Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00248 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 248
6	6	February Session, 2020
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING AC CESS TO IDENTITY DOCUMENTS BY
20	20	HOMELESS YOUTH AND Y OUNG ADULTS.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 7-36 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	26	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 2
27	27	As used in this chapter and sections 19a-40 to 19a-45, inclusive, unless 3
28	28	the context otherwise requires: 4
29	29	(1) "Registrar of vital statistics" or "registrar" means the registrar of 5
30	30	births, marriages, deaths and fetal deaths or any public official charged 6
31	31	with the care of returns relating to vital statistics; 7
32	32	(2) "Registration" means the process by which vital records are 8
33	33	completed, filed and incorporated into the official records of the 9
34	34	department; 10
35	35	(3) "Institution" means any public or private facility that provides 11
36	36	inpatient medical, surgical or diagnostic care or treatment, or nursing, 12 Raised Bill No. 248
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42	42	custodial or domiciliary care, or to which persons are committed by law; 13
43	43	(4) "Vital records" means a certificate of birth, death, fetal death or 14
44	44	marriage; 15
45	45	(5) "Certified copy" means a copy of a birth, death, fetal death or 16
46	46	marriage certificate that (A) includes all information on the certificate 17
47	47	except such information that is nondisclosable by law, (B) is issued or 18
48	48	transmitted by any registrar of vital statistics, (C) includes an attested 19
49	49	signature and the raised seal of an authorized person, and (D) if 20
50	50	submitted to the department, includes all information required by the 21
51	51	commissioner; 22
52	52	(6) "Uncertified copy" means a copy of a birth, death, fetal death or 23
53	53	marriage certificate that includes all information contained in a certified 24
54	54	copy except an original attested signature and a raised seal of an 25
55	55	authorized person; 26
56	56	(7) "Authenticate" or "authenticated" means to affix to a vital record 27
57	57	in paper format the official seal, or to affix to a vital record in electronic 28
58	58	format the user identification, password, or other means of electronic 29
59	59	identification, as approved by the department, of the creator of the vital 30
60	60	record, or the creator's designee, by which affixing the creator of such 31
61	61	paper or electronic vital record, or the creator's designee, affirms the 32
62	62	integrity of such vital record; 33
63	63	(8) "Attest" means to verify a vital record in accordance with the 34
64	64	provisions of subdivision (5) of this section; 35
65	65	(9) "Correction" means to change or enter new information on a 36
66	66	certificate of birth, marriage, death or fetal death, within one year of the 37
67	67	date of the vital event recorded in such certificate, in order to accurately 38
68	68	reflect the facts existing at the time of the recording of such vital event, 39
69	69	where such changes or entries are to correct errors on such certificate 40
70	70	due to inaccurate or incomplete information provided by the informant 41
71	71	at the time the certificate was prepared, or to correct transcribing, 42
72	72	typographical or clerical errors; 43 Raised Bill No. 248
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78	78	(10) "Amendment" means to (A) change or enter new information on 44
79	79	a certificate of birth, marriage, death or fetal death, more than one year 45
80	80	after the date of the vital event recorded in such certificate, in order to 46
81	81	accurately reflect the facts existing at the time of the recording of the 47
82	82	event, (B) create a replacement certificate of birth for matters pertaining 48
83	83	to parentage and gender change, or (C) reflect a legal name change in 49
84	84	accordance with section 19a-42 or make a modification to a cause of 50
85	85	death; 51
86	86	(11) "Acknowledgment of paternity" means to legally acknowledge 52
87	87	paternity of a child pursuant to section 46b-172; 53
88	88	(12) "Adjudication of paternity" means to legally establish paternity 54
89	89	through an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; 55
90	90	(13) "Parentage" includes matters relating to adoption, gestational 56
91	91	agreements, paternity and maternity; 57
92	92	(14) "Department" means the Department of Public Health; 58
93	93	(15) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health or the 59
94	94	commissioner's designee; 60
95	95	(16) "Gestational agreement" means a written agreement for assisted 61
96	96	reproduction in which a woman agrees to carry a child to birth for an 62
97	97	intended parent or intended parents, which woman contributed no 63
98	98	genetic material to the child and which agreement (A) names each party 64
99	99	to the agreement and indicates each party's respective obligations under 65
100	100	the agreement, (B) is signed by each party to the agreement and the 66
101	101	spouse of each such party, if any, and (C) is witnessed by at least two 67
102	102	disinterested adults and acknowledged in the manner prescribed by 68
103	103	law; 69
104	104	(17) "Intended parent" means a party to a gestational agreement who 70
105	105	agrees, under the gestational agreement, to be the parent of a child born 71
106	106	to a woman by means of assisted reproduction, regardless of whether 72
107	107	the party has a genetic relationship to the child; 73 Raised Bill No. 248
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113	113	(18) "Foundling" means (A) a child of unknown parentage, or (B) an 74
114	114	infant voluntarily surrendered pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-75
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116	116	(19) "Certified homeless youth" means a person who is at least fifteen 77
117	117	years of age but less than eighteen years of age, is not in the physical 78
118	118	custody of a parent or legal guardian, who is a homeless child or youth, 79
119	119	as defined in 42 USC 11434a, as amended from time to time, and who 80
120	120	has been certified as homeless by (A) a school district homeless liaison, 81
121	121	(B) the director of an emergency shelter program funded by the United 82
122	122	States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the 83
123	123	director's designee, [or] (C) the director of a runaway or homeless youth 84
124	124	basic center or transitional living program funded by the United States 85
125	125	Department of Health and Human Services, or the director's designee, 86
126	126	[.] or (D) the director of a program of a nonprofit organization or 87
127	127	municipality under contract with the homeless youth program 88
128	128	established pursuant to section 17a-62a; and 89
129	129	(20) "Certified homeless young adult" means a person at least 90
130	130	eighteen years of age but less than twenty-four years of age who has 91
131	131	been certified as homeless by (A) the director of an emergency shelter 92
132	132	program funded by the United States Department of Housing and 93
133	133	Urban Development, or the director's designee, or (B) the director of a 94
134	134	transitional living program funded by the United States Department of 95
135	135	Health and Human Services, or the director's designee. 96
136	136	Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 7-51 of the general statutes is repealed 97
137	137	and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 98
138	138	(c) (1) The registrar of the town in which the birth or fetal death 99
139	139	occurred or of the town in which the mother resided at the time of the 100
140	140	birth or fetal death, or the department, may issue a certified copy of the 101
141	141	certificate of birth or fetal death of any person born in this state that is 102
142	142	kept in paper form in the custody of the registrar. Except as provided in 103
143	143	subdivision (2) of this subsection, such certificate shall be issued upon 104
144	144	the written request of an eligible party listed in subsection (a) of this 105 Raised Bill No. 248
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150	150	section. Any registrar of vital statistics in this state with access, as 106
151	151	authorized by the department, to the electronic vital records system of 107
152	152	the department may issue a certified copy of the electronically filed 108
153	153	certificate of birth or fetal death of any person born in this state upon 109
154	154	the written request of an eligible party listed in subsection (a) of this 110
155	155	section. The registrar and the department shall waive the fee for the 111
156	156	issuance of a certified copy of the certificate of birth of a certified 112
157	157	homeless young adult to such young adult under this subsection. 113
158	158	(2) In the case of a certified homeless youth, such certified homeless 114
159	159	youth and the person who is certifying the certified homeless youth as 115
160	160	homeless, as described in section 7-36, as amended by this act, shall 116
161	161	appear in person when the certified homeless youth is presenting the 117
162	162	written request described in subdivision (1) of this subsection at (A) the 118
163	163	office of the registrar of the town in which the certified homeless youth 119
164	164	was born, (B) the office of the registrar of the town in which the mother 120
165	165	of the certified homeless youth resided at the time of the birth, (C) if the 121
166	166	birth certificate of the certified homeless youth has been electronically 122
167	167	filed, any registrar of vital statistics in the state with access, as 123
168	168	authorized by the department, to the electronic vital records system, or 124
169	169	(D) the state vital records office of the department. The certified 125
170	170	homeless youth shall present to the registrar or the department 126
171	171	information sufficient to identify himself or herself as may be required 127
172	172	by regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 7-41. 128
173	173	The person who is certifying the certified homeless youth as homeless 129
174	174	shall present to the registrar or the department information sufficient to 130
175	175	identify himself or herself as meeting the certification requirements of 131
176	176	section 7-36, as amended by this act. The registrar and the department 132
177	177	shall waive the fee for the issuance of a certified copy of the certificate 133
178	178	of birth of a homeless youth to such youth under this subsection. 134
179	179	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
180	180	sections:
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182	182	Section 1 July 1, 2020 7-36
183	183	Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 7-51(c)
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190	190	Statement of Purpose:
191	191	To waive the fee for a certified copy of a birth certificate for youth and
192	192	young adults who are homeless to enable them to obtain identity
193	193	documents for purposes of accessing employment, participating in
194	194	community-based programs and obtaining housing and other supports.
195	195	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
196	196	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
197	197	underlined.]
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