BILL NUMBER: AB 1413	CHAPTERED  09/05/03

	CHAPTER  315
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 3, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 102600 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vital records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1413, Wolk.  Delayed registration of birth:  dependent
children.
   Existing law requires the Director of Health Services, as the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics, among other duties, to
administer the registration of births and to supervise local
registrars of births and deaths in this regard.
   Existing law authorizes the filing with the State Registrar of a
delayed registration of birth of any person born in California whose
birth is not registered.
   Existing law separately provides that a child who comes within any
of a series of specified descriptions is within the jurisdiction of
the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a dependent
child of the court.
   This bill would require the State Registrar to give priority to
the processing of an application for delayed registration of birth
for a child who has been adjudged a dependent child of, and who is
subject to the jurisdiction of, the juvenile court.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 102600 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   102600.  (a) Upon receipt by the State Registrar of an application
for delayed registration of birth and payment of the required fee,
he or she shall review the application together with the affidavits
and documentary evidence accompanying it and shall accept the
application if the application and evidence submitted comply with
this chapter.  After acceptance by the State Registrar the
application shall constitute a delayed certificate of birth, and the
State Registrar shall permanently preserve the certificates in a
systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive and
continuous index of all the certificates.
   (b) In processing applications for the delayed registration of
birth pursuant to this section, the State Registrar shall give
priority to an application for a child who has been adjudged a
dependent child of, and who is subject to the jurisdiction of, the
juvenile court, pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.