TITLE: Relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child.

SUMMARY: Relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 192.008(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child must be in the names of the adoptive parents [ one of whom must be a female, named as the mother, and the other of whom must be a male, named as the father].This subsection does not prohibit a single individual, male or female, from adopting a child. Copies of the child's birth certificates or birth records may not disclose that the child is adopted. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a supplementary birth certificate issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A supplementary birth certificate issued before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.