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OK HB2634
Bill
Status
3/13/2012
Primary Sponsor
Chuck Hoskin
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Oklahoma Truth in Adoption Act" allowing adult adopted persons to obtain uncertified copies of their original birth certificates effective July 1, 2013.
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Requires biological parents to file contact preference forms with updated medical and social histories, selecting options for desired contact (willing to be contacted, intermediary contact only, or no contact).
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Directs the Registrar of Vital Statistics to match contact preference forms with original birth certificates and make social and medical histories available to adopted persons.
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Amends 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1-323 regarding confidentiality of vital records while maintaining protections for record integrity and authorizing limited disclosures to law enforcement and health agencies.
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Effective date: November 1, 2012.
Legislative Description
Birth and adoption records; creating the Truth in Adoption Act; effective date.
Civil and Criminal Procedure and Courts
Last Action
Pending coauthorship Representative(s) Pittman
3/20/2012