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AMENDMENT NO 2 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1318

BY: Senator(s) Blackmon, Hill

     AMEND on line 255 by inserting "(1)" before "When"

     FURTHER, AMEND by inserting the following subsection below line 257 and inserting:

     (2)  Before a termination-of-parental-rights hearing for an infant relinquished under this article, the department shall:

          (a)  Compare the infant's DNA profile to publicly available databases to identify the infant's relatives within the third degree as computed by the civil law rule; and

          (b)  Notify the infant's relatives identified under this subsection of the hearing at least seven (7) business days before the hearing.

     FURTHER, AMEND by inserting the following language below line 338

(8)  An infant's relatives identified under Section 43-15-204(2) shall have the right to appear and be heard at the termination-of-parental-rights hearing of an infant relinquished under Article 5, Chapter 15, Title 43.

     FURTHER, AMEND title to conform.