Section 5-4B-02 – Application for Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services
(a) (1) An adopted individual at least 21 years old may apply to the Director to receive search, contact, and reunion services. (2) If an adopted individual is at least 21 years old, the following individuals may apply to the Director to receive search, contact, and reunion services: (i) a biological parent of the adopted individual; (ii) a sibling of […]
Section 5-4B-03 – Confidential Intermediaries
(a) The Director shall maintain a list of confidential intermediaries. (b) To qualify to be a confidential intermediary, an applicant shall meet the requirements of subsection (d) of this section. (c) If the applicant is a child placement agency, the agency shall appoint an employee of the agency as the representative member to make the application on behalf […]
Section 5-4B-04 – Duties of Director
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Director shall provide the list of confidential intermediaries to an individual who applies for search, contact, and reunion services. (b) The Director shall refer an individual who applies for search, contact, and reunion services to the child placement agency that placed the child for adoption if: […]
Section 5-4B-05 – Agreements With Confidential Intermediaries
(a) An individual who applies for search, contact, and reunion services shall execute a written agreement with a confidential intermediary concerning the provision of search, contact, and reunion services. (b) (1) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the confidential intermediary may charge the individual a reasonable fee for search, contact, and reunion services. (ii) The overall […]
Section 5-4B-06 – Location of Individuals Sought by Applicants
(a) The Director or the Adoption Program Manager of the Department may authorize a confidential intermediary to obtain information described in subsection (b) or (c) of this section to locate an individual sought by an applicant. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a confidential intermediary may apply to the Secretary of Health for a copy […]
Section 5-4B-07 – Reports; Consent to Disclosure; Nonlocation of Individual
(a) Within 90 days after executing a search, contact, and reunion services agreement under § 5-4B-05 or § 5-4B-11 of this subtitle, a confidential intermediary shall file a report with the Director stating that: (1) the individual contacted by the confidential intermediary consents to the disclosure of specified information; (2) the individual contacted by the confidential intermediary does […]
Section 5-415 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Adoption Subsidy Act”.
Section 5-4A-01 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Administration” means the Social Services Administration of the Department. (c) “Adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case. (d) “Residence state” means the state where the child lives.
Section 5-3B-27 – Adoption of Child Conceived by Means of Assisted Reproduction
(a) (1) This section applies only to an adoption by: (i) an individual who is the spouse of the prospective adoptee’s mother at the time of the prospective adoptee’s conception or birth; or (ii) an individual who, together with the prospective adoptee’s mother, consented to the conception of the prospective adoptee by means of assisted reproduction with the shared […]
Section 5-4A-02 – Legislative Findings; Purposes of Subtitle
(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) locating adoptive families for children who are eligible to receive State assistance and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period requires special measures when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another state; and (2) providing medical and other […]