2012 New York Consolidated Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - CHILDREN
Title 1 - (371 - 392) CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
373-A - Medical histories.

 
    § 373-a. Medical histories. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
  to the contrary, to the extent they are available, the medical histories
  of  a  child  legally  freed  for adoption or of a child to be placed in
  foster  care  and  of  his  or  her  birth  parents,  with   information
  identifying  such  birth  parents  eliminated,  shall  be provided by an
  authorized agency to such child's prospective adoptive parent or  foster
  parent  and  upon  request  to the adoptive parent or foster parent when
  such child has been adopted or placed in foster care. To the extent they
  are available, the medical histories of a child in foster  care  and  of
  his  or  her  birth parents shall be provided by an authorized agency to
  such child when discharged to his or her own care and  upon  request  to
  any adopted former foster child; provided, however, medical histories of
  birth   parents  shall  be  provided  to  an  adoptee  with  information
  identifying such birth parents eliminated. Such medical histories  shall
  include  all  available information setting forth conditions or diseases
  believed  to  be  hereditary,  any  drugs  or  medication  taken  during
  pregnancy  by  the  child's  birth  mother  and  any  other information,
  including any psychological information in the case of a  child  legally
  freed  for  adoption or when such child has been adopted, or in the case
  of a child to be placed in foster care or placed in  foster  care  which
  may  be  a  factor influencing the child's present or future health. The
  department shall promulgate and may alter or amend regulations governing
  the release of medical histories pursuant to this section.