By Danburg                                            H.B. No. 2261
         77R6317 JMM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate for
 1-3     certain adopted persons.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 192.006(a), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A supplementary birth certificate may be filed if the
 1-8     person who is the subject of the certificate:
 1-9                 (1)  becomes the child of the person's father by the
1-10     subsequent marriage of the person's parents;
1-11                 (2)  has the person's parentage determined by a court
1-12     of competent jurisdiction; [or]
1-13                 (3)  is adopted under the laws of any state; or
1-14                 (4)  is eligible for a supplementary birth certificate
1-15     under Section 192.008(f).
1-16           SECTION 2. Section 192.008, Health and Safety Code, is
1-17     amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-18           (f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an adopted person at
1-19     least 18 years of age is entitled to a supplementary birth
1-20     certificate under this subsection if the person's adoptive parents
1-21     and birth parents have died.  A supplementary birth certificate
1-22     issued under this subsection must be in the names of the person's
1-23     birth parents contained on the person's original birth certificate.
1-24     An adopted person who applies for a supplementary birth certificate
 2-1     under this subsection shall provide the state registrar with the
 2-2     information necessary to issue the birth certificate.
 2-3           SECTION 3. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies to
 2-4     an adopted person without regard to the date on which the person
 2-5     was adopted.
 2-6           (b)  The Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules and
 2-7     prescribe forms necessary to administer this Act not later than
 2-8     January 1, 2002.
 2-9           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-10     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-11     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-12     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-13     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.