Public Act 099-0675
 
HB5775 EnrolledLRB099 18937 MJP 43326 b

    AN ACT concerning health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
Section 12 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 535/12)
    Sec. 12. Live births; place of registration.
    (1) Each live birth which occurs in this State shall be
registered with the local or subregistrar of the district in
which the birth occurred as provided in this Section, within 7
days after the birth. When a birth occurs on a moving
conveyance, the city, village, township, or road district in
which the child is first removed from the conveyance shall be
considered the place of birth and a birth certificate shall be
filed in the registration district in which the place is
located.
    (2) When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in
charge of the institution or his designated representative
shall obtain and record all the personal and statistical
particulars relative to the parents of the child that are
required to properly complete the live birth certificate; shall
secure the required personal signatures on the hospital
worksheet; shall prepare the certificate from this worksheet;
and shall file the certificate with the local registrar. The
institution shall retain the hospital worksheet permanently or
as otherwise specified by rule. The physician in attendance
shall verify or provide the date of birth and medical
information required by the certificate, within 24 hours after
the birth occurs.
    (3) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the
certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following
in the indicated order of priority:
        (a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after
    the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
        (b) Any other person in attendance at or immediately
    after the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
        (c) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the
    father and the inability of the mother, the person in
    charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
    (4) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother
was not married to the father of the child at either the time
of conception or the time of birth, the name of the father
shall be entered on the child's birth certificate only if the
mother and the person to be named as the father have signed a
voluntary an acknowledgment of paternity form parentage in
accordance with subsection (5).
    Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother was
married at the time of conception or birth and the presumed
father (that is, the mother's husband) is not the biological
father of the child, the name of the biological father shall be
entered on the child's birth certificate only if, in accordance
with subsection (5), (i) the mother and the person to be named
as the father have signed a voluntary an acknowledgment of
paternity form parentage and (ii) the mother and presumed
father have signed a denial of parentage form paternity.
    (5) Upon the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, or
upon the birth of a child to a woman who was married at the time
of conception or birth and whose husband is not the biological
father of the child, the institution at the time of birth and
the local registrar or county clerk after the birth shall do
the following:
        (a) Provide (i) an opportunity for the child's mother
    and father to sign a voluntary an acknowledgment of
    paternity form parentage and (ii) if the presumed father is
    not the biological father, an opportunity for the mother
    and presumed father to sign a denial of parentage form
    paternity. The signing and witnessing of the voluntary
    acknowledgment of paternity form parentage or, if the
    presumed father of the child is not the biological father,
    the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage and
    denial of parentage forms paternity conclusively establish
    establishes a parent and child relationship in accordance
    with Sections 5 and 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984
    and with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
    the effective date of that Act.
        The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
    furnish the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity and
    denial of parentage forms acknowledgment of parentage and
    denial of paternity form to institutions, county clerks,
    and State and local registrars' offices. The forms form
    shall include instructions to send the original signed and
    witnessed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage
    and denial of parentage paternity to the Department of
    Healthcare and Family Services. The voluntary
    acknowledgement of paternity and denial of parentage forms
    paternity form shall also include a statement informing the
    mother, the alleged father, and the presumed father, if
    any, that they have the right to request deoxyribonucleic
    acid (DNA) tests regarding the issue of the child's
    paternity and that by signing the form, they expressly
    waive such tests. The voluntary acknowledgment of
    paternity and denial of parentage forms shall contain the
    data elements required by federal law. The statement shall
    be set forth in bold-face capital letters not less than
    0.25 inches in height.
        (b) Provide the following documents, furnished by the
    Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to the
    child's mother, biological father, and (if the person
    presumed to be the child's father is not the biological
    father) presumed father for their review at the time the
    opportunity is provided to establish a parent and child
    relationship:
            (i) An explanation of the implications of,
        alternatives to, legal consequences of, and the rights
        and responsibilities that arise from signing a
        voluntary an acknowledgment of paternity form
        parentage and, if necessary, a denial of parentage form
        paternity, including an explanation of the parental
        rights and responsibilities of child support,
        visitation, custody, retroactive support, health
        insurance coverage, and payment of birth expenses.
            (ii) An explanation of the benefits of having a
        child's parentage established and the availability of
        parentage establishment and child support enforcement
        services.
            (iii) A request for an application for child
        support enforcement services from the Department of
        Healthcare and Family Services.
            (iv) Instructions concerning the opportunity to
        speak, either by telephone or in person, with staff of
        the Department of Healthcare and Family Services who
        are trained to clarify information and answer
        questions about paternity establishment.
            (v) Instructions for completing and signing the
        voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage and
        denial of parentage forms paternity.
        (c) Provide an oral explanation of the documents and
    instructions set forth in subdivision (5)(b), including an
    explanation of the implications of, alternatives to, legal
    consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that
    arise from signing a voluntary an acknowledgment of
    paternity form parentage and, if necessary, a denial of
    parentage form paternity. The oral explanation may be given
    in person or through the use of video or audio equipment.
    (6) The institution, State or local registrar, or county
clerk shall provide an opportunity for the child's father or
mother to sign a rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity or denial of parentage form parentage. The signing
and witnessing of the rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity or denial of parentage form parentage voids the
voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form parentage and
nullifies the presumption of paternity if executed and filed
with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public Aid) within the time frame
contained in Section 5 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or
Section 307 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
the effective date of that Act. The Department of Healthcare
and Family Services shall furnish the rescission of voluntary
acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage form
parentage form to institutions, county clerks, and State and
local registrars' offices. The form shall include instructions
to send the original signed and witnessed rescission of
voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage
form parentage to the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services. The rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity or denial of parentage form shall contain the data
elements required by federal law.
    (7) A voluntary An acknowledgment of paternity form signed
pursuant to Section 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or
Section 302 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
the effective date of that Act may be challenged in court only
on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact,
with the burden of proof upon the challenging party. Pending
outcome of a challenge to the voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity form, the legal responsibilities of the signatories
shall remain in full force and effect, except upon order of the
court upon a showing of good cause.
    (8) When the process for acknowledgment of parentage as
provided for under subsection (5) establishes the paternity of
a child whose certificate of birth is on file in another state,
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall forward
a copy of the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, denial of
parentage, and acknowledgment of parentage, the denial of
paternity, if applicable, rescission of voluntary
acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage forms and
the rescission of parentage, if applicable, to the birth record
agency of the state where the child's certificate of birth is
on file.
    (9) In the event the parent-child relationship has been
established in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) of Section 6
of the Parentage Act of 1984, the names of the biological
mother and biological father so established shall be entered on
the child's birth certificate, and the names of the surrogate
mother and surrogate mother's husband, if any, shall not be on
the birth certificate.
    (10) In the event new data elements are included in the
voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form, denial of
parentage form, or rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
paternity or denial of parentage form, the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, in conjunction with the
Department of Public Health, shall provide instructions that
have been prescribed by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services about the new data elements to the hospital personnel
responsible for assisting the child's mother, biological
father, or presumed father with completing the forms.
(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)