Bill Text: MA S50 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further regulate the release of information concerning adoption

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-29 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S50 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S50-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mr. Knapik

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act further regulating the release of information concerning adoption.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Mr. Knapik	Second Hampden and Hampshire
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera	10th Hampden
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	16th Suffolk

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00087 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act further regulating the release of information concerning adoption.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

            SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 5D of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

            If the biological parent of the adopted person is deceased, a person 18 years of age or older who is a sibling of the adopted person may request in writing a release of the identity after adoption of the adopted person and the placement agency shall release the identity after adoption of the adopted person to the sibling; provided, however, that the agency has received written permission from the adopted person, or written permission from the adoptive parents if the adoptive person is under the age of 21.