Full Text of HB3967 99th General Assembly
HB3967ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Joe Sosnowski Filed: 3/19/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3967
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3967 on page 1, by | 3 | | replacing line 5 with the following: | 4 | | "18.06, 18.1, 18.1a, 18.1b, 18.2, 18.3a, and 18.6 as follows:"; | 5 | | and | 6 | | on page 10, by inserting immediately below line 11 the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | " (k-5) The Department of Public Health shall supply to the
| 9 | | adopted or surrendered person and to a birth grandparent | 10 | | identifying information only if both the adopted or surrendered | 11 | | person and the birth
grandparent have filed with the Registry | 12 | | an Information Exchange
Authorization and the information at | 13 | | the Registry indicates
that the consenting adopted or | 14 | | surrendered person is or was the child of a deceased birth | 15 | | mother or birth father. "; and |
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| 1 | | on page 12, by inserting immediately below line 12 the | 2 | | following:
| 3 | | "(750 ILCS 50/18.1a)
| 4 | | Sec. 18.1a. Registry matches.
| 5 | | (a) The Registry shall release identifying information, as | 6 | | specified on
the applicant's Information Exchange | 7 | | Authorization or, if applicable, a Birth Parent Preference | 8 | | Form, to the following
mutually consenting registered parties
| 9 | | and provide them with any photographs or correspondence which | 10 | | have been placed in the
Adoption/Surrender Records File and
are | 11 | | specifically intended for the registered parties:
| 12 | | (i) an adult adopted or surrendered person and one of | 13 | | his or her birth
relatives who have both filed an | 14 | | applicable Information
Exchange Authorization or, if | 15 | | applicable, a Birth Parent Preference Form specifying the | 16 | | other consenting party with the Registry,
if
information | 17 | | available to the Registry
confirms that the consenting | 18 | | adopted or surrendered person is biologically related to | 19 | | the consenting birth relative;
| 20 | | (ii) the adoptive parent or legal guardian of an | 21 | | adopted or surrendered
person under the age of 21
and one | 22 | | of the adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who
| 23 | | have both filed an Information Exchange Authorization | 24 | | specifying the other
consenting party, or, if applicable, a |
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| 1 | | Birth Parent Preference Form, with the Registry, if
| 2 | | information available to the Registry confirms that the | 3 | | child of the consenting
adoptive parent or legal guardian | 4 | | is biologically related to the
consenting
birth relative; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | (iii) the adoptive parent, adult child, adult | 7 | | grandchild, birth grandparent, or surviving spouse of a | 8 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person, and one of the | 9 | | adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who have | 10 | | both filed an applicable Information Exchange | 11 | | Authorization specifying the other consenting party or, if | 12 | | applicable, a Birth Parent Preference Form, with the | 13 | | Registry, if information available to the Registry | 14 | | confirms that the child of the consenting adoptive parent, | 15 | | the parent of the consenting adult child or the deceased | 16 | | wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse of the | 17 | | adopted or surrendered person was biologically related to | 18 | | the consenting birth relative.
| 19 | | (b) If a registrant is the subject of a Denial of
| 20 | | Information Exchange filed by another registered party or is an | 21 | | adopted or surrendered person, or the surviving relative of a | 22 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person, and a birth parent of | 23 | | the adopted or surrendered person completed a Birth Parent | 24 | | Preference Form and selected Option E, the Registry shall
not | 25 | | release identifying information to either registrant or, if | 26 | | applicable, to an adopted person who has requested a copy of |
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| 1 | | his or her original birth certificate, with the exception of | 2 | | non-certified copies of the original birth certificate | 3 | | released under Section 18.1b(e), and as to a birth parent who | 4 | | has prohibited release of identifying information on the | 5 | | original birth certificate to the adult adopted or surrendered | 6 | | person, upon the death of said birth parent.
| 7 | | (c) If a registrant has completed a Medical Information | 8 | | Exchange
Questionnaire and has consented to its disclosure, | 9 | | that Questionnaire shall be
released to any registered party | 10 | | who has indicated their desire to receive such
information on | 11 | | his or her Illinois Adoption Registry Application, if
| 12 | | information available to the Registry
confirms that the | 13 | | consenting parties are biologically related, that the | 14 | | consenting
birth relative and the child of the consenting | 15 | | adoptive parents or legal
guardians are birth relatives, or | 16 | | that the consenting birth relative and the deceased wife or | 17 | | husband of the consenting surviving spouse are birth relatives.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11; 98-704, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 19 | | (750 ILCS 50/18.1b)
| 20 | | Sec. 18.1b. The Illinois Adoption Registry Application. | 21 | | The Illinois
Adoption Registry Application shall substantially | 22 | | include the following:
| 23 | | (a) General Information. The Illinois Adoption | 24 | | Registry
Application shall include the space to provide | 25 | | Information about the registrant
including his or her
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| 1 | | surname, given name or names, social security number | 2 | | (optional), mailing
address, home telephone number, | 3 | | gender, date and place of birth, and the date
of | 4 | | registration. If applicable and known
to the registrant, he | 5 | | or she may include the maiden surname of the
birth mother, | 6 | | any subsequent surnames of the birth mother, the surname of | 7 | | the
birth father, the given name or names of the birth | 8 | | parents, the dates and
places of birth of the birth | 9 | | parents, the surname and given name or names of
the adopted | 10 | | person prior to adoption, the gender and date and place of | 11 | | birth of
the adopted or surrendered person, the name of the | 12 | | adopted person following
his or her adoption and the state | 13 | | and county where the judgment of adoption was
finalized.
| 14 | | (b) Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire. In | 15 | | recognition of
the importance of medical information and of | 16 | | recent discoveries regarding the
genetic origin of many | 17 | | medical conditions and diseases all registrants shall be
| 18 | | asked to voluntarily complete a Medical
Information | 19 | | Exchange Questionnaire. The Medical Information Exchange | 20 | | Questionnaire shall include a comprehensive check-list of | 21 | | medical conditions and diseases including those of genetic | 22 | | origin.
| 23 | | (1) Birth relatives shall be asked to indicate all | 24 | | genetically-inherited diseases
and
conditions on this
| 25 | | list which are known to exist in the adopted or | 26 | | surrendered person's birth
family at the time of |
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| 1 | | registration.
In addition, all birth relatives
shall | 2 | | be apprised of the Registry's provisions for | 3 | | voluntarily submitting
information about their and | 4 | | their family's medical
histories on a confidential, | 5 | | ongoing basis.
| 6 | | (2) Adopted and surrendered persons and their | 7 | | adoptive parents, legal
guardians, adult children, | 8 | | adult grandchildren, and surviving spouses shall be | 9 | | asked to indicate all
genetically-inherited diseases | 10 | | and medical conditions with which the adopted or
| 11 | | surrendered person or, if applicable, his or her | 12 | | children have been diagnosed
since birth.
| 13 | | (3) The Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire
| 14 | | shall include a space where the registrant may | 15 | | authorize the release of the
Medical Information | 16 | | Exchange Questionnaire to specified registered parties | 17 | | and a
disclaimer
informing registrants that the | 18 | | Department of Public Health cannot guarantee the
| 19 | | accuracy of medical information exchanged through the | 20 | | Registry.
| 21 | | (c) Written statement. All registrants shall be given | 22 | | the
opportunity to voluntarily file a written statement | 23 | | with the Registry. This
statement
shall be submitted in the | 24 | | space provided.
No written statement submitted to the | 25 | | Registry
shall include identifying information pertaining | 26 | | to any person other than the
registrant who submitted it.
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| 1 | | Any such identifying information shall be redacted by the | 2 | | Department or
returned for removal of identifying | 3 | | information.
| 4 | | (d) Exchange of information. All registrants except | 5 | | birth parents may indicate their
wishes regarding contact | 6 | | and the exchange of identifying and/or medical information | 7 | | with any other registrant by completing an
Information | 8 | | Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information | 9 | | Exchange. Birth parents may indicate their wishes | 10 | | regarding contact by filing a Birth Parent Preference Form | 11 | | pursuant to the procedures outlined in this Section.
| 12 | | (1) Information Exchange Authorization. Adopted or | 13 | | surrendered persons 21
years of age or over who are | 14 | | interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical | 15 | | information or would welcome contact with one or more | 16 | | of their
birth relatives;
birth siblings 21 years of | 17 | | age or over who were adopted or surrendered and who
are | 18 | | interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical | 19 | | information or would welcome contact with an adopted or | 20 | | surrendered person, or one or more of
his or her | 21 | | adoptive parents, legal guardians, adult children, | 22 | | adult grandchildren, or a surviving spouse; birth | 23 | | siblings 21 years of age
or
over who were not | 24 | | surrendered and who have submitted proof of death for | 25 | | any
common
birth parent
who did not file a Denial of | 26 | | Information Exchange or a Birth Parent Preference Form |
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| 1 | | on which Option E was selected prior to his or her | 2 | | death,
and who are interested in exchanging | 3 | | identifying and/or medical information or would | 4 | | welcome contact with an adopted or surrendered person, | 5 | | or one or
more of his or her adoptive parents,
legal | 6 | | guardians, adult children, adult grandchildren, or a | 7 | | surviving spouse; birth aunts and birth uncles 21 years | 8 | | of age or over who have submitted birth certificates | 9 | | for themselves and a deceased birth parent naming at | 10 | | least one common biological parent as well as proof of | 11 | | death for a deceased birth parent and who are | 12 | | interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical | 13 | | information or would welcome contact with an adopted or | 14 | | surrendered person 21 years of age or over, or one or | 15 | | more of his or her adoptive parents, legal guardians, | 16 | | adult children, adult grandchildren, or a surviving | 17 | | spouse; birth grandparents who have submitted birth | 18 | | certificates for themselves and a deceased birth | 19 | | parent as well as proof of death for a deceased birth | 20 | | parent and who are interested in exchanging | 21 | | identifying and/or medical information or would | 22 | | welcome contact with an adopted or surrendered person | 23 | | 21 years of age or over, or one or more of his or her | 24 | | adoptive parents, legal guardians, adult children, | 25 | | adult grandchildren, or a surviving spouse;
adoptive | 26 | | parents or
legal guardians of
adopted or surrendered |
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| 1 | | persons under the age of 21 who are interested in | 2 | | exchanging identifying and/or medical information or | 3 | | would welcome
contact with one or more of the adopted | 4 | | or surrendered person's birth relatives; adoptive | 5 | | parents and legal guardians of deceased adopted or | 6 | | surrendered persons 21 years of age or over who have | 7 | | submitted proof of death for a deceased adopted or | 8 | | surrendered person who did not file a Denial of | 9 | | Information Exchange prior to his or her death and who | 10 | | are interested in exchanging identifying and/or | 11 | | medical information or would welcome contact with one | 12 | | or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth | 13 | | relatives; adult children of deceased adopted or | 14 | | surrendered persons who have submitted a birth | 15 | | certificate naming the adopted or surrendered person | 16 | | as their biological parent, and, in the case of adult | 17 | | grandchildren, their birth certificate and a birth | 18 | | certificate naming the adopted or surrendered person | 19 | | as their parent's biological parent, and proof of death | 20 | | for an adopted or surrendered person who did not file a | 21 | | Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her | 22 | | death; and surviving spouses of deceased adopted or | 23 | | surrendered persons who have submitted a marriage | 24 | | certificate naming an adopted or surrendered person as | 25 | | their deceased wife or husband and proof of death for | 26 | | an adopted or surrendered person who did not file a |
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| 1 | | Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her | 2 | | death and who are interested in exchanging identifying | 3 | | and/or medical information or would welcome contact | 4 | | with one or more of the adopted or surrendered person's | 5 | | birth relatives may specify with whom they
wish to | 6 | | exchange identifying information by
filing an | 7 | | Information Exchange Authorization.
| 8 | | (2) Denial of Information Exchange. Adopted or | 9 | | surrendered persons 21
years of age or over who do not | 10 | | wish to exchange identifying information or establish | 11 | | contact with one or
more of their birth relatives may | 12 | | specify
with whom they do not wish to exchange
| 13 | | identifying information or do not wish to establish | 14 | | contact by filing a Denial of
Information Exchange. | 15 | | Birth relatives other than birth parents who do not | 16 | | wish to
establish contact with an
adopted or | 17 | | surrendered person or one or more of his or her | 18 | | adoptive parents,
legal guardians, or adult children | 19 | | or adult grandchildren may specify with whom they do | 20 | | not wish to exchange identifying
information or do not | 21 | | wish to establish contact by filing a Denial of | 22 | | Information Exchange. Birth parents who wish to | 23 | | prohibit the release of their identifying information | 24 | | on the original birth certificate released to an adult | 25 | | adopted or surrendered person who was born after | 26 | | January 1, 1946, or to the surviving adult child, adult |
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| 1 | | grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted | 2 | | or surrendered person who was born after January 1, | 3 | | 1946, may do so by filing a Denial with the Registry on | 4 | | or before December 31, 2010. Adoptive parents or
legal | 5 | | guardians of adopted or surrendered persons under the | 6 | | age of 21 who do
not wish to establish contact with one | 7 | | or more of the adopted or
surrendered person's birth | 8 | | relatives may specify with whom they
do not wish to | 9 | | exchange identifying
information by filing a Denial of | 10 | | Information Exchange. Adoptive parents, adult | 11 | | children, adult grandchildren, and surviving spouses | 12 | | of deceased adoptees who do not wish to exchange | 13 | | identifying information or establish contact with one | 14 | | or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth | 15 | | relatives may specify with whom they do not wish to | 16 | | exchange identifying information or do not wish to | 17 | | establish contact by filing a Denial of Information | 18 | | Exchange.
| 19 | | (3) Birth Parent Preference Form. Beginning | 20 | | January 1, 2011, birth parents who are eligible to | 21 | | register with the Illinois Adoption Registry and | 22 | | Medical Information Exchange and whose birth child was | 23 | | born on or after January 1, 1946 may communicate their | 24 | | wishes regarding contact or may prohibit the release of | 25 | | identifying information on the non-certified copy of | 26 | | the original birth certificate released under |
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| 1 | | subsection (e) of this Section by filing a Birth Parent | 2 | | Preference Form with the Registry. Birth parents whose | 3 | | birth child was born before January 1, 1946, may | 4 | | communicate their wishes regarding contact by | 5 | | completing a Birth Parent Preference Form, selecting | 6 | | Option A, B, C, or D, and filing the form with the | 7 | | Registry, but may not prohibit the release of | 8 | | identifying information. All Birth Parent Preference | 9 | | Forms on file with the Registry at the time of receipt | 10 | | of a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original | 11 | | Birth Certificate from an adult adopted or surrendered | 12 | | person or the surviving adult child, surviving adult | 13 | | grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted | 14 | | or surrendered person shall be forwarded to the | 15 | | relevant adopted or surrendered person or surviving | 16 | | adult child, surviving adult grandchild, or surviving | 17 | | spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person | 18 | | along with a non-certified copy of the adopted or | 19 | | surrendered person's original birth certificate as | 20 | | outlined in subsection (e) of this Section. | 21 | | (e) Procedures for requesting a non-certified copy of | 22 | | an original birth certificate by an adult adopted or | 23 | | surrendered person or by a surviving adult child, adult | 24 | | grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or | 25 | | surrendered person: | 26 | | (1) On or after the effective date of this |
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| 1 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, any adult | 2 | | adopted or surrendered person who was born in Illinois | 3 | | prior to January 1, 1946, may complete and file with | 4 | | the Registry a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an | 5 | | Original Birth Certificate. The Registry shall provide | 6 | | such adult adopted or surrendered person with an | 7 | | unaltered, non-certified copy of his or her original | 8 | | birth certificate upon receipt of the Request for a | 9 | | Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate. | 10 | | Additionally, in cases where an adopted or surrendered | 11 | | person born in Illinois prior to January 1, 1946, is | 12 | | deceased, and one of his or her surviving adult | 13 | | children, adult grandchildren, or his or her surviving | 14 | | spouse has registered with the Registry, he or she may | 15 | | complete and file with the Registry a Request for a | 16 | | Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate. | 17 | | The Registry shall provide such surviving adult child, | 18 | | adult grandchild, or surviving spouse with an | 19 | | unaltered, non-certified copy of the adopted or | 20 | | surrendered person's original birth certificate upon | 21 | | receipt of the Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an | 22 | | Original Birth Certificate. | 23 | | (2) Beginning November 15, 2011, any adult adopted | 24 | | or surrendered person who was born in Illinois on or | 25 | | after January 1, 1946, may complete and file with the | 26 | | Registry a Request for a Non-certified Copy of an |
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| 1 | | Original Birth Certificate. Additionally, in cases | 2 | | where the adopted or surrendered person is deceased and | 3 | | one of his or her surviving adult children, adult | 4 | | grandchildren, or his or her surviving spouse has | 5 | | registered with the Registry, he or she may complete | 6 | | and file with the Registry a Request for a | 7 | | Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate.
| 8 | | Upon receipt of such request from an adult adopted or | 9 | | surrendered person or from one of his or her surviving | 10 | | adult children, adult grandchildren, or his or her | 11 | | surviving spouse, the Registry shall: | 12 | | (i) Determine if there is a Denial of | 13 | | Information Exchange which was filed by a birth | 14 | | parent named on the original birth certificate | 15 | | prior to January 1, 2011. If a Denial was filed by | 16 | | a birth parent named on the original birth | 17 | | certificate prior to January 1, 2011, and there is | 18 | | no proof of death in the Registry file for the | 19 | | birth parent who filed said Denial, the Registry | 20 | | shall inform the requesting adult adopted or | 21 | | surrendered person or the requesting surviving | 22 | | adult child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse | 23 | | of a deceased adopted or surrendered person that | 24 | | they may receive a non-certified copy of the | 25 | | original birth certificate from which all | 26 | | identifying information pertaining to the birth |
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| 1 | | parent who filed the Denial has been redacted. A | 2 | | requesting adult adopted or surrendered person | 3 | | shall also be informed in writing of his or her | 4 | | right to petition the court for the appointment of | 5 | | a confidential intermediary pursuant to Section | 6 | | 18.3a of this Act and, if applicable, to conduct a | 7 | | search through an agency post-adoption search | 8 | | program once 5 years have elapsed since the birth | 9 | | parent filed the Denial of Information Exchange | 10 | | with the Registry. | 11 | | (ii) Determine if a birth parent named on the | 12 | | original birth certificate has filed a Birth | 13 | | Parent Preference Form. If one of the birth parents | 14 | | named on the original birth certificate filed a | 15 | | Birth Parent Preference Form and selected Option | 16 | | A, B, C, or D, the Registry shall forward to the | 17 | | adult adopted or surrendered person or to the | 18 | | surviving adult child, adult grandchild, or | 19 | | surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or | 20 | | surrendered person a copy of the Birth Parent | 21 | | Preference Form along with an unaltered | 22 | | non-certified copy of his or her original birth | 23 | | certificate.
If one of the birth parents named on | 24 | | the original birth certificate filed a Birth | 25 | | Parent Preference Form and selected Option E, and | 26 | | there is no proof of death in the Registry file for |
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| 1 | | the birth parent who filed said Birth Parent | 2 | | Preference Form, the Registry shall inform the | 3 | | requesting adult adopted or surrendered person or | 4 | | the requesting surviving adult child, adult | 5 | | grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased | 6 | | adopted or surrendered person that he or she may | 7 | | receive a non-certified copy of the original birth | 8 | | certificate from which identifying information | 9 | | pertaining to the birth parent who completed the | 10 | | Birth Parent Preference Form has been redacted per | 11 | | the birth parent's specifications on the Form. The | 12 | | Registry shall forward to the adult adopted or | 13 | | surrendered person or to the surviving adult | 14 | | child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a | 15 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person a copy of | 16 | | the Birth Parent Preference Form filed by the birth | 17 | | parent from which identifying information has been | 18 | | redacted per the birth parent's specifications on | 19 | | the Form. The requesting adult adopted or | 20 | | surrendered person shall also be informed in | 21 | | writing of his or her right to petition the court | 22 | | for the appointment of a confidential intermediary | 23 | | pursuant to Section 18.3a of this Act, and, if | 24 | | applicable, to conduct a search through an agency | 25 | | post-adoption search program once 5 years have | 26 | | elapsed since the birth parent filed the Birth |
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| 1 | | Parent Preference Form, on which Option E was | 2 | | selected, with the Registry. | 3 | | (iii) Determine if a birth parent named on the | 4 | | original birth certificate has filed an | 5 | | Information Exchange Authorization. | 6 | | (iv) If the Registry has confirmed that a | 7 | | requesting adult adopted or surrendered person or | 8 | | the parent of a requesting adult child of a | 9 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person or the | 10 | | husband or wife of a requesting surviving spouse | 11 | | was not the object of a Denial of Information | 12 | | Exchange filed by a birth parent on or before | 13 | | December 31, 2010, and that no birth parent named | 14 | | on the original birth certificate has filed a Birth | 15 | | Parent Preference Form where Option E was selected | 16 | | prior to the receipt of a Request for a | 17 | | Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth | 18 | | Certificate, the Registry shall provide the adult | 19 | | adopted or surrendered person or his or her | 20 | | surviving adult child or surviving spouse with an | 21 | | unaltered non-certified copy of the adopted or | 22 | | surrendered person's original birth certificate. | 23 | | (3) In cases where the Registry receives a Birth | 24 | | Parent Preference Form from a birth parent subsequent | 25 | | to the release of the non-certified copy of the | 26 | | original birth certificate to an adult adopted or |
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| 1 | | surrendered person or to the surviving adult child, | 2 | | adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased | 3 | | adopted or surrendered person, the Birth Parent | 4 | | Preference Form shall be immediately forwarded to the | 5 | | adult adopted or surrendered person or to the surviving | 6 | | adult child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of | 7 | | the deceased adopted or surrendered person and the | 8 | | birth parent who filed the form shall be informed that | 9 | | the relevant original birth certificate has already | 10 | | been released. | 11 | | (4) A copy of the original birth certificate shall | 12 | | only be released to adopted or surrendered persons who | 13 | | were born in Illinois; to surviving adult children, | 14 | | adult grandchildren, or surviving spouses of deceased | 15 | | adopted or surrendered persons who were born in | 16 | | Illinois; or to 2 registered parties who have both | 17 | | consented to the release of a non-certified copy of the | 18 | | original birth certificate to one another through the | 19 | | Registry when the birth of the relevant adopted or | 20 | | surrendered person took place in Illinois. | 21 | | (5) In cases where the Registry receives a Request | 22 | | for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth | 23 | | Certificate from an adult adopted or surrendered | 24 | | person who has not completed a Registry application and | 25 | | the file of that adopted or surrendered person includes | 26 | | an Information Exchange Authorization, Birth Parent |
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| 1 | | Preference Form, or Medical Information Exchange | 2 | | Questionnaire from one or more of his or her birth | 3 | | relatives, the Registry shall so inform the adult | 4 | | adopted or surrendered person and forward Registry | 5 | | application forms to him or her along with a | 6 | | non-certified copy of the original birth certificate | 7 | | consistent with the procedures outlined in this | 8 | | subsection (e). | 9 | | (6) In cases where a birth parent registered with | 10 | | the Registry and filed a Medical Information Exchange | 11 | | Questionnaire prior to the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly but gave no | 13 | | indication as to his or her wishes regarding contact or | 14 | | the sharing of identifying information, the Registry | 15 | | shall contact the birth parent by written letter prior | 16 | | to January 1, 2011, and provide him or her with the | 17 | | opportunity to indicate his or her preference | 18 | | regarding contact and the sharing of identifying | 19 | | information by submitting a Birth Parent Preference | 20 | | Form to the Registry prior to November 1, 2011. | 21 | | (7) In cases where the Registry cannot locate a | 22 | | copy of the original birth certificate in the Registry | 23 | | file, they shall be authorized to request a copy of the | 24 | | original birth certificate from the Illinois county | 25 | | where the birth took place for placement in the | 26 | | Registry file. |
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| 1 | | (8) Adopted and surrendered persons who wish to | 2 | | have their names placed with the Illinois Adoption | 3 | | Registry and Medical Information Exchange may do so by | 4 | | completing a Registry application at any time, but | 5 | | completing a Registry application shall not be | 6 | | required for adopted and surrendered persons who seek | 7 | | only to obtain a copy of their original birth | 8 | | certificate or any relevant Birth Parent Preference | 9 | | Forms through the Registry. | 10 | | (9) In cases where a birth parent filed a Denial of | 11 | | Information Exchange with the Registry prior to | 12 | | January 1, 2011, or filed a Birth Parent Preference | 13 | | Form with the Registry and selected Option E after | 14 | | January 1, 2011, and a proof of death for the birth | 15 | | parent who filed the Denial or the Birth Parent | 16 | | Preference Form has been filed with the Registry by a | 17 | | confidential intermediary, a surviving relative of the | 18 | | deceased birth parent, or a birth child of the deceased | 19 | | birth parent, the Registry shall be authorized to | 20 | | release an unaltered non-certified copy of the | 21 | | original birth certificate to an adult adopted or | 22 | | surrendered person or to the surviving adult child, | 23 | | adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased | 24 | | adopted or surrendered person who has filed a Request | 25 | | for a Non-Certified Copy of the Original Birth | 26 | | Certificate with the Registry. |
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| 1 | | (10) On and after the effective date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, in cases | 3 | | where all birth parents named on the original birth | 4 | | certificate of an adopted or surrendered person born | 5 | | after January 1, 1946, are deceased and copies of death | 6 | | certificates for all birth parents named on the | 7 | | original birth certificate have been filed with the | 8 | | Registry by either a confidential intermediary, a | 9 | | surviving relative of the deceased birth parent, or a | 10 | | birth child of the deceased birth parent, the Registry | 11 | | shall be authorized to release a non-certified copy of | 12 | | the original birth certificate to the adopted or | 13 | | surrendered person upon receipt of his or her Request | 14 | | for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth | 15 | | Certificate. | 16 | | (f) A registrant may complete all or any part of the | 17 | | Illinois Adoption
Registry Application. All Illinois | 18 | | Adoption Registry Applications, Information
Exchange
| 19 | | Authorizations, Denials of Information Exchange, requests | 20 | | to revoke an
Information
Exchange Authorization or Denial | 21 | | of Information Exchange, Birth Parent Preference Forms, | 22 | | and affidavits
submitted
to the Registry shall be
| 23 | | accompanied by proof of identification.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; | 25 | | 98-704, eff. 1-1-15 .)"; and
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| 1 | | on page 49, by inserting immediately below line 7 the | 2 | | following:
| 3 | | "(750 ILCS 50/18.6) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.6)
| 4 | | Sec. 18.6. Registry fees. The Department of Public Health | 5 | | shall levy a
fee for each
registrant under Sections 18.05 | 6 | | through 18.5.
A $15 fee shall be charged for registering with | 7 | | the Illinois Adoption
Registry and Medical Information | 8 | | Exchange. However, this fee shall be
waived for all adopted or | 9 | | surrendered persons, surviving children and spouses of | 10 | | deceased adopted persons, adoptive parents,
legal guardians, | 11 | | birth parents, birth grandparents, birth aunts, birth uncles, | 12 | | and
birth siblings who complete a Medical Information Exchange | 13 | | Questionnaire at the
time of registration and authorize its | 14 | | release to specified registered parties,
and for adoptive | 15 | | parents
registering within 12 months of the finalization of the
| 16 | | adoption. All persons who were registered with the Illinois | 17 | | Adoption Registry
prior to the effective date of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of 1999
and who wish to
update their | 19 | | registration may do so without charge.
No charge of any
kind | 20 | | shall be made for the withdrawal of any form provided in | 21 | | Section 18.2.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-895, eff. 5-21-10; 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)".
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