Amendment ID: S2533-2

Amendment 2

Birth Record Name Change

Ms. Comerford moves that the proposed new draft be amended in section 1, in proposed subsection (e) of section 13 of chapter 46, by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-

“(3) A person, or the parent or guardian of a person who is a minor, who has changed the sex designation on the person’s birth record pursuant to paragraph (1) but did not request a change of name on the person’s birth record pursuant to paragraph (2) may request a change of name on the person’s birth record within 3 years from the date the change of the sex designation on the person’s birth record pursuant to said paragraph (1) was made; provided, however, that a person whose sex designation on their birth record was changed while the person was a minor shall have 3 years from the date of their eighteenth birthday to request a change of name on the person’s birth record. A request for a change of name on a birth record shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the legal change of name; provided, however, that no medical or health-care related documentation shall be required by a town clerk or other official in connection with a request under this paragraph.

(4) The department of public health may promulgate regulations to implement this subsection.”.