Voluntary acknowledgment of paternity: Board to develop and distribute affidavits; certain entities to provide services.
1. The Board shall:
(a) Develop an affidavit for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity in this state that complies with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 652(a); and
(b) Distribute the affidavits to:
(1) Each hospital or obstetric center in this state; and
(2) Any other entity authorized to provide services relating to the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(C).
2. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and the entities described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall offer to provide services relating to the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity in the manner prescribed in the regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(C).
3. Before providing an affidavit for the acknowledgment of paternity to the mother of a child or a person who wishes to acknowledge the paternity of the child, the agencies described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall ensure that the mother and the person who wishes to acknowledge paternity are given notice, orally and in writing, of the rights, responsibilities and legal consequences of, and the alternatives to, signing the affidavit for the acknowledgment of paternity.
Last modified: February 26, 2006