SB 20 — SEX DESIGNATION ON VITAL RECORDS

SENATEAN BILLACT 20RELATING THTO LEGISLATUREVITAL -STATISTICS; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2019 INTRODUCED BY Jacob R.

CandelariaAMENDING andA DeborahSECTION A.OF THE VITAL STATISTICS ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENT OF SEX DESIGNATION ON VITAL RECORDS.

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FORSection THE24-14-25 LEGISLATIVENMSA HEALTH1978 AND(being HUMANLaws SERVICES1961, COMMITTEEChapter AN44, ACTSection RELATING23, TOas VITALamended) STATISTICS;is amended to read:

AMENDING"24-14-25. A SECTION OF THE VITAL h STATISTICS ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENT OF SEX DESIGNATION ON g o VITAL RECORDS.

tCORRECTION hrAND gAMENDMENT e i k h r i s BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THEVITAL STATERECORDS.-- OFA. NEW MEXICO:

hA ,certificate t,or SECTIONreport 1.registered under the Vital Statistics Act may be amended only in accordance with that act and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to that act to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records and health statistics.

Section 24-14-25 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1961, e u g e b l e e h Chapter 44, Section 23, as amended) is amended to read:

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CORRECTION AND AMENDMENT OF VITAL RECORDS.-- l ] b ,d i a º e A.

A certificate or report registered under the r i = r t e w d m a n o Vital Statistics Act may be amended only in accordance with d m :

b e d s º o t n = .211216.1 s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d that act and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to that act to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records and health statistics.

Upon request and receipt of an [acknowledgement ] acknowledgment of paternity signed under penalty of perjury by both parents of a child born to an unmarried mother or, in the case of a married mother, upon receipt of an acknowledgment of paternity signed under penalty of perjury by the mother and the non-husband and of a denial of paternity signed under SB 20 Page 1 penalty of perjury by the husband, the state registrar shall amend a certificate of birth to show the paternity if paternity is not h shown on the birth certificate.

The certificate of birth shall u » r not be marked "amended".

t h g e l i D.

Upon receipt of a statement signed under penalty h r i s of perjury by [the person in charge of an institution or from h , e h the attending physician] an individual born in this state, or t u g e b l e e , gh the individual's parent, guardian or legal representative, n d d i = = o h indicating [that ] the [sex of an] gender identity of the lindividual, ]together bwith ,d i a ºcertified rcopy individualof [bornan inorder thischanging statethe hasname beenof changedthe byindividual, surgicalif eapplicable, rthe =certificate tof ebirth wof dthe mindividual ashall nbe oreissued procedure],to togetherreflect with a certifieddesignation copy of anmale, orderfemale changingor dX, mas :prescribed by regulation.

b r e t º o t n = .211216.1 s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d the name of the [person] individual, if applicable, the certificate of birth of the individual shall be [amended ] reissued to reflect a designation of male, female or X, as prescribed by regulation.

A certificate or report that is amended under this section shall be marked "amended", except as otherwise providedSB in20 [SubsectionPage ]2 provided in Subsections C and D of this section.

h The date of the amendment and a summary description of the u » r evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be t h g e l i endorsed on or made a part of the record.

The department shall h r i s prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or h , e h minor corrections may be made to certificates or records within t u g e b l e e , gh one year after the date of the event without the certificate or n d d i = = o h record being marked "amended".

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For the purposes of this section, "X" SPACºrefers means e r = t e w d m a n o nonbinary»SPAC SPACºrefers to a gender other than male or dfemale mor :an, undesignated gender." SB 20 Page 3 25

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b r e t º o t n = .211216.1 s k em e e a n e d r e l u [ A d