Bill Text: MA S50 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Further regulate the release of information concerning adoption
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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
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
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��������������� 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:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Mr. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
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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.
