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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035      NOTICE OF BILL

RETURNED TO THE RULES COMMITTEE

March 7, 2014

DDOB. President:
    The Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology Committee has returned 2nd Sub. H.B. 256, ADOPTION RECORDS ACCESS AMENDMENTS, by Representative J. Nielson, to the Rules Committee without recommendation with the following amendments:

1.    Page 13a, Lines 392w through 392ag
    House Floor Amendments
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D              392w      relinquishment under Subsection (1) or (2).
             392x           (4) (a) At the time of a birth mother's consent to adoption of a child, or relinquishment of a
             392y      child for adoption, a person authorized by Subsection (1) or (2) to take consents or relinquishments
             392z      shall notify the birth mother that
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  (i)       adoption documents shall be made available for inspection and

             392aa      copying in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3), unless the birth mother declines to permit
             392ab      identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying
  ; and      

        
  (ii) the birth mother may decline to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying       .

             392ac          (b)
{   If   }        After determining that       the birth mother declines to permit identifying information to be made available for

             392ad      inspection and copying, the person authorized by Subsection (1) or (2) to take consents or
             392ae      relinquishments shall assist the birth mother with filing a written document that states the birth
             392af      mother's refusal in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3).
             392af1          H. (c) This Subsection (4) does not apply to a parent or a parent's designee who safely

             392af2      relinquishes a newborn child pursuant to Section 62A-4a-802. .H
             392ag           [(4)] (5) A person, authorized by Subsection (1) or (2) to take consents or relinquishments,

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    3-3-2014 :    

             392am           [(6)] (7) A signature described in Subsection (1)(b), (1)(c), (2)(a), or (2)(b), shall be:
             392an          (a) notarized; or
             392ao          (b) witnessed by two individuals who are not members of the birth mother's or the signatory's
             392ap      immediate family.
  (8) (a) At the beginning of the adoption process, a person authorized by a child-placing agency to take consents or relinquishments under Subsection (1)(c) or (2)(a) shall notify the birth mother that:

        (i) adoption documents shall be made available for inspection and copying in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3), unless the birth mother declines to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying; and  
            (ii) the birth mother may decline to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying.      

    
  (b) After determining that the birth mother declines to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying, the person authorized by a child-placing agency to take consents or relinquishments under Subsection (1)(c) or (2)(a) shall assist the birth mother with filing a written document that states the birth mother's refusal in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3).      

             393           [Section 8.] Section 9. .H Section 78B-6-141 is amended to read:

        Respectfully,

        Kevin T. Van Tassell
        Committee Chair

Voting: --
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