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By Mr. Kennedy of Brockton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2138) of Thomas P. Kennedy relative to the issuance of certified birth records to Native Americans. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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By Mr. Kennedy of Brockton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2138) of Thomas P. Kennedy relative to the issuance of certified birth records to Native Americans. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Native American Indian—certified of birth records.
Any native American Indian whose certified birth record or copy thereof
contains a racial designation that is incorrect or missing may, without payment
of a fee obtain one certified copy of her or his birth record from which such
incorrect racial designation has been removed or corrected. The person
requesting the birth record shall provide satisfactory proof from a Native
American Indian authority, or sworn and notarized statement to substantiate
their Native American Indian ancestry.
The certificate issued shall not be marked or designated “amended” solely for
the reason set forth in this section.
This Act shall take effect upon passage.