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Senate Bill, No. 63
Senate Bill, No. 63
SENATE, No. 63
By Mr. Berry, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 63) of Frederick E. Berry and Karen E. Spilka for legislation to further regulate access to birth certificates. Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
AN ACT further regulating access to birth certificates
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2A, the following section:-
Section 2B. Upon written application, which shall include proof of identity and payment of applicable fees, by an adopted person 18 years of age or older who was born in the commonwealth on or before July 17, 1974 or on or after January 1, 2008 or by an adoptive parent of an adopted person under 18 years of age and born in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2008, the state registrar shall:
(a) make available for inspection at the offices of the state registry the birth certificate prior to adoption which indicated the prior legal parent or parents listed on the initial birth certificate of if there has been more than 1 adoption, the birth certificate prior to the first adoption which indicates the biological parent or parents listed on the initial birth certificate
(b) send by certified mail return receipt to the adopted person age 18 or older or to the parents of an adopted person under 18 years of age a photocopy of the contents of the birth record with the following notation on it: “The contents of this birth record are being released under section 2B of chapter 46 of the Massachusetts General Laws or under a court order. This record was amended by adoption. This is not a certified copy of a birth record.”
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Senate Bill, No. 63
