Indiana House Bill 1019 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 17 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-01 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Allows a relative of an adoptee or a pre-adoptive sibling to obtain medical history information and to file a petition with an appropriate court to request the release of medical information, nonidentifying information, or identifying information. Requires that a petition requesting release of medical, nonidentifying, or identifying information must include the reasons why the release of information may be beneficial to the interested person. (Current law requires that the petition must include reasons why the release of information may be beneficial to the adoptee or birth parent.) Requires the court to appoint a confidential intermediary if certain requirements are met and the petitioner has shown an emergency medical need or good cause relating to the welfare of an adoptee, a birth parent, an adoptive parent, a relative of a birth parent, a relative of an adoptive parent, a relative of an adoptee, a pre-adoptive sibling, the department of child services or a county office of family and children, an adoption agency, or a court. (Current law requires the court to appoint a confidential intermediary if certain requirements are met and the petitioner has shown an emergency medical need or good cause relating to the welfare of an adoptee or birth parent.)

Adoption history information.

Rep. John Day [D]

Rep. David Frizzell [R]

Rep. Michael Karickhoff [R]

Rep. Gail Riecken [D]

2012-01-17 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-01		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2012-01-25		Representative Day added as coauthor
2012-01-17		Senate sponsor: Senator Broden
2012-01-17		Referred to the Senate
2012-01-17		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 94, nays 0
2012-01-13		Representatives Riecken and Frizzell added as coauthors
2012-01-13		Amendment 2 (Austin), ruled out of order
2012-01-13		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2012-01-11		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-01-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2012-01-09		Authored by Representative Karickhoff

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1019
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1019.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HB/HB1019.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Hrollcal/0022.PDF.pdf