HOUSE BILL No. 6212

 

June 15, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Caswell, Farhat and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 2882 (MCL 333.2882), as amended by 2002 PA 691.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2882. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 2890,

 

upon written request and payment of the prescribed fee, the state

 

registrar or local registrar shall issue the appropriate 1 of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A certified copy of a live birth record  ,  or an

 

affidavit of parentage filed after June 1, 1997  , or a record of

 

stillbirth filed after June 1, 2003  to  1  any of the following:

 

     (i) The individual who is the subject of the record.

 

     (ii) A parent named in the record.


 

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

 

custodian of the individual who is the subject of the record.

 

     (iv) A court of competent jurisdiction.

 

     (b) If the live birth record is 100 or more years old, a

 

certified copy of the live birth record to any applicant.

 

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

 

death, to any applicant.

 

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

 

applicant, except as provided by rule.

 

     (e) A certified copy of an application for a marriage license

 

to any of the following:

 

     (i) The bride named on the application.

 

     (ii) The groom named on the application.

 

     (iii) A parent named on the application.

 

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

 

filed before September 30, 1978, to any applicant.

 

     (g) A certificate of stillbirth filed after June 1, 2003 to

 

any of the following:

 

     (i) A parent named on the record.

 

     (ii) An heir of a parent named on the record.

 

     (iii) A court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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

 

payment of the prescribed fee, the state registrar shall issue to

 

that individual a copy of his or her original certificate of live

 

birth, if the written request identifies the name of the adult

 

adoptee and is accompanied by a copy of a central adoption registry

 

clearance reply form that was completed by the family independence


 

agency and delivered to that individual as required by section

 

68(9) of the Michigan adoption code, chapter X of the probate code

 

of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.68.

 

     (3) Upon written request of a confidential intermediary

 

appointed under section 68b of the Michigan adoption code, chapter

 

X of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.68b,

 

presentation of a certified copy of the order of appointment,

 

identification of the name of the adult adoptee, and payment of the

 

required fee, the state registrar shall issue to the confidential

 

intermediary a copy of the original certificate of live birth of

 

the adult adoptee on whose behalf the intermediary was appointed.

 

     (4) A copy of the original certificate of live birth provided

 

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

 

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

 

record and is not the active birth certificate of the individual

 

whose name appears on this document".