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SF 137 Senate Long Description

2E Relating to adoption records; reclassifying original birth records of adopted persons; requiring department of health to prepare an affidavit of disclosure and nondisclosure forms for birth parents to agree or object to the release of original birth records to the adopted person; providing for access to original birth record upon request of adopted person under certain conditions; permitting state registrar to provide noncertified copies of original birth records to certain adopted persons; authorizing a birth parent to rescind an affidavit of disclosure or an affidavit of nondisclosure at any time; authorizing an adopted person to petition appropriate court for disclosure under certain conditions; requiring department of health, adoption agencies and adoption advocates to provide information about certain changes in the law relating to the accessibility to birth records; authorizing health department to charge a fee for noncertified birth records provided to adopted persons; appropriating money to commissioner of health to provide access to birth records and provide information to adopted persons; repealing certain provisions relating to postadoption services and access to original birth record information
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