the general statutes is 36
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 37
1, 2019): 38
(c) Regardless of the date parental rights were terminated, on or 39
after July 1, [2015] 2019, the Department of Public Health shall, upon 40
request, issue an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to an 41
adopted person eighteen years of age or older who is the subject of the 42
birth certificate, [and whose adoption was finalized on or after October 43
1, 1983,] or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, in 44
accordance with the provisions of section 7-53, as amended by this act. 45
Sec. 4. Section 45a-751c of the general statutes is repealed and the 46
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 47 Raised Bill No. 972
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[(a) On the petition of an adopted person who is eighteen years of 48
age or older and whose adoption was finalized prior to October 1, 49
1983, or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, the Probate 50
Court or the Superior Court that finalized an adoption or appointed a 51
guardian ad litem in accordance with section 45a-753 shall issue an 52
order directing the Department of Public Health to issue an uncertified 53
copy of an original birth certificate to such adopted person or such 54
adopted person's child or grandchild in accordance with subsection (b) 55
of section 7-53, provided each birth parent named on the original birth 56
certificate: (1) Consents to the release of identifying information in 57
accordance with sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive; (2) is deceased; 58
or (3) a legal representative or guardian ad litem consents to the 59
release of identifying information on behalf of the birth parent in 60
accordance with section 45a-753. Nothing in this section shall limit the 61
right of an adopted person eighteen years of age or older whose 62
adoption was finalized on or after October 1, 1983, or such adopted 63
person's adult child or grandchild to obtain an uncertified copy of an 64
original birth certificate pursuant to section 7-53.] 65
[(b)] On the petition of an authorized applicant, as defined in section 66
45a-743, the Probate Court or the Superior Court that finalized an 67
adoption or appointed a guardian ad litem in accordance with section 68
45a-753 shall issue an order directing the Department of Public Health 69
to issue an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to the 70
authorized applicant in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-53, 71
provided the person named in the certificate of birth is deceased and 72
(1) each birth parent named on the original birth certificate [: (1) 73
Consents] (A) consents to the release of identifying information, in 74
accordance with sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive, as amended by 75
this act, [; (2)] or (B) is deceased, [; or (3)] or (2) a legal representative or 76
guardian ad litem consents to the release of identifying information on 77
behalf of the birth parent, in accordance with section 45a-753. 78
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 July 1, 2019 7-53(c)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 7-53a
Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 45a-751b(c)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 45a-751c
Statement of Purpose:
To grant access to original birth records to all adopted persons
eighteen years of age or older who were born in Connecticut
regardless of date of birth.
[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.]