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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 197
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Resources transferring, from the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to the
Director of the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human
Resources, the responsibility over the filing of a disclosure veto prohibiting the
disclosure of certain information contained in certain birth or adoption records;
requiring the Director of the Social Services Administration to immediately
forward a copy of the a disclosure veto filed with the Director to the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene; and generally relating to filing a disclosure veto
prohibiting access to certain information contained in birth and adoption
records.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Family Law
Section 5-3A-02
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-3A-05
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Family Law
5-3A-02.
(a) An adopted individual at least 21 years old may apply to the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene for a copy of the following:
(1) the original certificate of birth and any records that relate to the new
certificate of birth of the adopted individual; and
(2) the report of the decree or judgment of adoption filed by the clerk of
the court under § 4-211 of the Health - General Article.
(b) If an adopted individual is at least 21 years old, a biological parent of the
adopted individual may apply to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for a
copy of the following:
(1) the original certificate of birth and any records that relate to the new
certificate of birth of the adopted individual;
(2) the new certificate of birth that was substituted for the original
certificate of birth of the adopted individual under § 4-211 of the Health - General
Article; and
(3) the report of the decree or judgment of adoption filed by the clerk of
the court under § 4-211 of the Health — General Article.
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