California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 2 - Department of Social Services-Department of Health Services › Part 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Health Services Regulations › Subdivision 4 - Institutions and Boarding Homes for Persons Aged 16 and Above › Chapter 3 - Adoptions Program Regulations [Renumbered] › Subchapter 6 - Procedures for Intercountry Adoptions › Article 1 - General and Administrative Requirements › Section 35251 - Intercountry Adoptions Case Record Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The agency shall maintain a permanent
						  record for each foreign-born child and/or family for whom the agency provides
						  adoption services.
(1) In addition to copies
						  of all correspondence case records shall include:
(A) Copies of all documents received from the
						  foreign agency.
(B) Written
						  Assessment of the Child as required by Section
						  35275 including a copy of the
						  psychological and medical history form as required by Section
						  35285.
(C) Copy of written Background Information on
						  Birth Parents as required by Subchapter 6, Article 5 including medical report
						  on the mother of the child as required by Section
						  35289(a)(2)(B).
(D) Copy of written Assessment of the
						  Applicant as required by Subchapter 6, Article 3 including:
1. Documentation required by MPP Section
						  35269.
2. Copy of notification of agency's decision
						  regarding the assessment required by Section
						  35273.
(E) Information regarding application,
						  placement and supervision including:
1. Copy
						  of completed application required by MPP Section
						  35255.
2. Copy of placement agreement required by
						  MPP Section
						  35297(a)(7).
3. Copy of updated psychological and medical
						  history form and updated assessment of the child required by Sections
						  35305(a)(3) and
						  (4).
4. Documentation that the agency provided a
						  copy of the updated psychological and medical history form to the prospective
						  adoptive parent as required by Section
						  35305(a)(3)(A).
5. Documentation to support any reduction in
						  the six-month supervisory period specified in Section
						  35303.
6. Documentation of all interviews conducted
						  during the supervisory period required by Sections
						  35307 and
						  35309 including:
(i) Documentation of any area listed in
						  Section 35311(a)(1)(A) through
						  (F) observed by the agency representative
						  that requires modification and a description of the modification required by
						  Section 35305(a)(2).
7. Copy of written evaluation of the adoptive
						  placement as required by Section
						  35311.
8. Copy of all written notices as required by
						  Sections 35235(a)(1) and
						  35239(a)(1)(A)(3)(i).
(F) Copies of all court reports submitted by
						  the agency as required by Subchapter 6, Article 8, Section
						  35313 et seq.
(G) Copies of all requests for disclosure of
						  information from the adoption case record including:
1. Requests for medically necessary
						  information.
2. Waivers of
						  confidentiality to allow the agency or department to arrange for contact among
						  the adult adoptee, the birth parent and the adoptive parent.
3. Requests for disclosure of the name and
						  address of the birth parent.
4.
						  Requests for a copy of the psychological and medical history
						  form.
(H) Copy of
						  certification submitted to INS that California Preadoption Requirements have
						  been met.