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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate |
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of an adopted child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 192.008(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child |
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must be in the names of the adoptive parents[, one of whom must be a
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female, named as the mother, and the other of whom must be a male,
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named as the father]. This subsection does not prohibit a single |
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individual, male or female, from adopting a child. Copies of the |
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child's birth certificates or birth records may not disclose that |
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the child is adopted. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a supplementary birth certificate issued on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A supplementary birth certificate |
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issued before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law |
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in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |