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NY A08314
Bill
Status
5/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Health to contract with a qualified entity (experienced in genealogical databases) for up to seven years to digitize and index New York State birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates at no direct cost to the state
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The qualified entity receives the right to provide the database to its own subscribers and customers in exchange for creating and maintaining the free state database
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Digital images must be linkable to vital records indexes once records become public (75 years for birth records, 50 years for marriage, divorce, and death records)
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Social security numbers must be redacted from all digital images provided to the public, including through automated bulk redaction methods
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Protects all current state and local government employees performing related work from displacement, reduction in hours, loss of wages or benefits, or impairment of collective bargaining agreements
Legislative Description
Requires the department of health to enter into a contract with an entity experienced in maintaining genealogical research databases for the digitalization and indexing of certain vital records.
Last Action
substituted by s7782a
6/13/2025