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(2) A court may appoint an intermediary for purposes of paragraph (1) of
this subsection only after a hearing on the petition and a finding from the evidence
presented at the hearing that the adopted individual or a blood relative of the adopted
individual is in urgent need of the medical information.

(d)     (1) The role of an intermediary appointed under subsection (c) of this
section is limited to advising the adopted individual's [natural] BIRTH parents of the
need for the medical information without revealing any identifying information about the
adopted individual and may not in any manner include any effort to encourage or
discourage contact between the adopted individual and the individual's [natural] BIRTH
parents.

(2)     The intermediary shall file a confidential written report with the court in
regard to the intermediary's efforts to contact the adopted individual's [natural] BIRTH
parents.

(3)     After receiving the report from the intermediary under paragraph (2) of
this subsection, the court, without revealing any identifying information about the
individual's [natural] BIRTH parents, may disclose to the adopted individual:

(i) whether the intermediary has established contact with the
individual's [natural] BIRTH parents and advised the individual's [natural] BIRTH
parents about the need for the medical information; and

(ii) any medical information provided by a [natural] BIRTH parent.

(e)     Notwithstanding any provision of law, a court may order the adopted
individual to pay a reasonable fee for the services provided by an intermediary under this
subsection.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 291
(House Bill 848)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository - Criminal History Records

Checks

FOR the purpose of clarifying certain references to criminal history records checks
required for certain purposes; clarifying certain references to the Criminal Justice
Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services; repealing a certain provision that requires certain Board of
License Commissioners to destroy certain criminal records under certain
circumstances; repealing a certain limit on a fee established by the County

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