AZ HB2921

Allows adoptees who are at least 18 years old and born in Arizona to request and receive a copy of their original sealed birth certificate from the state registrar, effective December 31, 2021.

Requires birth parents to complete a contact preference form (at their option) indicating whether they want to be contacted directly, through an intermediary, or not at all by the adoptee, and allows birth parents to update this preference at any time.

Establishes a voluntary medical history form that birth parents may complete and file with the state registrar for the adoptee to receive with their original birth certificate.

Modifies adoption consent procedures to require acknowledgment that adoptees may obtain their original birth certificate at age 18, and changes the age for adoptees to access adoption records from 21 to 18 years old upon termination of parental rights.

Clarifies that sealed original birth certificates and related documents may be released to adoptees under this new statute, exempting them from general confidentiality restrictions on adoption records.