Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services
Sponsor: Delegate MaloneCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Family LawStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Repealing certain provisions of law specifying that certain provisions of law apply only to adoptions in which a juvenile court enters an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000; altering, from 21 to 18, the age at which an adoptee, or biological parent if the adoptee is at least a certain age, may apply for a copy of certain birth and adoptions records; requiring the Director of Social Services to develop and make available a certain contact preference form; etc.
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Testimony (22)
MGA witness listFAV 18FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | LUCE, GREG | ADOPTEE RIGHTS LAW CENTER | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Clausen, Linda | Access Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wright, William | Access Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Ruppersberger, Dutch | House of Representatives | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Klappenberger, Peggy | Maryland Adoptee Rights | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stricker, Susie | Maryland Adoptee Rights | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pertman, Adam | National Center on Adoption and Permanancy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Birch, Beverly | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Cauman, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Malone, Delegate Malonelegislator | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Djebel, Rachida | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Greenwell, Elizabeth | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Greenwell, Elizabeth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | KEYES, DEBORAH | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lusk, Adrienne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Newman, Mary | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | O'Connor, Kate | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Sheffield, Robyn | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Maio, Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Maio, Richard | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | DHS, DHS | DHS | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Boyer, Andrew | Department of Health | Written (PDF) |