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- Referred to children and families
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BILL NUMBER:A10361
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring disclosure of hereditary diseases of an adopted child or the biological parents of an adopted child
Purpose or general idea of bill
To protect the best interests of the biological parents; adopted children and adoptive parents by requiring notification upon discovery of a hereditary disease carried by the biological parents or the adoptive child, when the hereditary disease is involved with an adoption.
Summary of specific provisions
Adds a new section 373-b to the Social Services Law; which requires that both parties involved in an adoption shall be required to immediately contact the intermediary of the adoption with information concerning a hereditary disease carried by the adopted child or by the biological parent.
The intermediary, upon receiving notice from a biological or adoptive parent, shall be required to notify the corresponding parent, and provide appropriate information concerning the hereditary disease.
The adoption intermediary shall maintain the confidentiality of all Persons involved in the adoption and shall only provide the pertinent information concerning the hereditary disease.
Justification
When an adoptive child is discovered to have a heredi- tary disease, in most cases, biological parents remain unaware because adoptive parents fail to notify them. They have, therefore, no idea that they are carriers of the hereditary disease. The biological parents also will be unaware that subsequent offspring will be susceptible to the disease.
Prior legislative history
2008: A.4885; Held for consideration in Children and Families 2007: A.4855; Referred to Children and Families 2006: A.2982; Referred to Children and Families 2005: A.2982; Held for consideration in Children and Families 2004: A.2313; Held for consideration in Children and Families 2003: A.2313; Referred to Children and Families 2002: A.3133; Held for consideration in Children and Families 2001: A.3133; Referred to Children and Families 2000: A.2760; Held for consideration in Children and Families 1999: A.2760; Referred to Children and Families 1998: A.3291; Held for consideration in Children and Families 1997: A.3291; Referred to Children and Families 1996: A.3291; Reference changed to Children and Families 1995: A.1712; Referred to Social Services 1994: A.1712; Referred to Social Services
Fiscal implications
Costs will be assumed by the parties involved in the adoption.
Effective date
Immediately.
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