Do I need to open a closed adoption record if all I need is my birthparents medical history?

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People's medical records are protected by HIPPA laws; so the only way to get up-to-date information is to ask the family themselves

If you petition to have the original record unsealed, the medical information (if any) will be out-of-date.

Your State may have a medical exchange registry (they do in New York) through the Dept of Health, a mother can voluntarily leave important health and medical information for the child that was adopted out. There are serious flaws with this system as important, sometimes urgent information just sits there unless the other party makes an inquiry (ie they don't seek out either party to pass on the information, they just hold it)

Oh and the the smartipants who says 'just get your genes tested', as an adopted person myself I'd like to know if there really is a test for the thousands upon thousands of genetically related disorders - every single one? yeah, right.