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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is 
5amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 2/20)
7    Sec. 20. Procedures with respect to relinquished newborn 
8infants. 
9    (a) Hospitals. Every hospital must accept and provide all 
10necessary emergency services and care to a relinquished 
11newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. The hospital 
12shall examine a relinquished newborn infant and perform tests 
13that, based on reasonable medical judgment, are appropriate in 
14evaluating whether the relinquished newborn infant was abused 
15or neglected. 
16    The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as 
17implied consent for the hospital and its medical personnel and 
18physicians on staff to treat and provide care for the infant. 
19    The hospital shall be deemed to have temporary protective 
20custody of a relinquished newborn infant until the infant is 
21discharged to the custody of a child welfare agency or the 
22Department. The hospital shall provide all available medical 
23records and information to the Department and the child 
 
 
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1welfare agency that has accepted the referral of the infant in 
2accordance with Section 50. 
3    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
4the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
5within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a 
6hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and 
7contact information of the child welfare agency to whom 
8custody of the infant was transferred. 
9    (b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every 
10fire station and emergency medical facility must accept and 
11provide all necessary emergency services and care to a 
12relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. 
13    The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as 
14implied consent for the fire station or emergency medical 
15facility and its emergency medical professionals to treat and 
16provide care for the infant, to the extent that those 
17emergency medical professionals are trained to provide those 
18services. 
19    After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire 
20station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or 
21emergency medical facility's personnel must arrange for the 
22transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon 
23as transportation can be arranged. 
24    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
25the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
26within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a fire 
 
 
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1station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or 
2emergency medical facility must inform such person of the name 
3and location of the hospital to which the infant was 
4transported. 
5    (c) Police stations. Every police station must accept a 
6relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. 
7After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a police 
8station, the police station must arrange for the 
9transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon 
10as transportation can be arranged. The act of relinquishing a 
11newborn infant serves as implied consent for the hospital to 
12which the infant is transported and that hospital's medical 
13personnel and physicians on staff to treat and provide care 
14for the infant.
15    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
16the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
17within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a police 
18station, the police station must inform such person of the 
19name and location of the hospital to which the infant was 
20transported. 
21(Source: P.A. 103-501, eff. 1-1-24.)