96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3925

 

Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that "fire station" means a fire station with at least one staff person (instead of that is staffed with at least one full-time emergency medical professional). Provides that "newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 (instead of 7) days old or less. Defines "safe haven" to mean a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn infant may be relinquished. Provides that any public reporting of information required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as "unknown". Makes changes concerning the information packet that a hospital or other facility must offer to a person who relinquishes a newborn infant. Provides that a relinquished newborn infant's mother, as well as the infant, are eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall notify a hospital to whom a newborn infant has been relinquished of the name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department to take custody of the infant from the hospital. Provides if a relinquished newborn infant was born in a hospital and was relinquished to the hospital without having left the hospital, the Department need not verify that the infant is not a missing child before filing a petition for termination of parental rights.


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1     AN ACT concerning children.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5-2 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
7     Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance
8 under this Article shall be available to any of the following
9 classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
10 been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
11 approved by him:
12         1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under
13     Articles III and IV.
14         2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance
15     under Articles III and IV but who fail to qualify
16     thereunder on the basis of need, and who have insufficient
17     income and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical
18     care, including but not limited to the following:
19             (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
20         maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify
21         under that Article on the basis of need and who meet
22         either of the following requirements:
23                 (i) their income, as determined by the

 

 

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1             Illinois Department in accordance with any federal
2             requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
3             fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
4             fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
5             by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
6             than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
7             Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
8             poverty line, as defined by the federal Office of
9             Management and Budget and revised annually in
10             accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus
11             Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to
12             families of the same size; or
13                 (ii) their income, after the deduction of
14             costs incurred for medical care and for other types
15             of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
16             fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in
17             fiscal year 2002 and until a date to be determined
18             by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
19             than 100% beginning on the date determined by the
20             Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official
21             poverty line, as defined in item (i) of this
22             subparagraph (a).
23             (b) All persons who would be determined eligible
24         for such basic maintenance under Article IV by
25         disregarding the maximum earned income permitted by
26         federal law.

 

 

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1         3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the
2     Medically Indigent under Article VII.
3         4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
4     paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
5     sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the
6     costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
7     expenses.
8         5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact of
9     pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and
10     during the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the
11     pregnancy, together with their infants and children born
12     after September 30, 1983, whose income and resources are
13     insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
14     the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the Federal
15     Social Security Act.
16         (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall
17     provide a plan for coverage of the persons eligible under
18     paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such plan shall provide
19     ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
20     presumptive eligibility period and establish an income
21     eligibility standard that is equal to 133% of the nonfarm
22     income official poverty line, as defined by the federal
23     Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
24     accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
25     Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to families of the
26     same size, provided that costs incurred for medical care

 

 

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1     are not taken into account in determining such income
2     eligibility.
3         (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
4     demonstration in at least one county that will provide
5     medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
6     infants and children up to one year of age, where the
7     income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
8     nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
9     federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
10     Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
11     provided under federal law to implement such a
12     demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource
13     standards that are not more restrictive than those
14     established under Article IV of this Code.
15         6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as
16     dependent under Article IV and who have insufficient income
17     and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical care
18     to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the
19     Federal Social Security Act.
20         7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would
21     qualify as disabled as defined under the Federal
22     Supplemental Security Income Program, provided medical
23     service for such persons would be eligible for Federal
24     Financial Participation, and provided the Illinois
25     Department determines that:
26             (a) the person requires a level of care provided by

 

 

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1         a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate
2         care facility, as determined by a physician licensed to
3         practice medicine in all its branches;
4             (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside
5         of an institution, as determined by a physician
6         licensed to practice medicine in all its branches;
7             (c) the estimated amount which would be expended
8         for care outside the institution is not greater than
9         the estimated amount which would be expended in an
10         institution.
11         8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance
12     assistance under Article IV of this Code in programs
13     administered by the Illinois Department due to employment
14     earnings and persons in assistance units comprised of
15     adults and children who become ineligible for basic
16     maintenance assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
17     employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class
18     of persons shall:
19             (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up
20         to 12 months following termination of basic
21         maintenance assistance; and
22             (b) offer persons who have initially received 6
23         months of the coverage provided in paragraph (a) above,
24         the option of receiving an additional 6 months of
25         coverage, subject to the following:
26                 (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to

 

 

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1             provisions of the federal Social Security Act;
2                 (ii) such coverage shall include all services
3             covered while the person was eligible for basic
4             maintenance assistance;
5                 (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
6             coverage; and
7                 (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the
8             event of a person's failure without good cause to
9             file in a timely fashion reports required for this
10             coverage under the Social Security Act and
11             coverage shall be reinstated upon the filing of
12             such reports if the person remains otherwise
13             eligible.
14         9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
15     (AIDS) or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom
16     there has been a determination that but for home or
17     community-based services such individuals would require
18     the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital,
19     skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility the
20     cost of which is reimbursed under this Article. Assistance
21     shall be provided to such persons to the maximum extent
22     permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security
23     Act.
24         10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
25     partnership program established under the Illinois
26     Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act Partnership for

 

 

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1     Long-Term Care Act who meet the qualifications for
2     protection of resources described in Section 15 25 of that
3     Act.
4         11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and
5     eligible for Medicaid, pursuant to Section
6     1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, as
7     provided by the Illinois Department by rule. In
8     establishing eligibility standards under this paragraph
9     11, the Department shall, subject to federal approval:
10             (a) set the income eligibility standard at not
11         lower than 350% of the federal poverty level;
12             (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person
13         cannot access without penalty before the age of 59 1/2,
14         and medical savings accounts established pursuant to
15         26 U.S.C. 220;
16             (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to
17         those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility
18         under this paragraph 11; and
19             (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in
20         determining the eligibility of the person under this
21         Article even if the person loses eligibility under this
22         paragraph 11.
23         12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are
24     eligible for medical assistance coverage under applicable
25     provisions of the federal Social Security Act and the
26     federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and

 

 

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1     Treatment Act of 2000. Those eligible persons are defined
2     to include, but not be limited to, the following persons:
3             (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
4         cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease
5         Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
6         Program established under Title XV of the federal
7         Public Health Services Act in accordance with the
8         requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as
9         administered by the Illinois Department of Public
10         Health; and
11             (2) persons whose screenings under the above
12         program were funded in whole or in part by funds
13         appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public
14         Health for breast or cervical cancer screening.
15         "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be
16     identical to the benefits provided under the State's
17     approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
18     The Department must request federal approval of the
19     coverage under this paragraph 12 within 30 days after the
20     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
21     Assembly.
22         13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
23     persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible
24     under this Article and who qualify for services covered
25     under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department
26     by rule.

 

 

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1         14. Subject to the availability of funds for this
2     purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this
3     Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not
4     eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet
5     the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and
6     (i) have an application for asylum pending before the
7     federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before
8     a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented
9     either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the
10     federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a
11     not-for-profit organization in regard to that application
12     or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a
13     federally funded torture treatment center. Medical
14     coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to
15     24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so
16     long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of
17     this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending
18     regarding an application for asylum before the Department
19     of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14
20     may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the
21     appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the
22     implementation of this paragraph 14.
23         15. A newborn infant relinquished in accordance with
24     the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, and the
25     infant's mother, as provided in Section 45 of that Act.
26     The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a

 

 

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1 plan for coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as
2 soon as possible after July 1, 1984.
3     The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
4 under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
5 under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
6 Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any distributions
7 or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
8 paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
9 Income Tax Act. The Department shall by rule establish the
10 amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility
11 for medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the
12 amounts to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental
13 Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a single
14 person to be disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the
15 amount of assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall
16 not be less than $3,000.
17     To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found
18 guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA shall be
19 ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
20 provided in Section 8A-8.
21     The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
22 this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
23 of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
24 in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
25 members of the person's family have actual control over the
26 donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or

 

 

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1 benefits.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06; 94-1043, eff. 7-24-06;
3 95-546, eff. 8-29-07; revised 1-22-08.)
 
4     Section 10. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 10, 30, 35, 45, and 50 as follows:
 
6     (325 ILCS 2/10)
7     Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
8     "Abandon" has the same meaning as in the Abused and
9 Neglected Child Reporting Act.
10     "Abused child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and
11 Neglected Child Reporting Act.
12     "Child-placing agency" means a licensed public or private
13 agency that receives a child for the purpose of placing or
14 arranging for the placement of the child in a foster family
15 home or other facility for child care, apart from the custody
16 of the child's parents.
17     "Department" or "DCFS" means the Illinois Department of
18 Children and Family Services.
19     "Emergency medical facility" means a freestanding
20 emergency center or trauma center, as defined in the Emergency
21 Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
22     "Emergency medical professional" includes licensed
23 physicians, and any emergency medical technician-basic,
24 emergency medical technician-intermediate, emergency medical

 

 

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1 technician-paramedic, trauma nurse specialist, and
2 pre-hospital RN, as defined in the Emergency Medical Services
3 (EMS) Systems Act.
4     "Fire station" means a fire station within the State with
5 at least one staff person that is staffed with at least one
6 full-time emergency medical professional.
7     "Hospital" has the same meaning as in the Hospital
8 Licensing Act.
9     "Legal custody" means the relationship created by a court
10 order in the best interest of a newborn infant that imposes on
11 the infant's custodian the responsibility of physical
12 possession of the infant, the duty to protect, train, and
13 discipline the infant, and the duty to provide the infant with
14 food, shelter, education, and medical care, except as these are
15 limited by parental rights and responsibilities.
16     "Neglected child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and
17 Neglected Child Reporting Act.
18     "Newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician
19 reasonably believes is 30 7 days old or less at the time the
20 child is initially relinquished to a hospital, police station,
21 fire station, or emergency medical facility, and who is not an
22 abused or a neglected child.
23     "Police station" means a municipal police station or a
24 county sheriff's office.
25     "Relinquish" means to bring a newborn infant, who a
26 licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 7 days old or

 

 

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1 less, to a hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency
2 medical facility and to leave the infant with personnel of the
3 facility, if the person leaving the infant does not express an
4 intent to return for the infant or states that he or she will
5 not return for the infant. In the case of a mother who gives
6 birth to an infant in a hospital, the mother may relinquish her
7 newborn infant by expressing an intent to do so under this Act
8 mother's act of leaving that newborn infant at the hospital (i)
9 without expressing an intent to return for the infant or (ii)
10 stating that she will not return for the infant is not a
11 "relinquishment" under this Act.
12     "Safe haven" means a hospital, fire station, police
13 station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn
14 infant may be relinquished under this Act.
15     "Temporary protective custody" means the temporary
16 placement of a newborn infant within a hospital or other
17 medical facility out of the custody of the infant's parent.
18 (Source: P.A. 93-820, eff. 7-27-04; 94-941, eff. 6-26-06.)
 
19     (325 ILCS 2/30)
20     Sec. 30. Anonymity of relinquishing person. If there is no
21 evidence of abuse or neglect of a relinquished newborn infant,
22 the relinquishing person has the right to remain anonymous and
23 to leave the hospital, police station, fire station, or
24 emergency medical facility at any time and not be pursued or
25 followed. Before the relinquishing person leaves the hospital,

 

 

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1 police station, fire station, or emergency medical facility,
2 the hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency
3 medical facility personnel shall (i) verbally inform the
4 relinquishing person that by relinquishing the child
5 anonymously, he or she will have to petition the court if he or
6 she desires to prevent the termination of parental rights and
7 regain custody of the child and (ii) shall offer the
8 relinquishing person the information packet described in
9 Section 35 of this Act. However, nothing in this Act shall be
10 construed as precluding the relinquishing person from
11 providing his or her identity or completing the application
12 forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
13 Information Exchange and requesting that the hospital, police
14 station, fire station, or emergency medical facility forward
15 those forms to the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
16 Information Exchange. Any public reporting of information
17 required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn
18 infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under
19 the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify
20 the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as
21 "unknown".
22 (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01;
23 93-820, eff. 7-27-04.)
 
24     (325 ILCS 2/35)
25     Sec. 35. Information for relinquishing person. A hospital,

 

 

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1 police station, fire station, or emergency medical facility
2 that receives a newborn infant relinquished in accordance with
3 this Act must offer an information packet, including the
4 Illinois Safe Haven Information Form, to the relinquishing
5 person and, if possible, must clearly inform the relinquishing
6 person that his or her acceptance of the information is
7 completely voluntary, that registration with the Illinois
8 Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange is
9 voluntary, that the person will remain anonymous if he or she
10 completes a Denial of Information Exchange, and that the person
11 has the option to provide medical information only and still
12 remain anonymous. The information packet must include all of
13 the following:
14         (1) The Illinois Safe Haven Information Form. All
15     Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information
16     Exchange application forms, including the Medical
17     Information Exchange Questionnaire and the web site
18     address and toll-free phone number of the Registry.
19         (2) A summary of this Act. Written notice of the
20     following:
21             (A) No sooner than 60 days following the date of
22         the initial relinquishment of the infant to a hospital,
23         police station, fire station, or emergency medical
24         facility, the child-placing agency or the Department
25         will commence proceedings for the termination of
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1         adoption.
2             (B) Failure of a parent of the infant to contact
3         the Department and petition for the return of custody
4         of the infant before termination of parental rights
5         bars any future action asserting legal rights with
6         respect to the infant.
7         (3) A resource list of providers of counseling services
8     including grief counseling, pregnancy counseling, and
9     counseling regarding adoption and other available options
10     for placement of the infant.
11     The Department shall make the Illinois Safe Haven
12 Information Form and the summary of this Act available to each
13 safe haven located in this State. The Illinois Safe Haven
14 Information Form and the summary of this Act offered by a safe
15 haven to a relinquishing person must be substantially the same
16 as those made available by the Department. If a person
17 relinquishes a newborn infant to a hospital and the hospital
18 receives a partially or completely filled-out Illinois Safe
19 Haven Information Form from that person at the time the newborn
20 infant is relinquished, the hospital must provide a copy of the
21 form to the child-placing agency into whose custody the
22 hospital discharges the infant in accordance with Section 20. A
23 safe haven other than a hospital that receives, at the time a
24 newborn infant is relinquished, a partially or completely
25 filled-out Illinois Safe Haven Information Form from the person
26 relinquishing the newborn infant must give the form to the

 

 

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1 hospital to which the infant is transported in accordance with
2 Section 20, which must in turn provide a copy of the form to
3 the child-placing agency into whose custody the hospital
4 discharges the infant in accordance with Section 20. Upon
5 request, the Department of Public Health shall provide the
6 application forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and
7 Medical Information Exchange to hospitals, police stations,
8 fire stations, and emergency medical facilities.
9 (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01;
10 93-820, eff. 7-27-04.)
 
11     (325 ILCS 2/45)
12     Sec. 45. Medical assistance. Notwithstanding any other
13 provision of law, a newborn infant relinquished in accordance
14 with this Act, and the infant's mother, shall be deemed
15 eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid
16 Code, and a hospital providing medical services to such an
17 infant or to the infant's mother, or to both, shall be
18 reimbursed for those services in accordance with the payment
19 methodologies authorized under that Code. In addition, for any
20 day that a hospital has custody of a newborn infant
21 relinquished in accordance with this Act and the infant does
22 not require medically necessary care, the hospital shall be
23 reimbursed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
24 at the general acute care per diem rate, in accordance with 89
25 Ill. Adm. Code 148.270(c).

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
2     (325 ILCS 2/50)
3     Sec. 50. Child-placing agency procedures.
4     (a) The Department's State Central Registry must maintain a
5 list of licensed child-placing agencies willing to take legal
6 custody of newborn infants relinquished in accordance with this
7 Act. The child-placing agencies on the list must be contacted
8 by the Department on a rotating basis upon notice from a
9 hospital that a newborn infant has been relinquished in
10 accordance with this Act. The Department shall notify a
11 hospital to whom a newborn infant has been relinquished of the
12 name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department
13 to take custody of the infant from the hospital.
14     (b) Upon notice from the Department that a newborn infant
15 has been relinquished in accordance with this Act, a
16 child-placing agency must accept the newborn infant if the
17 agency has the accommodations to do so. The child-placing
18 agency must seek an order for legal custody of the infant upon
19 its acceptance of the infant.
20     (c) Within 3 business days after assuming physical custody
21 of the infant, the child-placing agency shall file a petition
22 in the division of the circuit court in which petitions for
23 adoption would normally be heard. The petition shall allege
24 that the newborn infant has been relinquished in accordance
25 with this Act and shall state that the child-placing agency

 

 

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1 intends to place the infant in an adoptive home.
2     (d) If no licensed child-placing agency is able to accept
3 the relinquished newborn infant, then the Department must
4 assume responsibility for the infant as soon as practicable.
5     (e) A custody order issued under subsection (b) shall
6 remain in effect until a final adoption order based on the
7 relinquished newborn infant's best interests is issued in
8 accordance with this Act and the Adoption Act.
9     (f) When possible, the child-placing agency must place a
10 relinquished newborn infant in a prospective adoptive home.
11     (g) The Department or child-placing agency must initiate
12 proceedings to (i) terminate the parental rights of the
13 relinquished newborn infant's known or unknown parents, (ii)
14 appoint a guardian for the infant, and (iii) obtain consent to
15 the infant's adoption in accordance with this Act no sooner
16 than 60 days following the date of the initial relinquishment
17 of the infant to the hospital, police station, fire station, or
18 emergency medical facility.
19     (h) Before filing a petition for termination of parental
20 rights, the Department or child-placing agency must do the
21 following:
22         (1) Search its Putative Father Registry for the purpose
23     of determining the identity and location of the putative
24     father of the relinquished newborn infant who is, or is
25     expected to be, the subject of an adoption proceeding, in
26     order to provide notice of the proceeding to the putative

 

 

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1     father. At least one search of the Registry must be
2     conducted, at least 30 days after the relinquished newborn
3     infant's estimated date of birth; earlier searches may be
4     conducted, however. Notice to any potential putative
5     father discovered in a search of the Registry according to
6     the estimated age of the relinquished newborn infant must
7     be in accordance with Section 12a of the Adoption Act.
8         (2) Verify with law enforcement officials, using the
9     National Crime Information Center, that the relinquished
10     newborn infant is not a missing child, unless the
11     relinquished newborn infant was born in the hospital and
12     was relinquished to the hospital without having left the
13     hospital.
14 (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01;
15 93-820, eff. 7-27-04.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     305 ILCS 5/5-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-2
4     325 ILCS 2/10
5     325 ILCS 2/30
6     325 ILCS 2/35
7     325 ILCS 2/45
8     325 ILCS 2/50