Vital Records - As enacted, requires certain records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court; the offices of the department of health; the office of any child-placing agency, whether or not it is chartered or licensed; or any other information source, to be made available to the department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.

SB 1116 requires adoption courts, health departments, and child-placing agencies to share adoption or attempted adoption records with Tennessee's Department of Children's Services within 60 days (up from 45 days) to help locate relatives for kinship foster care placements. This affects agencies handling adoption records and the Department of Children's Services, which uses the information to identify family members for foster care. The bill amends Tennessee Code Sections 68-3-312(g) and related provisions to extend the deadline for providing these records. It became effective May 5, 2025, after being signed by the governor.