00                 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 297(HSS)(title am) am S                                                          
01 "An Act relating to adult adoption; relating to the duties of the Department of Family                                  
02 and Community Services; relating to child protection; and relating to children of active                                
03 duty military members."                                                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 25.23.020(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06            (a)  The following persons may adopt:                                                                        
07                 (1)  a husband and wife together;                                                                       
08                 (2)  an unmarried adult;                                                                                
09                 (3)  the unmarried father or mother of the person to be adopted;                                        
10                 (4)  a married person without the other spouse joining as a petitioner, if                              
11       the person to be adopted is not the other spouse, and if                                                          
12                      (A)  the other spouse is a parent of the person to be adopted and                                  
13            consents to the adoption;                                                                                    
14                      (B)  the petitioner and the other spouse are legally separated;                                    

01                      (C)  the person to be adopted is an adult and the other                                        
02            spouse consents to the adoption; or                                                                      
03     (D) [(C)]  the failure of the other spouse to join in the petition or                                           
04 to agree to the adoption is excused by the court by reason of prolonged unexplained absence,                            
05 unavailability, incapacity, or circumstances constituting an unreasonable withholding of                                
06 consent.                                                                                                              
07    * Sec. 2. AS 47.10.093(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (a)  Except as permitted in AS 47.10.092, (b) - (g) and (i) - (l) of this section,                           
09       and AS 47.17.030(g) and (h), all information and social records pertaining to a child                         
10 who is subject to this chapter or AS 47.17 prepared by or in the possession of a                                        
11 federal, state, or municipal agency or employee in the discharge of the agency's or                                     
12 employee's official duty are privileged and may not be disclosed directly or indirectly                                 
13       to anyone without a court order.                                                                                  
14    * Sec. 3. AS 47.17.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
15 (h)  If a report of harm concerns a child of a member of the armed forces of the                                        
16 United States who is on active duty, the department shall, within seven days of                                         
17 receiving the report of harm, notify a designated authority at the duty station where the                               
18 member is assigned that the department has received a report of harm concerning the                                     
19 child. A designated authority that receives information under this subsection may not                                   
20 disclose the information to a person who is not authorized by law to receive it. In this                                
21 subsection, "designated authority" means a person designated by the armed forces of                                     
22       the United States to receive notification of reports of harm.