Amends Article 4 of Chapter 130A of the General statutes (Public health, Vital statistics) by adding GS130A-101.1 providing that:
(1) A parent may self identify a child’s race on the child’s birth certificate if that one parent is named on the birth certificate;
(2) Both parents may agree on and identify a child’s race on the child’s birth certificate if both parents are listed on the birth certificate;
(3) A child’s race must be identified on the child’s birth certificate as directed by an adoptive parent if there is one adoptive parent, regardless of any prior identified race;
(4) A child’s race must be identified on the child’s birth certificate as agreed upon and directed by both adoptive parents if there are two adoptive parents, regardless of any prior identified race;
(5) A persons race must be entered on their birth certificate as directed by the person if they have reached the age of majority, regardless of any prior identified race;
(6) These provisions only apply to the birth certificates of persons born after October 1, 2022; and
(7) Nothing in these provisions prohibits a State or local registrar from entering information on a birth certificate required by GS 130A-102 (Contents of birth certificate).
Amends G.S. 130A-102 to direct that self-identified race be added to birth certificates pursuant to GS 130A-101.1.
Amends GS 130A-118 (amendment of death and birth certificates) to require that a new birth certificate be made by the State registrar when requested by a parent or child authorized to self-identify a child’s race on the child’s birth certificate pursuant to GS 130A-101.1.
Appropriates $87,000 in non-recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health for the 22021-2023 fiscal biennium to be allocated to the State Registrar of Vital Records to implement provisions of this act.