An Act relative to the family medical history of adopted children

This bill, known as Patricia and Francesca's Law, requires adoption agencies in Massachusetts to share anonymous family medical history with adoptive parents. The law mandates that agencies provide biological parents with a form to record genetic predispositions and health conditions of themselves and their close relatives, without making the form completion a condition for giving consent. Once a child is adopted, the agency must give this confidential medical information to the adoptive parents while ensuring it does not reveal the biological parents' identities or locations. The measure aims to help adopted children access important health data that could be relevant for their future medical care.