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H. B. No. 596 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Huffman, Buchy, Blessing
A BILL
To amend sections 3107.062, 3107.065, 3107.066, and
3107.99; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a
new section number as indicated in parentheses,
section 3107.066 (3107.067); and to enact new
section 3107.066 of the Revised Code to provide
that ineffective promotion of the putative father
registry does not relieve a putative father of the
consequences of failing to timely register with
the putative father registry and to make false
registration a first degree misdemeanor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3107.062, 3107.065, 3107.066, and
3107.99 be amended, section 3107.066 (3107.067) be amended for the
purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in
parentheses, and new section 3107.066 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3107.062. The department of job and family services
shall establish a putative father registry. To register, a
putative father must complete a registration form prescribed under
section 3107.065 of the Revised Code and submit it to the
department. The registration form shall include the putative
father's name; the name of the mother of the person he claims as
his child; and the address or telephone number at which he wishes
to receive, pursuant to section 3107.11 of the Revised Code,
notice of any petition that may be filed to adopt a minor he
claims as his child.
A putative father may register at any time. For the purpose
of preserving the requirement of his consent to an adoption, a
putative father shall register before or not later than thirty
days after the birth of the child. No fee shall be charged for
registration.
On receipt of a completed registration form, the department
shall indicate on the form the date of receipt and file it in the
putative father registry. The department shall maintain
registration forms in a manner that enables it to access a
registration form using either the name of the putative father or
of the mother.
No person shall knowingly make a false registration as a
putative father in the registry established under this section.
Sec. 3107.065. Not later than ninety days after the
effective date of this section, the The director of job and family
services shall do both of the following:
(A) Adopt adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code governing the putative father registry. The rules
shall establish the registration form to be used by a putative
father under section 3107.062 of the Revised Code.
(B) Establish a campaign to promote awareness of the putative
father registry. The campaign shall include informational
materials about the registry.
Sec. 3107.066. (A) The director of job and family services
shall establish a campaign to promote awareness of the putative
father registry. The campaign shall include informational
materials about the registry.
(B) The failure of the director or any other governmental
entity to effectively promote awareness of the putative father
registry does not relieve a putative father of the consequences of
failing to timely register as provided in division (B) of section
3107.07 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3107.066 3107.067. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions
of the versions of former sections 3107.06 and 3107.07 of the
Revised Code that, pursuant to Section 5 of Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of
the 121st general assembly, apply regarding a putative father's
consent to the adoption of any child born prior to January 1,
1997, on and after the effective date of this section August 14,
2008, both of the following apply:
(1) The references in division (F)(4) of former section
3107.06 of the Revised Code to the department of human services
are repealed, and division (F)(4) of that former section shall be
considered as reading, and shall be applicable, as follows: "Has
filed an objection to the adoption with the agency having custody
of the minor at any time before the placement of the minor in the
home of the petitioner, or with the probate court within thirty
days of the filing of a petition to adopt the minor or its
placement in the home of the petitioner, whichever occurs first."
(2) The references in division (B) of former section 3107.07
of the Revised Code to the department of human services are
repealed, and division (B) of that former section shall be
considered as reading, and shall be applicable, as follows: "The
putative father of a minor if the putative father fails to file an
objection with the court or the agency having custody of the minor
as provided in division (F)(4) of section 3107.06 of the Revised
Code, or files an objection with the court or agency and the court
finds, after proper service of notice and hearing, that he is not
the father of the minor, or that he has willfully abandoned or
failed to care for and support the minor, or abandoned the mother
of the minor during her pregnancy and up to the time of her
surrender of the minor, or its placement in the home of the
petitioner, whichever occurs first."
(B) As used in this section:
(1) "Former section 3107.06 of the Revised Code" means the
version of that section that was in effect immediately prior to
September 18, 1996, and that was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of
the 121st general assembly.
(2) "Former section 3107.07 of the Revised Code" means the
version of that section that was in effect immediately prior to
September 18, 1996, and that was amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 419 of
the 121st general assembly.
Sec. 3107.99. (A) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section
3107.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
third degree.
(B) Whoever violates section 3107.062 of the Revised Code is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Section 2. That existing sections 3107.062, 3107.065,
3107.066, and 3107.99 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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