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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1 and 17 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
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7 | Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | requires:
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9 | (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | deaths,
marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | thereto.
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12 | (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration, | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | vital records, and
activities related thereto.
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15 | (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | report, or
other record provided for in this Act, of a birth, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, or dissolution of | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital
Records.
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19 | (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Vital
Records and the incorporation in its official records of | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | certificates,
reports, or other records provided for in this | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Act, of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | dissolution of marriages.
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1 | (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction | ||||||
2 | from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective | ||||||
3 | of the duration of
pregnancy, which after such separation | ||||||
4 | breathes or shows any other
evidence of life such as beating of | ||||||
5 | the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite | ||||||
6 | movement of voluntary muscles, whether or
not the umbilical | ||||||
7 | cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
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8 | (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete | ||||||
9 | expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human | ||||||
10 | conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the | ||||||
11 | death is indicated by the
fact that after such separation the | ||||||
12 | fetus does not breathe or show any
other evidence of life such | ||||||
13 | as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or | ||||||
14 | definite movement of voluntary muscles.
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15 | (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of | ||||||
16 | such body or
bones thereof from the state of which it may | ||||||
17 | reasonably be concluded
that death has occurred.
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18 | (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or | ||||||
19 | other
disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts | ||||||
20 | thereof.
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21 | (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | ||||||
22 | medicine in
Illinois or any other State.
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23 | (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or | ||||||
24 | private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or | ||||||
25 | diagnostic care or treatment,
or nursing, custodial, or | ||||||
26 | domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated
individuals, or to |
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1 | which persons are committed by law.
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2 | (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of | ||||||
3 | the State
of Illinois.
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4 | (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
5 | Department of
Public Health.
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6 | (13) "Licensed medical or mental health professional" | ||||||
7 | means a person licensed to practice as a medical or mental | ||||||
8 | health professional in Illinois or any other state or country. | ||||||
9 | (14) "Intersex condition" means a condition in which a | ||||||
10 | person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy or | ||||||
11 | chromosome pattern that does not fit typical definitions of | ||||||
12 | male or female. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 81-230.)
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14 | (410 ILCS 535/17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17)
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15 | Sec. 17. (1) For a person born in this State, the State | ||||||
16 | Registrar of Vital
Records shall establish a new certificate of | ||||||
17 | birth when he receives any of
the following:
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18 | (a) A certificate of adoption as provided in Section 16 | ||||||
19 | or a certified
copy of the order of adoption together with | ||||||
20 | the information necessary to
identify the original | ||||||
21 | certificate of birth and to establish the new
certificate | ||||||
22 | of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not | ||||||
23 | be
established if so requested by the court ordering the | ||||||
24 | adoption, the
adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
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25 | (b) A certificate of adoption or a certified copy of |
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1 | the order of
adoption entered in a court of competent | ||||||
2 | jurisdiction of any other state or
country declaring | ||||||
3 | adopted a child born in the State of Illinois, together
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4 | with the information necessary to identify the original | ||||||
5 | certificate of
birth and to establish the new certificate | ||||||
6 | of birth; except that a new
certificate of birth shall not | ||||||
7 | be established if so requested by the court
ordering the | ||||||
8 | adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
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9 | (c) A request that a new certificate be established and | ||||||
10 | such evidence as
required by regulation proving that such | ||||||
11 | person has been legitimatized, or
that the circuit court, | ||||||
12 | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
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13 | Illinois Department of Public Aid), or
a court or | ||||||
14 | administrative agency of any other state
has established
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15 | the paternity of such a person
by judicial or | ||||||
16 | administrative processes or by voluntary acknowledgment,
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17 | which is accompanied by the social security
numbers of all | ||||||
18 | persons determined and presumed to be the parents.
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19 | (d) A declaration An affidavit by a licensed medical or | ||||||
20 | mental health professional who has treated or evaluated a | ||||||
21 | person stating physician that the he has performed an | ||||||
22 | operation on a
person has undergone treatment that is | ||||||
23 | clinically appropriate for that individual for the purpose | ||||||
24 | of gender transition, based on contemporary medical | ||||||
25 | standards, or that the individual has an intersex | ||||||
26 | condition , and that by reason of the operation the sex |
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1 | designation on such
person's birth record should therefore | ||||||
2 | be changed. The information in the declaration shall be | ||||||
3 | proved by the licensed medical or mental health | ||||||
4 | professional signing and dating it in substantially the | ||||||
5 | following form: "I declare (or certify, verify, or state) | ||||||
6 | under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and | ||||||
7 | correct. Executed on (date).". The new certificate of birth | ||||||
8 | shall reflect any legal name change, so long as the | ||||||
9 | appropriate documentation of the name change is submitted. | ||||||
10 | The State Registrar of Vital
Records may make any | ||||||
11 | investigation or require any further information he
deems | ||||||
12 | necessary.
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13 | Each request for a new certificate of birth shall be | ||||||
14 | accompanied by a fee
of $15 and entitles the applicant to one | ||||||
15 | certification or certified copy
of the new certificate. If the | ||||||
16 | request is for additional copies, it shall
be accompanied by a | ||||||
17 | fee of $2 for each additional certification or certified
copy.
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18 | (2) When a new certificate of birth is established, the | ||||||
19 | actual place and
date of birth shall be shown; provided, in the | ||||||
20 | case of adoption of a person
born in this State by parents who | ||||||
21 | were residents of this State at the time
of the birth of the | ||||||
22 | adopted person, the place of birth may be shown as the
place of | ||||||
23 | residence of the adoptive parents at the time of such person's
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24 | birth, if specifically requested by them, and any new | ||||||
25 | certificate of birth
established prior to the effective date of | ||||||
26 | this amendatory Act may be
corrected accordingly if so |
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1 | requested by the adoptive parents or the
adopted person when of | ||||||
2 | legal age. The social security numbers of the
parents shall not | ||||||
3 | be recorded on the certificate of birth. The social
security | ||||||
4 | numbers may only be used for purposes allowed under federal | ||||||
5 | law.
The new certificate shall be substituted for the original | ||||||
6 | certificate of birth:
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7 | (a) Thereafter, the original certificate and the | ||||||
8 | evidence of adoption,
paternity, legitimation, or sex | ||||||
9 | change of sex designation shall not be subject to | ||||||
10 | inspection
or certification except upon order of the | ||||||
11 | circuit court , request of the person, or
as provided by | ||||||
12 | regulation. If the new certificate was issued subsequent to | ||||||
13 | an adoption, the original certificate shall not be subject | ||||||
14 | to inspection until the adopted person has reached the age | ||||||
15 | of 21; thereafter, the original certificate shall be made | ||||||
16 | available as provided by Section 18.1b of the Adoption Act.
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17 | (b) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption, | ||||||
18 | the original
certificate of birth shall be restored to its | ||||||
19 | place in the files, and the
new certificate and evidence | ||||||
20 | shall not be subject to inspection or
certification except | ||||||
21 | upon order of the circuit court.
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22 | (3) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person | ||||||
23 | for whom a new
certificate is to be established under this | ||||||
24 | Section, a delayed record of
birth shall be filed with the | ||||||
25 | State Registrar of Vital Records as provided
in Section 14 or | ||||||
26 | Section 15 of this Act before a new certificate of birth
is |
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1 | established, except that when the date and place of birth and | ||||||
2 | parentage
have been established in the adoption proceedings, a | ||||||
3 | delayed record shall
not be required.
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4 | (4) When a new certificate of birth is established by the | ||||||
5 | State
Registrar of Vital Records, all copies of the original | ||||||
6 | certificate of birth
in the custody of any custodian of | ||||||
7 | permanent local records in this State
shall be transmitted to | ||||||
8 | the State Registrar of Vital Records as directed,
and shall be | ||||||
9 | sealed from inspection except as provided by Section 18.1b of | ||||||
10 | the Adoption Act.
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11 | (5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit | ||||||
12 | the amendment
of a birth certificate in accordance with | ||||||
13 | subsection (6) of Section 22.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)
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