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| Public Act 100-0619 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 25.4 as follows: | ||||
(410 ILCS 535/25.4 new) | ||||
Sec. 25.4. Youth in care birth record request. | ||||
(a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's | ||||
status as a youth in care may be verified: | ||||
(1) with a copy of the court order placing the youth in | ||||
the guardianship or custody of the Department of Children | ||||
and Family Services or terminating the Department of | ||||
Children and Family Services' guardianship or custody of | ||||
the youth; or | ||||
(2) by a human services agency, legal services agency, | ||||
or other similar agency that has knowledge of the | ||||
individual's youth in care status, including, but not | ||||
limited to: | ||||
(A) a child welfare agency, including the | ||||
Department of Children and Family Services; or | ||||
(B) the attorney or guardian ad litem who served as | ||||
the youth in care's attorney or guardian ad litem | ||||
during proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act. | ||||
A person described in subsection (b) of this Section must | ||
not be charged for verification under this Section. | ||
A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this | ||
verification is subject to a penalty of $100. | ||
(b) The applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a | ||
search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record | ||
shall be waived for all requests made by: | ||
(1) a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the | ||
Children and Family Services Act, whose status is verified | ||
under subsection (a) of this Section; or | ||
(2) a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in | ||
care, as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family | ||
Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday and | ||
whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this | ||
Section. | ||
The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish | ||
standards and procedures consistent with this Section for | ||
waiver of the applicable fees. | ||
(c) A person shall be provided no more than 4 birth records | ||
annually under this Section.
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