NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 739

HOUSE BILL 1180

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING AN ADOPTION BE DISCLOSED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new subsection is added to G.S. 48-25 to read:

"(d)      Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 48-26 or any other provision of law, any medical record or other information concerning the physical or mental health of the adopted child which is contained in the records of the county department of social services or a licensed child placing agency shall be revealed upon written request of the adopted child who has reached majority, or of the adoptive parents, provided that any information which serves to identify the natural parents of the adopted child, including but not limited to any information identifying physicians or other medical personnel, medical facilities or geographical locations, shall be excised from these medical records or other information. For purposes of this subsection, 'other information concerning the physical or mental health of the adopted child' includes any medical background of his natural parents which would have a substantial bearing on the child's health."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 48-25(b) is amended by inserting between the words "in" and "G.S. 48‑26" the words and punctuation as follows:

"subsection (d) of this section,".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1979.