HB5949ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 4/2/2014

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5949

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5949 on page 63, line 15, by changing "or surviving spouse" to "surviving spouse, or birth parent of an adult adopted person"; and

on page 63, by inserting immediately below line 19 the following:

"(m) Beginning on January 1, 2015, any birth parent of an adult adopted person named on the original birth certificate may request a non-certified copy of the original birth certificate reflecting the birth of the adult adopted person, provided that:

(1) any non-certified copy of the original birth certificate released under this subsection (m) shall not reflect the State file number on the original birth certificate; and

(2) if the Department of Public Health does not locate the original birth certificate, it shall issue a certification of no record found."; and

on page 67, by replacing lines 2 through 9 with the following:

"fee shall be charged to any petitioner if the petitioner is an adult adopted or surrendered person and the sought-after relative is a birth parent who filed or who did not file a Denial with the Registry prior to January 1, 2011, or filed a Birth Parent Preference Form on which Option E was selected after January 1, 2011 and more than 5 years have transpired since the birth parent filed the Denial of Information Exchange or Birth Parent Preference Form on which Option E was selected.".