Chapter 46 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2A, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, the following section:-

Section 2B.  (a) Upon written application by an adopted person 18 years of age or older and born in the commonwealth, or an adoptive parent of an adopted person under 18 years of age and born in the common-wealth, the state registrar shall issue to such applicant a non-certified copy of the unaltered, original and un-amended certificate of birth of the adopted person, with procedures, filing fees, and waiting periods identical to those imposed upon non-adopted citizens of the commonwealth, pursuant to section 2A.

(b) The state registrar shall prescribe and, upon request, shall make available to a birth parent, who elects to register information on a child offered by him or her for adoption, a contact preference form on which the birth parent may state a preference regarding contact by an adopted person who is the natural child of the birth parent.  Upon such a request, the registrar shall also provide the birth parent with an updated medical history form, which shall be prescribed by the department of public health, and which shall be completed and returned along with the completed contact preference form by the birth parent to the registrar.  The contact preference form shall provide the birth parent with the following options from which the birth parent shall select one:

(1)        I would like to be contacted.  I have completed a contact preference form and an updated medical history form, and am filing them with the state registrar as set forth in this form.

(2)        I would prefer to be contacted only through an intermediary. I have completed a contact preference form and an updated medical history form, and am filing them with the state registrar as set forth in this form.

(3)        I prefer not to be contacted at this time.  If I later decide that I would like to be contacted, I will re-register with the state registrar.  I have completed a contact preference form and an updated medical history form, and am filing them with the state registrar as set forth in this form.

(c) When the state registrar receives a completed contact preference form and a completed medical history form from a birth parent, the state registrar shall match the contact preference form and the updated medical history form with the adopted person’s sealed birth certificate.  The contact preference form and the updated medical history form shall then be attached to the adopted person’s sealed birth certificate. 

(d) Only a person authorized by the state registrar to process an application made under subsection (a) may process a contact preference form and an updated medical history form.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six months after its passage