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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6105
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1733
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING AC CESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH
CERTIFICATES BY ADUL T ADOPTED PERSONS.
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(c) Upon written request, the [department shall] registrar of vital 4
statistics of the municipality of an adopted person's birth shall, not later 5
than thirty days after such written request, issue an uncertified copy of 6
an original certificate of birth to (1) [an] such adopted person [who] if 7
he or she is eighteen years of age or older, [whose adoption was 8
finalized on or after October 1, 1983,] or (2) such adopted person's adult 9
child or grandchild. Such certificate shall be marked with a notation by 10
the issuer that such original certificate of birth has been superseded by 11
a replacement certificate of birth as on file. Additionally, a notice stating 12
that information related to the birth parents' preferences regarding 13
contact by such adopted person or such adopted person's adult child or 14
grandchild and a medical health history form completed by the birth 15 Raised Bill No. 6105
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parent may be on file with the Department of Children and Families 16
shall be printed on such certificate or attached thereto. 17
Sec. 2. Section 7-53a of the general statutes is repealed and the 18
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 19
[(a) Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter until 20
January 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Public Health shall submit a 21
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, concerning 22
the number of original birth certificates issued annually to adopted 23
persons eighteen years of age or older whose adoption was finalized on 24
or after October 1, 1983, or the adult children or grandchildren of 25
adopted persons in accordance with section 7-53, to the joint standing 26
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 27
relating to public health.] 28
[(b)] Not later than January 1, [2016] 2022, and annually thereafter 29
until January 1, [2021] 2027, the Commissioner of Children and Families 30
shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, 31
concerning the number of contact preference forms and medical health 32
history forms annually filed with the [department] Department of 33
Children and Families in accordance with section 17a-60a to the joint 34
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 35
matters relating to public health. The report shall include the number of 36
birth parents that selected each option described in section 17a-60a. 37
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 45a-751b of the general statutes is 38
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 39
2021): 40
(c) Regardless of the date parental rights were terminated, on or after 41
July 1, [2015, the Department of Public Health shall, upon] 2021, the 42
registrar of vital statistics of the municipality of an adopted person's 43
birth shall, not later than thirty days after a written request, issue an 44
uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to [an] such adopted 45
person if he or she is eighteen years of age or older [who is] and the 46
subject of [the] such birth certificate, [and whose adoption was finalized 47 Raised Bill No. 6105
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on or after October 1, 1983,] or to such adopted person's adult child or 48
grandchild, in accordance with the provisions of section 7-53, as 49
amended by this act. 50
Sec. 4. Section 45a-751c of the general statutes is repealed and the 51
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021, and 52
applicable to petitions filed on and after July 1, 2020): 53
[(a) On the petition of an adopted person who is eighteen years of age 54
or older and whose adoption was finalized prior to October 1, 1983, or 55
such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, the Probate Court or 56
the Superior Court that finalized an adoption or appointed a guardian 57
ad litem in accordance with section 45a-753 shall issue an order 58
directing the Department of Public Health to issue an uncertified copy 59
of an original birth certificate to such adopted person or such adopted 60
person's child or grandchild in accordance with subsection (b) of section 61
7-53, provided each birth parent named on the original birth certificate: 62
(1) Consents to the release of identifying information in accordance with 63
sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive; (2) is deceased; or (3) a legal 64
representative or guardian ad litem consents to the release of identifying 65
information on behalf of the birth parent in accordance with section 45a-66
753. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of an adopted person 67
eighteen years of age or older whose adoption was finalized on or after 68
October 1, 1983, or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild to 69
obtain an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate pursuant to 70
section 7-53.] 71
[(b)] On the petition of an authorized applicant, as defined in section 72
45a-743, the Probate Court or the Superior Court that finalized an 73
adoption or appointed a guardian ad litem in accordance with section 74
45a-753 shall issue an order directing the Department of Public Health 75
to issue an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to the 76
authorized applicant in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-53, 77
provided the person named in the certificate of birth is deceased and (1) 78
each birth parent named on the original birth certificate [: (1) Consents] 79
(A) consents to the release of identifying information, in accordance 80 Raised Bill No. 6105
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with sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive, as amended by this act, [; 81
(2) is deceased; or (3)] or (B) is deceased, or (2) a legal representative or 82
guardian ad litem consents to the release of identifying information on 83
behalf of the birth parent, in accordance with section 45a-753. 84
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 7-53(c)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 7-53a
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 45a-751b(c)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021, and
applicable to petitions filed
on and after July 1, 2020
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.]