Sec. 7.3. (a) This section applies after: (1) a court approves a permanency plan for a child under which the only intended permanent or long term arrangement for care and custody of the child is placement of the child for adoption, if the child is not already in a pre-adoptive placement in a proposed adoptive home; (2) a court authorizes the filing of a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship; or (3) a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship is filed; in relation to a child in need of services. (b) The department shall post the following nonidentifying information on the Internet to facilitate a potential adoptive placement of the child: (1) The child's age, gender, and summary of the child's educational, social, and medical background, including known disabilities. (2) The reason the child was removed from the child's home. (3) Whether a person has expressed an interest in adopting the child. (4) The name, address, and telephone number of a contact person from: (A) the department; (B) the appropriate local office; or (C) licensed child placing agency; where a person who may be interested in adopting the child may obtain further information about adopting the child. (5) Whether a petition to terminate the rights of the child's parents has been authorized or filed, and whether the rights of the child's parents have been terminated. (6) An address and telephone number of: (A) the department; (B) the appropriate local office; or (C) licensed child placing agency; where a person who may be interested in adopting the child may obtain further information about adopting the child. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the information posted under subsection (b) may not identify the name of any of the following persons: (1) The child. (2) The child's biological or adoptive parents. (3) A sibling of the child. (4) A caretaker of the child. (d) If the child is a hard to place child, the information posted by the department under subsection (b) may include the child's first name and picture. (e) The department shall update any relevant information under this section after either of the following: (1) Each of the child's periodic reviews that occur after the information under this section is required to be posted. (2) The rights of the child's parents have been terminated. (f) The department shall remove the information required under subsection (b) from the Internet whenever the child is reunited with the child's family or an adoption of the child is filed under IC 31-19-2 . (g) Upon request, the department shall inform the person making the request of the address of the website containing the information described in this section.
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