The New York City Council - File #: Int 0954-2018

• File #: Int 0954-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Amending sex designation on birth records and the issuance of birth records.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
• File created: 6/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 6/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, relation to amending sex designation on birth records and the issuance of birth records
• Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Karen Koslowitz, Ben Kallos, Carlina Rivera , Brad S. Lander, Daniel Dromm , Helen K. Rosenthal, Costa G. Constantinides, Stephen T. Levin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/2/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
9/12/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
9/12/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
9/6/2018	A	Committee on Health	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/6/2018	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
6/13/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
6/13/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 954-A

By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Koslowitz, Kallos, Rivera, Lander, Dromm, Rosenthal, Constantinides and Levin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, relation to amending sex designation on birth records and the issuance of birth records
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 17-167.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:
? 17-167.1 Sex designation on birth records. a. For the purposes of this section, "x" means a designation used to indicate a sex that is not exclusively male or female.
b. The department shall make a new birth record when an applicant submits an application and supporting documentation pursuant to this subdivision and subdivision [b] c of this section requesting the correction of sex designation to the applicant's birth record. Such application shall be made in a form or manner to be provided or approved by the department. If the department requests information, documentation or a copy of an acceptable current signed photographic identification, the department may not take into account the sex designation listed on such identification in reviewing such application.
[b] c. An application made pursuant to subdivision [a] b of this section shall be accompanied by [supporting documentation that is an affirmation from a physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States, or an affidavit from a professional licensed to practice in the United States who is a: doctoral level psychologist (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical social worker, master social worker, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor or midwife. Such affirmation or affidavit shall include a declaration affirming or attesting under penalty of perjury that:
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