ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

 

HB 2010: adoption; health information; update

Sponsor:  Representative Kavanagh, LD 23

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Requires the Department of Child Safety (DCS), an agency or person placing a child to notify an adoptee or if under 18, the adoptees parents of the receipt of any supplemental information received from a member of the birth family.

History

Before placing a child for adoption, DCS, an agency or the person placing the child must compile and provide to the prospective adoptive parents detailed written information including a health and genetic history and all nonidentifying information about the birth parents or members of a birth parent's family set forth in a document that is separate from any document containing identifying information. This does not apply if the birth parents are deceased, their whereabouts are unknown or the information is not otherwise reasonably available.

Current law states records containing the information can be supplemented with information supplied by any member of the birth family, any member of the adoptive family, an adult adoptee or the family of an adult adoptee. Supplemental information supplied to DCS or the agency or the person who placed the child must be filed with all other information concerning the adoption (A.R.S. § 8-129).

Provisions

1.    ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteStipulates that DCS, an agency or person placing a child must notify the adoptee, if the adoptee is at least 18 years of age, or the adoptive parents, if the adoptee is under 18 years of age, of the receipt of any supplemental information from a member of the birth family. (Sec. 1)

2.    Clarifies records containing detailed written nonidentifying information, including a health and genetic history and all nonidentifying information about the birth parents or members of a birth parent's family must be retained by DCS, an agency or a person placing the child for 99 years. (Sec. 1)

3.    Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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