A11035 • 2025

Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child

Children Education

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Sponsor: William Conrad
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on how to prove consanguinity or adoption, leaving this as an unknown.

Birth Certificates for Deceased Parents

This bill allows children of deceased parents to request birth certificates of their parent from the state health department.

What This Bill Does

Changes a law about who can get copies of birth certificates.
Adds that a child of a deceased parent can ask for their parent's birth certificate if they prove they are related or adopted according to rules made by the health commissioner.

Who It Names or Affects

Children who want copies of their deceased parent’s birth certificates
Health department officials responsible for issuing birth certificates

Terms To Know

Consanguinity: A relationship between people because they have the same ancestor.
Commissioner: The person in charge of a government department, like health or education.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how to prove consanguinity or adoption.
Only affects the state of New York and its laws.

Bill History

2026-04-23 Assembly
REFERRED TO HEALTH

Official Summary Text

Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child
Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11035

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 23, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. CONRAD, SLATER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for  the
          issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section  4174  of  the
     2  public  health  law, as amended by section 31 of part L of chapter 56 of
     3  the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) issue certified copies or certified transcripts of  birth  certif-
     5  icates  only (1) upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (2)
     6  upon specific request therefor by the person, if eighteen years  of  age
     7  or more, or by a parent or other lawful representative of the person, to
     8  whom the record of birth relates including authorized representatives of
     9  a local social services district if the person is in the care and custo-
    10  dy  or  custody  and guardianship of such district, or (3) UPON SPECIFIC
    11  REQUEST THEREFOR BY THE CHILD OF A DECEASED PARENT, PROVIDED SUCH  CHILD
    12  DEMONSTRATES  PROOF  OF  CONSANGUINITY OR ADOPTION CONSISTENT WITH REGU-
    13  LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR (4)  upon  specific  request
    14  therefor  by  a  department  of a state or the federal government of the
    15  United States;
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15351-02-6