Chapter 604 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 3194

Relating to adoption rights; amending chapter 2, Oregon Laws 1999.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Oregon Laws 1999 (Ballot Measure 58, 1998), is amended to read:

(1) Upon receipt of a written application to the state registrar, any adopted person 21 years of age and older born in the State of Oregon shall be issued a certified copy of his/her unaltered, original and unamended certificate of birth in the custody of the state registrar, with procedures, filing fees, and waiting periods identical to those imposed upon nonadopted citizens of the State of Oregon pursuant to ORS [432.120] 432.121 and 432.146. Contains no exceptions.

(2) A birth parent may at any time request from the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics or from a voluntary adoption registry a Contact Preference Form that shall accompany a birth certificate issued under subsection (1) of this section. The Contact Preference Form shall provide the following information to be completed at the option of the birth parent:

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(a) I would like to be contacted;

(b) I would prefer to be contacted only through an intermediary; or

(c) I prefer not to be contacted at this time. If I decide later that I would like to be contacted, I will register with the voluntary adoption registry. I have completed an updated medical history and have filed it with the voluntary adoption registry. Attached is a certificate from the voluntary adoption registry verifying receipt of the updated medical history.

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(3) The certificate from the voluntary adoption registry verifying receipt of an updated medical history under subsection (2) of this section shall be in a form prescribed by the State Office for Services to Children and Families and shall be supplied upon request of the birth parent by the voluntary adoption registry.

(4) When the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics receives a completed Contact Preference Form from a birth parent, the state registrar shall match the Contact Preference Form with the adopted person's sealed file. The Contact Preference Form shall be placed in the adopted person's sealed file when a match is made.

(5) A completed Contact Preference Form shall be confidential and shall be placed in a secure file until a match with the adopted person's sealed file is made and the Contact Preference Form is placed in the adopted person's file.

(6) Only those persons who are authorized to process applications made under subsection (1) of this section may process Contact Preference Forms.

Approved by the Governor July 12, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 12, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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