BILL NUMBER: AB 1951	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act  to amend Section 102425 of, and to add Section
102425.1 to, the Health and Safety Code,   relating to vital
records.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1951, as amended, Gomez. Vital records: birth certificates.
   Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to
the registration of a live birth. Under existing law, a certificate
of live birth is required to contain, among other things, the full
name, birthplace, and date of birth of both the father and mother of
a child, except as provided.
   Existing law provides for the Vital Statistics Advisory Committee,
which, among other things, is required to review and make
recommendations to the State Registrar as to proposals for addition
or deletion of items on the certificate of live birth and advise the
State Registrar on the content and format of the certificate.
Existing law requires the State Registrar to publish within 30 days
of receipt of recommendations by the committee, both a list of the
recommendations adopted and a list of the recommendations not
adopted, with reasons for the action.
   This bill would instead require the State Registrar, with regard
to identification of the parents, to modify the certificate of live
birth to contain  one line that reads Father/Mother/Parent 1
and another line that reads Father/Mother/Parent  2 
  lines that both read "Name of Parent"   and
contain, next to each parent's name, 3 check boxes with the options
of mother, father, and parent to describe the parent's relationship
to the child  . The bill would require the State Registrar to
submit a report to the Legislature regarding the modification within
30 days of the action. The bill would also require that all local
registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars use the modified
certificate of live birth, update all forms to incorporate the
modification, and discard all forms in use before the modification.
 The bill would make conforming changes. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 102465
and 102470 of the Health and Safety Code, the State Registrar of
Vital Statistics, with regard to identification of the parents, shall
modify the certificate of live birth to contain one line that reads
Father/Mother/Parent 1 and another line that reads
Father/Mother/Parent 2.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 102470 of the Health and Safety Code,
the State Registrar shall submit a report to the Legislature
regarding the modification within 30 days of the action.
   (c) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) (1) The certificate of live birth, as described in subdivision
(a), shall be used by all local registrars, deputy registrars, and
subregistrars.
   (2) The local registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars
shall update all forms to incorporate the modification and discard
all forms in use before the modification described in subdivision
(a). 
   SECTION 1.    Section 102425 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   102425.  (a) The certificate of live birth for any live birth
occurring on or after January 1, 1980, shall contain those items
necessary to establish the fact of the birth and shall contain only
the following information:
   (1) Full name and sex of the child.
   (2) Date of birth, including month, day, hour, and year.
   (3) Place of birth.
   (4) Full name  of the father  , birthplace, and
date of birth of  the father   each parent,
 including month, day, and year  , and the relationship of
the parent to the child  .  If  
   (A) The full name of the mother shall be the birth name of the
mother. 
    (B)    If  the parents are not married
to each other, the father's name shall not be listed on the birth
certificate unless the father and the mother sign a voluntary
declaration of paternity at the hospital before the birth certificate
is prepared. The birth certificate may be amended to add the father'
s name at a later date only if paternity for the child has been
established by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by
the filing of a voluntary declaration of paternity. 
   (5) Full birth name of the mother, birthplace, and date of birth
of the mother including month, day, and year.  
   (6) 
    (5)  Multiple births and birth order of multiple births.

   (7) 
    (6)  Signature, and relationship to the child, of a
parent or other informant, and date signed. 
   (8) 
    (7)  Name, title, and mailing address of the attending
physician and surgeon or principal attendant, signature, and
certification of live birth by the attending physician and surgeon or
principal attendant or certifier, date signed, and name and title of
the certifier if other than the attending physician and surgeon or
principal attendant. 
   (9) 
    (8)  Date accepted for registration and signature of
local registrar. 
   (10) 
    (9)  A state birth certificate number and local
registration district and number. 
   (11) 
    (10)  A blank space for entry of the date of death with
a caption reading "Date of Death."
   (b) In addition to the items listed in subdivision (a), the
certificate of live birth shall contain the following medical and
social information, provided that the information is kept
confidential pursuant to Sections 102430 and 102447 and is clearly
labeled "Confidential Information for Public Health Use Only":
   (1) Birth weight.
   (2) Pregnancy history.
   (3) Race and ethnicity of  the mother and father 
 each parent  .
   (4) Residence address of the  birth  mother.
   (5) A blank space for entry of census tract for the  birth
 mother's address.
   (6) Date of first prenatal care visit, the number of prenatal care
visits, and commencing January 1, 2007, the date of last prenatal
care visit.
   (7) Date of last normal menses and, commencing January 1, 2007, an
obstetric estimate of completed weeks of gestation at delivery.
   (8) Description of complications and procedures of pregnancy and
concurrent illnesses, congenital malformation, and any complication
or procedure of labor and delivery, including surgery, provided that
this information is essential medical information and appears in
total on the face of the certificate.
   (9) Commencing January 1, 2007, hearing screen results.
   (10)  Mother's and father's   Each parent's
 occupations and kind of business or industry.
   (11) Education level of  the mother and father 
 each parent  .
   (12) Principal source of payment for prenatal care, which shall
include the following: Medi-Cal, private insurance, self-pay, other
sources, and any other categories as may be determined by the State
Department of  Public  Health  Services  .
   (13) Expected principal source of payment for delivery, which
shall include the following: Medi-Cal, private insurance, self-pay,
other sources, and any other categories as may be determined by the
State Department of  Public  Health  Services
.
   (14) An indication of whether or not the child's parent desires
the automatic issuance of a social security number to the child.
   (15) On and after January 1, 1995, the social security numbers of
 the mother and father   each parent  ,
unless subdivision (b) of Section 102150 applies.
   (c) Paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) shall be completed by the
attending physician and surgeon or the attending physician and
surgeon's designated representative. The names and addresses of
children born with congenital malformations who require followup
treatment, as determined by the child's physician and surgeon, shall
be furnished by the physician and surgeon to the local health
officer, if permission is granted by either parent of the child.
   (d) The parent shall only be asked to sign the form after both the
public portion and the confidential medical and social information
items have been entered upon the certificate of live birth.
   (e)  (1)    The State Registrar shall instruct
all local registrars to collect the information specified in this
section with respect to certificates of live birth. The information
shall be transcribed on the certificate of live birth in use at the
time and shall be limited to the information specified in this
section. 
   Information 
    (2)     Information  relating to
concurrent illnesses, complications and procedures of pregnancy and
delivery, and congenital malformations shall be completed by the
physician and surgeon, or the physician and surgeon's designee, who
shall insert in the space provided on the confidential portion of the
certificate the appropriate number or numbers listed on the VS-10A
supplemental worksheet. The VS-10A supplemental form shall be used as
a worksheet only and shall not in any manner be linked with the
identity of the child or the  birth  mother, nor submitted
with the certificate to the State Registrar. All information
transferred from the worksheet to the certificate shall be fully
explained to the parent or other informant prior to the signing of
the certificate.  No questions   Questions 
relating to drug or alcohol abuse  may   shall
not be asked.
   (f) (1) The Vital Statistics Advisory Committee, in accordance
with Section 102465, shall conduct a review of the contents of the
certificate of live birth to coincide with decennial revisions by the
National Center for Health Statistics to the United States Standard
Certificate of Live Birth. The Vital Statistics Advisory Committee
shall make recommendations to the State Registrar regarding the
adoption of modifications to the state certificate of live birth that
are similar to those made to the federal certificate.
   (2)  Notwithstanding Section 102470, the State Registrar shall
review the Vital Statistics Advisory Committee recommendations and,
at the State Registrar's discretion, shall submit to the Legislature,
for approval, additions or deletions to the certificate of live
birth.
   SEC. 2.    Section 102425.1 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   102425.1.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 102465 and 102470, the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics, with regard to identification of
the parents, shall modify the certificate of live birth to do both
of the following:
   (1) Contain two lines that both read "Name of Parent."
   (2) Contain, next to each parent's name, three checkboxes to
choose from with the following options to describe the parent's
relationship to the child:
   (A) Mother.
   (B) Father.
   (C) Parent.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 102470, the State Registrar shall
submit a report to the Legislature regarding the modification within
30 days of the action.
   (c) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) (1) The certificate of live birth, as described in subdivision
(a), shall be used by all local registrars, deputy registrars, and
subregistrars.
   (2) The local registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars
shall update all forms to incorporate the modification and discard
all forms in use before the modification described in subdivision
(a).