§ 254. Reports by clerks to state officers. When a court of competent\njurisdiction shall make a determination as to the parentage of any\nperson, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit to the state\ncommissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written\nnotification of such entry together with such other facts as may assist\nin identifying the birth record of the person whose parentage was in\nissue. When the person whose parentage has been determined is under the\nage of eighteen years, such clerk shall also transmit forthwith to the\nstate commissioner of the office of children and family services for\nrecordation in the putative father registry established pursuant to\nsection three hundred seventy-two-c of the social services law, on a\nform prescribed by such commis
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§ 254. Reports by clerks to state officers. When a court of competent\njurisdiction shall make a determination as to the parentage of any\nperson, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit to the state\ncommissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written\nnotification of such entry together with such other facts as may assist\nin identifying the birth record of the person whose parentage was in\nissue. When the person whose parentage has been determined is under the\nage of eighteen years, such clerk shall also transmit forthwith to the\nstate commissioner of the office of children and family services for\nrecordation in the putative father registry established pursuant to\nsection three hundred seventy-two-c of the social services law, on a\nform prescribed by such commissioner in consultation with the office of\ncourt administration, a notification of the determination including the\nname and address of the person whose parentage was determined and the\nperson who was determined to be the father.\n Whenever an order of adoption has been made by a court of competent\njurisdiction the clerk of such court shall forthwith transmit to the\nstate commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written\nnotification of such order, together with the name given to the adopted\nperson at its birth and such other facts as may assist in identifying\nthe birth record of the person adopted and with a copy of the form\nrequired by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and\nsubdivision nine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic\nrelations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three\nhundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section\nthree hundred eighty-four of the social services law.\n If any determination as to parentage or order of adoption of a person\nas aforesaid shall be reversed, set aside, or abrogated by a later\njudgment, decree or order of the same or of a higher court, that fact\nshall be immediately communicated in writing to the state commissioner\nof health, and, in addition, in the case of a determination as to\nparentage, to the state commissioner of the office of children and\nfamily services, on a form prescribed by him by the clerk of the court\nwhich entered such judgment, decree, or order.\n Whenever it appears to any clerk, aforesaid, that the person whose\nparentage was in issue or the person adopted was born in New York city,\nthe clerk shall transmit the written notification aforesaid to the\ndepartment of health of such city, together with a copy of the form\nrequired by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and\nsubdivision nine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic\nrelations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three\nhundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section\nthree hundred eighty-four of the social services law, and also transmit\ncopies of such documents to the state commissioner of health.\n