SB 5976 - DIGEST

     Declares an intent:  (1) To make it easier for child welfare services to locate relatives for out-of-home placement by expanding the information available from birth records to include grandparents' information;

     (2) To make it easier for adult adoptees and children who have aged out of foster care to locate relatives by providing access to known grandparents' information as well as parents' information;

     (3) That grandparents' information be solicited and provided on a voluntary basis during the data collection for birth certificates.