HB-4896, As Passed House, June 27, 2008

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4896

     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, an affidavit of

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

after June 1, 2003 to 1 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 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 a fetal death record that was filed

before September 30, 1978, to any applicant.

     (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 department of human services and delivered to that

individual as required by section 68(9) 68(8) 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".

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 6287 of the 94th Legislature is enacted into

law.