- (a) An authorized voluntary adoption registry shall send to the Texas Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics' Central Adoption Registry duplicate information of all registrant information it maintains in its registry. This includes all registrant file information and Bureau of Vital Statistics Form BVS - 2271. The child-placing agency's adoption case files are not needed, unless the information contained in those files provides information to benefit or aid the match process. Registrant information shall also include proof of age and identity of each registrant, and all known names, dates of birth, and places of birth of each person for whom the registrant is searching, if known. Subsequent documentation including address changes of the registrant received by the registry shall be forwarded to the Central Adoption Registry.
- (b) Registrant information obtained by a registry on or after June 1, 1999, shall be forwarded to the Central Adoption Registry by the 15th day of the following month after the registration application becomes active.
- (c) To ensure that the Central Adoption Registry is able to catalog or list all registrants, agency registries shall forward a copy of all registration applications received any time prior to June 1, 1999, including proof of age and identity of each registrant, and the names, dates of birth, and places of birth of each person for whom the registrant is searching to the Central Adoption Registry by January 1, 2000. Registries may forward the applications earlier if they wish to do so.
- (d) The Central Adoption Registry shall take the lead in completing a match and releasing identifying information between two biological relatives if it is the only registry involved. If a birth parent, sibling, or adoptee who was placed for adoption by a child-placing agency that operates an authorized registry registers with both registries, the two registries shall coordinate the responsibilities for completing the match, releasing identifying information, and informing the secondary registry when identifying information is released.
Source Note:The provisions of this §181.43 adopted to be effective March 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 1618.