2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 295

File Code: Family Law
Sponsored By:
Delegates Turner, Grosfeld, Barkley, Dembrow, D'Amato, Pendergrass, Montague, Love, Bobo, Giannetti, Cole, Zirkin, Healey, Gladden, Valderrama, Menes, Proctor, Conroy, Frush, Cane, Phillips, Paige, Hubers, Marriott, Howard, Pitkin, Benson, V. Jones, Dobson, Petzold, Shriver, and James
Entitled:
Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Disclosure of Identity of Deceased

Synopsis:

Requiring a confidential intermediary providing adoption search, contact, and reunion services within the Social Services Administration to disclose the identity of a deceased individual to an applicant for search, contact, and reunion services under specified circumstances; and prohibiting a confidential intermediary from disclosing the identity of a deceased individual to an applicant for search, contact, and reunion services under specified circumstances.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/28
First Reading Judiciary
2/2
Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
2/28
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADOPTION
DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
DISCLOSURE
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
NOTICES
PRIVACY
SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Family Law
( 5-3A-01 , 5-3A-02 , 5-3A-05 , 5-4B-11 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered