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| 1 | 1 | 81R11449 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Anchia H.B. No. 2080 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate | |
| 8 | 8 | of an adopted child. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 192.008(a), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) The supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child | |
| 13 | 13 | must be in the names of the adoptive parents[, one of whom must be a | |
| 14 | 14 | female, named as the mother, and the other of whom must be a male, | |
| 15 | 15 | named as the father]. This subsection does not prohibit a single | |
| 16 | 16 | individual, male or female, from adopting a child. Copies of the | |
| 17 | 17 | child's birth certificates or birth records may not disclose that | |
| 18 | 18 | the child is adopted. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to a supplementary birth certificate issued on or after the | |
| 21 | 21 | effective date of this Act. A supplementary birth certificate | |
| 22 | 22 | issued before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law | |
| 23 | 23 | in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | |
| 24 | 24 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |