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 4 - Procedures for Independent Adoptions › Article 1 - Agency Responsibility › Section 35094 - Written Report on Assessment of Child to be Provided to Prospective Adoptive Parents

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						  Prior to finalization of the adoption, the agency shall give the prospective
						  adoptive parents a written medical report in accordance with Family Code
						  Section
						  8817(c)
						  and the information gathered pursuant to Section
						  35093, "Assessment of the Child."
(1) (Reserved)
(2) The agency shall use the AD 512A when
						  releasing information about the child's medical and family background.
(A) The agency shall delete all identifying
						  information prior to releasing the report.
(3) The agency shall disclose to the
						  prospective adoptive parents all available medical and family background
						  information about the child and his or her birth parents.
(A) The agency shall photocopy, except as
						  provided in Sections
						  35094(a)(4)(C), (D) and
						  (E), all available original source reports
						  and evaluations obtained during the adoption investigation of the child and his
						  or her birth parents' medical and family backgrounds.
1. The photocopies shall be attached to the
						  AD 512A.
(B) The agency
						  shall delete the names and addresses of all individuals, including the child
						  and the source, contained in all reports or evaluations, prior to releasing
						  photocopies.
(C) The agency shall
						  not interpret or summarize medical terminology or any health condition
						  indicated in the original source reports, except as noted in this section.
						  Emphasis shall be placed on citing verbatim from any report or evaluation
						  contained in the adoption record.
1. When the
						  identity of other persons, such as former caretakers and other children in the
						  foster home, would be revealed or when the information is not directly related
						  to the child's current or future well-being, only summaries of original source
						  reports shall be included on the AD 512A.
(i)
						  (Reserved)
(D)
						  If a birth parent has received psychiatric or psychological evaluations, the
						  diagnosis of his or her condition shall be given verbatim.
1. The agency shall not release the original
						  report of the evaluation.
(E) If a birth parent has received in-patient
						  psychiatric treatment, information concerning his or her diagnosis, response to
						  treatment and prognosis shall be given verbatim.
1. The agency shall not release the original
						  report of the hospitalization.
(F) All reports that are photocopied and
						  given to the prospective adoptive parents shall be attached and listed on the
						  AD 512A.
(5) The agency
						  shall advise the prospective adoptive parents that, upon receipt of the medical
						  report, the prospective adoptive parents should consult their physician or
						  mental health professional for further evaluation or interpretation,
						  particularly if the report contains material sensitive in subject
						  matter.
(6) The agency shall
						  document in the adoption case record and court report the name of any report,
						  document, or information described in Section
						  35000(m)(2) that
						  the agency was unable to obtain and the reason(s) that the information was not
						  available.
(7) The agency shall
						  identify on the AD 512A the name of any report, document, or information
						  described in Section
						  35000(m)(2) that
						  was not obtained and the reason(s) that the information is not
						  included.
(8) The agency shall
						  obtain the prospective adoptive parents' signatures in the space provided on
						  the AD 512A acknowledging receipt.
(A) The
						  agency shall make a copy of the completed AD 512A with the prospective adoptive
						  parents' signatures for the adoption case record.