2023 House Bill 4529

Records: adoption; release of adoption information; modify.

A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled “Probate code of 1939,” by amending section 68 of chapter X (MCL 710.68), as amended by 2012 PA 385.

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The bill imposes a 63-day deadline for information requests, requiring adult adoptee consent for identifying information, which can be released with former parent consent or posthumously. It mandates prompt communication of life-threatening medical information to adoptees or their adoptive parents and ensures accessibility of such information upon request.

Introduced in the House

May 9, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Pat Outman (R-91) and eight co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Mike McFall (D-8), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Jasper Martus (D-69), Kevin Coleman (D-25), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Robert Bezotte (R-50), Doug Wozniak (R-59) and Matt Bierlein (R-97)

Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors