Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-891-R2

2nd Redraft EHS 891

Technical amendment related to vital records

Mr. Lewis moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 30 the following section:-

SECTION 30A. Section 13 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(e)(1) If a person has completed medical intervention for the purpose of permanent sex reassignment, the birth record of that person shall be amended to permanently and accurately reflect the reassigned sex if the following documents have been received by the state registrar or town clerk:

(i) an affidavit executed by the person to whom the record relates or by the parent or guardian if such person is a minor indicating the individual’s sex; and

(ii) a physician’s notarized statement that the person has completed medical intervention, appropriate for that individual, for the purpose of permanent sex reassignment and is not of the sex recorded on the record.

(2) The affiant shall furnish a certified copy of the legal change of name if the affiant is seeking a birth record with the legal change of name instead of the name as appearing on the birth record prior to the amendment.”