HOUSE BILL No. 5082


     September 25, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Sheltrown and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 2882 (MCL 333.2882), as amended by 1997

   PA 54.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 2882.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in

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      section 2890, upon written request and payment of the prescribed

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      fee, the state registrar or local registrar shall issue the

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      appropriate 1 of the following:

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           (a) A certified copy of a live birth record, a certificate

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      of registration containing the items indicated in section

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      2881(2), or a certified copy of documentary evidence on file in

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      the office of the state registrar that is not sealed under

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      section 2832 and that served as the basis for a change of a live

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      birth record to 1 of the following:


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           (i) The individual who is the subject of the live birth

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      record.

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           (ii) A parent named in the birth record.

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           (iii) An heir, a legal representative, or a legal guardian

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      of the individual who is the subject of the live birth record.

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           (iv) A court of competent jurisdiction.

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           (b) If  the live birth record is 110 or more years old  AN

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      APPLICANT CAN PRODUCE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE DEATH RECORD OF THE

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      INDIVIDUAL WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A LIVE BIRTH RECORD, a certified

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      copy of the live birth record.  to any applicant.

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           (c) A certified copy of a death record, including the cause

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      of death, to any applicant.

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           (d) A certified copy of a marriage or divorce record to any

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      applicant, except as provided by rule.

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           (e) A certified copy of a fetal death record that was filed

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      before September 30, 1978, to any applicant.

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           (f) A certified copy of an acknowledgment of parentage that

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      was filed after January 1, 1997, to any applicant.

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           (2) Upon written request of an adult who has been adopted

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      and payment of the prescribed fee, the state registrar shall

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      issue to that individual a copy of his or her original certifi-

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      cate of live birth, if the written request identifies the name of

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      the adult adoptee and is accompanied by a copy of a central adop-

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      tion registry clearance reply form that was completed by the

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      family independence agency and delivered to that individual as

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      required by section 68(9) of the Michigan adoption code,

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      chapter X of 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.68.



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           (3) Upon written request of a confidential intermediary

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      appointed under section 68b of the Michigan adoption code, chap-

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      ter X of 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.68b, presentation of a certified

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      copy of the order of appointment, identification of the name of

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      the adult adoptee, and payment of the required fee, the state

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      registrar shall issue to the confidential intermediary a copy of

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      the original certificate of live birth of the adult adoptee on

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      whose behalf the intermediary was appointed.

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           (4) A copy of the original certificate of live birth pro-

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      vided under subsection (2) or (3) shall have the following phrase

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      marked on the face of the copy:  "This document is a copy of a

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      sealed record and is not the active birth certificate of the

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      individual whose name appears on this document".































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