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Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Author added Abeler

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HF 3564 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Child welfare provisions amended, standard of evidence changed, new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children adopted, old compact repealed, child and adult adoptions and voluntary foster care for treatment regulated. Section 1: Disqualification from direct contact language modified. Section 2: 15-year disqualification language modified. Section 3: Ten-year disqualification language modified. Section 4: Seven-year disqualification language modified. Section 5: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified. Section 6: Ten-year bar to set aside disqualification language modified. Section 7: Fair hearing when disqualification is not set aside language modified. Section 8: Conclusive disqualification determination language modified. Section 9: State agency hearings language modified.[...]

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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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HF 3371 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Birth record access allowed to adopted persons. Section 1: Adoption records language modified. Section 2: Adoption language modified. Section 3: Data about births language modified. Section 4: Access to original birth record after adoption language modified. Section 5: Access to original birth records by adopted person; department duties language provided. Subdivision 1. Disclosure. Subdivision 2. Affidavit of nondisclosure. Subdivision 3. Recission of affidavit. Subdivision 4. Affidavit of nondisclosure; access to birth record. Subdivision 5. Information provided. Section 6: Which services are for fee language modified. Section 7: Request language stricken. Section 8: Rights of terminated parent language modified. Section 9: Adoption agencies; fee language provided. Section [...]

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Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Author added Juhnke

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Prenatal insurance waiting periods prohibited, pregnancy preexisting condition
eliminated, parenting hotline established, alpha-fetoprotein and adoption
information required, adoption tax credit established, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Birth certificate correction information provided.

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance

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International Adoption Project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services

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Postadoption search services registry created.

Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Author stricken Hamilton

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Adoption records access provided, and data classification modified.

Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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HF 1400

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Adoption; genetic siblings provided information assistance regarding other
siblings.

Section 1: Genetic siblings language provided.

JAJ 3/23/7

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Author added Abeler

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Adoption expenses refundable income tax credit authorized, and money
appropriated.

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Committee report, to pass

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Adoption assistance program eligibility requirements modified.

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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services to be transferred to
the university of Minnesota for the international adoption project
(me)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to adoption; requiring the commissioner of human services to maintain a
registry of qualified independent searchers to facilitate the reunion of adult
adopted persons with birth parents; specifying qualifications; requiring
qualified individuals to have a sworn statement on file stating certain rights
and responsibilities; requiring each provider of postadoption services to report
annually to the commissioner
(me)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - PREGNANT WOMEN AND PARENT SUPPORT "Minnesota Pregnant Women and Parent Support Act"; prohibiting health plan imposition of policy waiting periods for prenatal and maternity health insurance benefits, defining policy waiting period; eliminating pregnancy as a preexisting condition; establishing a parenting support grant program under the direction of the office of higher education for public or private postsecondary institutions, specifying certain duties of the office; establishing an informational hotline on available pregnancy, adoption and parental support agencies; requiring information on alpha-fetoprotein testing for pregnant women when providing counseling under certain conditions; requiring adoption referral information to be provided by an organization, agency, clinic or health care center receiving state funding; requiring maternity group homes receiving federal [...]

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Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Modifying the adoption assistance program eligility conditions to include
children over a certain age
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing an income tax credit for certain qualified adoption expenses;
appropriating money to the commissioner of revenue to pay the refunds
(me)

Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing an income tax credit for certain qualified adoption expenses
(rt)

Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to adoption records; reclassifying original birth records of adopted
persons; requiring supervising agencies doing adoptive placements after a
certain date to obtain affidavits from birth parents certifying certain
information disclosure to birth parents and options, specifying disclosure
content requirements; requiring the commissioner of health to disclose to
certain adults adopted before a certain date birth records information under
condition of no unrevoked affidavit of nondisclosure, allowing adopted persons
to request commissioner of human services assistance for contacting birth
parents, specifying contact evidence requirements, requiring birth records
release under certain conditions; requiring the commissioner of health to
release birth records after a certain date to adult adopted persons
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/08/07

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Adoption information assistance provided to genetic siblings.

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Governor's action Veto

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Adoption record and original birth certificate governing provisions modified.