Maryland Regulation|Section 07.05.03.17 - Post-Adoption Services

                                                
 07.05.03.17. Post-Adoption Services 
 
A. Adoptive Parent. After an adoption is finalized, the agency shall extend the following services:
 
(1) Counseling or information and referral services when requested by the adoptive parent; and
 
(2) Provision to the adoptive family of any additionally acquired medical, social, psychological, and genetic history of the minor adoptee.
 
B. Adoptee's Birth Parent. The agency shall extend service to the adoptee's birth parent by: 
 
(1) Providing the birth parent the opportunity to:
 
(a) Update agency records with appropriate birth family history, and
 
(b) Release the agency from the confidentiality requirement relating to identifying information requested at some future date by the adult adoptee;
 
(2) Accepting from the birth parent medical information critical to the adoptee's growth and development, and assuring the communication of the information to the adoptive family or the adult adoptee, as appropriate; and
 
(3) Facilitating search services with the adult adoptee when the birth parent and adult adoptee have voluntarily consented in accordance with COMAR 07.02.12.
 
C. Adult Adoptee. At the request of the adult adoptee, the agency shall extend the following services:
 
(1) Initial interview;
 
(2) Information and referral as needed;
 
(3) Provision of full non-identifying information in records available to the agency;
 
(4) Sharing confidential information if the birth parent gives consent;
 
(5) Facilitating search services with birth relatives when all appropriate parties have voluntarily consented in accordance with the provisions of COMAR 07.02.12; and
 
(6) Accepting from the adult adoptee medical information which may be critical to the birth parent and assuring as much as possible the communication of this information to the birth parent.