MS HB190

Grants adoptees aged 21 or older unrestricted access to all identifying information about their birth parents, regardless of whether birth parents have filed affidavits prohibiting disclosure

Requires licensed adoption agencies to make at least two verbal contacts with birth parents to notify them that the adoptee is requesting information and has the legal right to obtain it

Allows birth parents to voluntarily file supplemental identifying information (in addition to non-identifying information) with the state bureau at any time

Establishes a fee cap of $100 per birth parent for search services, with adoptee consent required before exceeding that amount

Removes the prohibition on disclosing identifying information when a birth parent cannot be located, allowing release of all requested identifying information to adult adoptees in such cases

Effective date of July 1, 2021