23 Pa. C.S. § 2921

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 2921 - Establishment of registry

The department shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish a Statewide confidential registry for the receipt, filing and retention of medical and social history information and authorization forms for all adoptions finalized or registered in this Commonwealth.

(2) Prescribe and distribute forms on which an adoptee, an adoptive parent and a birth parent may:

(i) Request identifying information or contact.

(ii) Authorize or refuse to authorize the release of identifying information or contact.

(iii) File and update information with the registry.

(3) Retain information filed with the registry as a permanent record.

(4) Disseminate the information pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter.

23 Pa.C.S. § 2921

2010, Oct. 27, P.L. 961, No. 101, §5, effective in 180 days [ 4/25/2011].