§ 8608

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 10. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.
(a)The department shall adopt regulations specifying the form and content of the reports required by Sections 8706, 8817, and 8909. In addition to any other material that may be required by the department, the form shall include inquiries designed to elicit information on any illness, disease, or defect of a genetic or hereditary nature.
(b)All county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies shall cooperate with and assist the department in devising a plan that will effectuate the effective and discreet transmission to adoptees or prospective adoptive parents of pertinent medical information reported to the

department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency, upon the request of the person reporting the medical information.

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