Section 303 – General adoption information.

• (1) Within a reasonable time before a child-placing agency places a child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child-placing agency shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information.

• (2) The information under Subsection (1) shall address:
  • (a) possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning:
    • (i) identity, loss, and trauma that a child might experience before, during, or after adoption; and
    • (ii) a child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;
  • (b) the effect that access to resources, including health insurance, might have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a child;
  • (c) causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution; and
  • (d) prohibitions under Sections 78B-24-203 and 78B-24-205.

Enacted by Chapter 326, 2022 General Session