Sec. 45a-755. (Formerly Sec. 45-68o). Registries. Filing of registration.
Sec. 45a-755. (Formerly Sec. 45-68o). Registries. Filing of registration. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 45a-746 to 45a-754, inclusive, the department
and each child-placing agency which was party to, or participated in, either applications
for approval of adoption agreements or termination of parental rights shall maintain
registries. Such registries shall contain registrations of voluntary consents, refusals of
consent and revocations of consent to the release of information which would identify
the registrant. In the case where no child-placing agency was party to or involved in
either proceeding, the Department of Children and Families shall establish and maintain
such registry. At any time following the termination of parental rights, the registration
may be filed by: (1) A biological parent who was a party to the proceeding for the
termination of parental rights; (2) an adult adopted person, an adult adoptable person,
an adult adopted biological sibling of an adoptable or adopted person, or an adult nonadopted biological sibling of an adoptable or adopted person; (3) lineal ascendants and
descendants of a deceased biological parent; (4) an adoptive parent for the purpose of
obtaining medical information which affects an adopted person; or (5) a person claiming
to be the father who was not a party to the proceeding for the termination of parental
rights. No registrations shall be accepted unless the child-placing agency or department
is satisfied as to the identity of the registrants.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 45a-746 to 45a-754, inclusive, the
department and each child-placing agency which was a party to, or participated in, either
applications for approval of adoption agreements or termination of parental rights shall
maintain registries for medical information. The department and each such child-placing
agency shall receive medical information concerning an adopted person provided by a
biological parent or blood relative of such adopted person. Upon receipt of such information, the department or child-placing agency shall notify such adopted person or, if such
person is a minor, the adoptive parent of such adopted person of the availability of
such information, provided the department or child-placing agency has the address or
telephone number of such adopted person or adoptive parent. No information that would
tend to identify the biological parent or blood relative providing the medical information
shall be disclosed without the consents required by subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 87-555, S. 13; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-208, S. 1; 93-346; P.A. 96-130, S. 35.)
History: Sec. 45-68o transferred to Sec. 45a-755 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of
children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-208 permitted person claiming to be father who was not a party to proceeding for the termination of parental rights to file
registration, deleting prior provision which had allowed putative father's registration only if mother consents or has died;
P.A. 93-346 added Subsec. (b) re maintenance of registries for medical information by the department and each agency
participating in adoption, requiring receipt of any medical information provided by genetic parent or blood relative concerning adopted person and notification of adopted person or adoptive parent of availability of such information; P.A. 96-130
added "child-placing" before "agency" and changed "genetic" to "biological".