Adoption; authorize original birth certificate to be provided to certain adoptees and birth parent contact forms.

HB 1395 would require Mississippi's Bureau of Vital Records to provide adoptees aged 21 or older with an uncertified copy of their original birth certificate upon request. It also mandates that the bureau issue any contact preference form submitted by a birth parent (indicating whether they wish to be contacted, prefer an intermediary, or do not want contact) when releasing the birth certificate. The bill directly affects adoptees seeking their birth records and birth parents who can specify contact preferences. The legislation died in committee on February 4, 2025, and did not become law.