A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the State registrar of vital statistics to develop a mechanism to allow parents to self‑identify the race of a child born in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  No later than October 1, 2019, the State Registrar shall develop and adopt a mechanism to allow parents to self‑identify the race of a child born in North Carolina. This information shall be retained electronically in the vital records system and shall be included on the birth certificate.
SECTION 2.  The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall report the mechanism adopted under Section 1 of this act to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services no later than November 1, 2019.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.