An Act To Provide Accurate Vital Records for Adults in Maine LR2653(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1640
Committee Amendment CA_A_H739 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §2767

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft.. to H.P. 1217, L.D. 1640, Bill, 
Act To Provide Accurate Vital Records for Adults in Maine" 
"An 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
· Sec. 1. 22 MRS A §2705, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. Amendment of certificate of birth of adult. 
Amendment of 
a certificate of birth of a person 18 years of age or older born 
in this State for the purpose of identifying a biological parent 
who was not known or listed at the time of birth is governed by 
section 2767. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2767 is enacted to read: 
§2767. 
Amendment of certificate of birth of adult 
The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall amend the 
certificate of birth of a person 18 years of age or older born in 
this State for the purpose of identifying a biological parent who 
was not known or listed at the time of birth when the state 
registrar has received the following: 
1. Regpest. 
A written request from the subject of the birth 
certificate that the certificate be amended: 
2. Written consent. 
Written consent of: 
A. The subject of the birth certificate; and 
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B. The biological parent to be named on the amended birth 
certificate. 
Written consent must be notarized or 
acknowledged before an 
official authorized to take oaths; and 
3. 
Evidence of parentage: test requirements. 
Evidence of 
parentage based on testing of deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA. 
that 
includes: 
A. A notarized report of the results of the DNA testing: and 
B. Notarized documentation of the chain of custody of the 
blood and tissue samples examined in the testing. 
The testing must be of a type generally acknowledged as reliable 
by accreditation bodies designated by the federal Secretary of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services. 
and it must 
be 
performed 
by 
a 
laboratory approved by an accreditation body designated by the 
federal Secretary of Health and Human Services.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment retains the 
provision of the bill that authorizes the State Registrar of 
Vital Statistics to 
amend 
a 
certificate of birth to include 
identification of a biological parent whose parentage is based on 
the results of DNA testing. 
The amendment clarifies that this 
authorization applies only to the birth certificates of persons 
years of age or older. 
The amendment retains the provision of 
the bill that requires written consent of the biological parent 
to 
be 
named 
on the 
amended birth certificate and 
adds 
the 
requirements that the consent be notarized or acknowledged before 
an official authorized to take oaths and that written consent, in 
the 
same 
form, 
of the subject of the birth certificate be 
required. 
The amendment also adds the following requirements for 
obtaining an amended birth certificate: notarized or written 
consent: 
a 
notarized report of the results of 
DNA 
testing; 
notarized documentation of the chain of custody of the samples 
used in testing; DNA testing of a type generally acknowledged as 
reliable 
and 
conducted 
by 
a 
laboratory 
approved 
by 
an 
accreditation body designated by the federal Secretary of Health 
and Human Services. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/01104 ;::t?ac:.. 
l2lst Maine Legislature 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1640 
An Act To Provide Accurate Vital Records for Adults in Maine 
LR2653(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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