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SENATE BILL 6522
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators McAuliffe, Owen, Prentice and Hargrove
Read first time 01/26/94. Referred to Committee on Health & Human Services.
AN ACT Relating to adoption; and amending RCW 26.33.350 and 26.33.380.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 26.33.350 and 1991 c 136 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every person, firm,
society, association, ((or)) corporation, or state agency
receiving, securing a home for, or otherwise caring for a minor child shall
transmit to the prospective adopting parent prior to placement and shall make
available to all persons with whom a child has been placed by adoption a
complete medical report containing all reasonably available information
concerning the mental, physical, and sensory handicaps of the child. The
report ((shall)) need not reveal the identity of the ((natural))
birth parent of the child but shall include any reasonably
available mental or physical health history of the ((natural)) birth
parent that needs to be known by the adoptive parent to facilitate proper
health care for the child or that will assist the adoptive parent in maximizing
the developmental potential of the child.
(2) Where reasonably available, the information provided shall include:
(a) A review of the birth family's and the child's previous medical history, if reasonably available, including the child's x-rays, examinations, hospitalizations, and immunizations. After July 1, 1992, medical histories shall be given on a standardized reporting form developed by the department;
(b) A physical exam of the child by a licensed physician with appropriate laboratory tests and x-rays;
(c) A referral to a specialist if indicated; and
(d) A written copy of the evaluation with recommendations to the adoptive family receiving the report.
(3) Every person, firm, society, association, corporation, or state agency discharging in good faith its responsibility at any time, under this section, shall incur no liability, civil or criminal, that otherwise might result.
Sec. 2. RCW 26.33.380 and 1993 c 81 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
person, firm, society, association, ((or)) corporation, or state
agency receiving, securing a home for, or otherwise caring for a minor
child shall transmit to the prospective adopting parent prior to placement and
shall make available to all persons with whom a child has been placed by
adoption, a family background and child and family social history report, which
includes a chronological history of the circumstances surrounding the adoptive
placement and any available psychiatric reports, psychological reports, court
reports pertaining to dependency or custody, or school reports. Such reports
or information shall not reveal the identity of the birth parents of the child
but shall contain reasonably available nonidentifying information. Every
person, firm, society, association, corporation, or state agency discharging in
good faith its responsibility at any time, under this section, shall incur no
liability, civil or criminal, that otherwise might result.
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