Section 36 Security of Identity Documents and Confidential Information 3

Section 1 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 to 6, inclusive, the words "section 4 of chapter 17, or, as the commissioner of public health may require, relative to births, marriage, acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- section 3 of chapter 111, or, as the commissioner of public health may require, relative to births, marriage acknowledgments and adjudications of parentage.

This section, along with thirteen others, updates the laws governing the registration of births, deaths, and marriages and the disclosure of corresponding records to align with national best practices for the protection of personally identifiable data and confidential health information.