Colorado § 19-5.5-304 - Information about child.
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§ 19-5.5-304. Information about child.
(1) Except as prohibited by other law of this state, within a reasonable time before a child placement agency places a child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child placement agency must provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent information specific to the child that is known to the child placement agency and material to the prospective adoptive parent's informed decision to adopt the child. The information must include:
(a) The child's family, cultural, racial, religious, ethnic, linguistic, and educational background;
(b) The child's physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral health;
(c) The child's medical history, including immunizations;
(d) The medical history of the child's genetic parents and siblings;
(e) The history of an adoptive or out-of-home placement of the child and the reason the adoption or placement ended;
(f) The child's United States immigration status;
(g) Medical, therapeutic, and educational resources, including language-acquisition training, available to the adoptive parent and child after placement for adoption or adoption to assist in responding effectively to physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral health issues; and
(h) Available records relevant to the information in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(g) of this section.
(2) If, before an adoption is finalized, additional information under subsection (1) of this section that is material to a prospective adoptive parent's informed decision to adopt the child becomes known to or reasonably obtainable by a child placement agency, the child placement agency must provide the information to the prospective adoptive parent.
(3) If, after an adoption is finalized, additional information under subsection (1) of this section becomes known to or reasonably obtainable by a child placement agency, the child placement agency must make a reasonable effort to provide the information to the adoptive parent.
Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (HB 23-1157), ch. 86, p. 303, § 1, effective April 17.
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Section 19-5.5-304 ("Information about child.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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