Title: Adoptee Birth Certificates

Summary: Requiring the Department of Health to issue a noncertified copy of an original birth certificate to certain adoptees under certain conditions, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to adoptee birth certificates; amending s. 382.015, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to issue a noncertified copy of an original birth certificate to certain adoptees under certain conditions; requiring the department to develop policies and procedures; providing for a fee; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 382.015, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6) and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that section, to read: 382.015 New certificates of live birth; duty of clerks of court and department;noncertified copy of original birth certificate. The clerk of the court in which any proceeding for adoption, annulment of an adoption, affirmation of parental status, or determination of paternity is to be registered, shall within days after the final disposition, forward to the department a certified copy of the court order, or a report of the proceedings upon a form to be furnished by the department, together with sufficient information to identify the original birth certificate and to enable the preparation of a new birth certificate. The clerk of the court shall implement a monitoring and quality control plan to ensure that all judicial determinations of paternity are reported to the department in compliance with this section. The department shall track paternity determinations reported monthly by county, monitor compliance with the 30-day timeframe, and report the data to the clerks of the court quarterly. (5)   NONCERTIFIED COPY OF ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  (a)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an adoptee who is at least years of age, or if the adoptee is deceased, the adoptee s descendants, or the legal representative of such an adoptee may apply to the department for a noncertified copy of the adoptee s original birth certificate. The department shall issue a noncertified copy of the original birth certificate, together with the documents forwarded to the department pursuant to subsection (1), within days after receipt of the application, if the application complies with the requirements of this subsection. (b)   The department shall develop policies and procedures necessary to implement this subsection by February 1, 2018. (c)   The department may charge a fee for issuing a noncertified copy of an original birth certificate. The fee may not exceed the fee for a certified copy of an original birth certificate under s. 382.0255. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.