PRINTER'S NO. 3258
No. 2511 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, LANGTRY, LAWLESS, GERLACH, SEMMEL,
FARMER, NAHILL, WOGAN, ARGALL, STISH, CESSAR, NAILOR,
GODSHALL, E. Z. TAYLOR, M. N. WRIGHT, HARLEY, VEON,
TOMLINSON, NOYE, HERSHEY, RUDY, TRELLO, ARNOLD, CIVERA AND
BROWN, MARCH 17, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, MARCH 17, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for medical history
3 information.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2909 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2909. Medical history information.
9 (a) Delivery of information.--[Medical history information
10 shall, where practicable,] Family medical history information
11 shall be delivered by the [attending physician] natural parents
12 or other designated person to the intermediary who shall deliver
13 such information to the adopting parents [or their physician].
14 In cases where there is no intermediary, medical history
15 information shall be delivered directly to the adopting parents
16 [or their physician].
17 (b) Updates.--If critical family medical history information
1 comes to light after the adoption, it shall be delivered by the
2 natural parents or other designated person to the intermediary
3 who shall deliver it to the adoption parents. If there was no
4 intermediary, the information shall be delivered directly to the
5 adoption parents, unless the address is unknown in which case it
6 shall be delivered to the prothonotary of the court in the
7 county where the adoption occurred. In the latter circumstance,
8 the prothonotary shall supervise delivery of the information to
9 the adoption parents.
10 [(b)] (c) Editing of information.--In all cases, medical
11 history information shall be edited before delivery so as to
12 remove any contents which would identify the adoptee's natural
13 family.
14 [(c)] (d) Regulations.--The Pennsylvania Department of
15 Health shall implement the provisions of this section by
16 regulation.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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