LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

After a multi-year effort by a dedicated coalition of stakeholders, including CCA,   the Connecticut General Assembly passed the Access to Original Birth Certificate law in 2021.   Public Law  21-21 restored the right to obtain an original birth certificate to all persons over the age of 18 in Connecticut.    A partial law had been passed in 2015, but this only permitted limited access (those born after 1983)…

CCA members began to discuss the need for changes to the Identified Adoption regulations back in 2011, but we were not able to assemble an effective working group until 2018.   Members of CCA representing several private agencies, as well as key DCF staff, began to meet regularly and collaborate on reviewing the statute and regulations, and developing recommendations for updating and expanding this statute to include all private adoptions…