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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 312
CHAPTER 312
(House Bill 334)
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AN ACT concerning
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Family Law - Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Relatives
and Members of the Adoptive Family
FOR the purpose of expanding adoption search, contact, and reunion services within
the Social Services Administration to include services to search for, contact, and
facilitate reunions with relatives of biological parents and members of the
adoptive family under certain circumstances; authorizing a confidential
intermediary providing adoption search, contact, and reunion services to
attempt to contact a relative of a biological parent or a member of the adoptive
family under certain circumstances; requiring a confidential intermediary to
include certain information in a certain report filed with the Director of the
Social Services Administration under certain circumstances; requiring an
applicant for search, contact, and reunion services to execute an additional
written agreement with a confidential intermediary under certain
circumstances; authorizing a confidential intermediary to charge a certain fee
for certain services; requiring a confidential intermediary to file a certain
agreement with the Director and attempt to contact certain individuals under
certain circumstances; defining certain terms; altering certain definitions; and
generally relating to adoption search, contact, and reunion services.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-4B-01, 5-4B-07, 5-4B-10, and 5-4B-11
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Family Law
5-4B-01.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Administration" means the Social Services Administration of the
Department.
[(d)] (C) "Confidential intermediary" means an individual or child placement
agency qualified by the Director for the purpose of providing search, contact, and
reunion services under this subtitle.
[(e)] (D) "Director" means the Director of the Administration.
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