Pennsylvania law establishes a statewide confidential registry for adoption-related medical and social history information. It allows adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents to request, authorize, and update contact and identifying information, which is retained permanently and disseminated as required. The law also mandates publicizing the registry's availability and procedures for filing and obtaining information.
Adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents can access and update information in the registry, subject to the law's confidentiality provisions.
You can request information by filing the appropriate forms with the registry, which are prescribed by the department and can be updated at any time.
Yes, the registry is confidential, and information is retained as a permanent record, with access governed by law and the authorization of involved parties.
The department is responsible for publicizing the registry's availability and instructing how to file and obtain information from it.