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

HB 838 allows Mississippi adoptees aged 21 or older to request a copy of their original birth certificate from the state's Bureau of Vital Records. Birth parents can file a contact preference form with the Bureau indicating whether they want to be contacted directly, through an intermediary, or not at all. The Bureau must provide this contact preference form to the adoptee when issuing the birth certificate copy. This policy change directly affects adoptees seeking their birth records, birth parents who specify contact preferences, and the Bureau of Vital Records, which must update its record-keeping procedures to include these forms.