Full Text of SB3130 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 7.5 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/7.5)
| 7 | | Sec. 7.5. Search and reunion services for youth in care | 8 | | and former youth in care. Notice of post-adoption reunion | 9 | | services. | 10 | | (a) For purposes of this Section, "search and reunion | 11 | | services" "post-adoption reunion services" means : | 12 | | (1) services provided by the Department to facilitate | 13 | | contact between adoptees and their siblings when one or | 14 | | more is still in the Department's care or adopted | 15 | | elsewhere, with the notarized consent of the adoptive | 16 | | parents of a minor child, when such contact has been | 17 | | established to be necessary to the adoptee's best | 18 | | interests and when all involved parties, including the | 19 | | adoptive parent of a former youth in care child under 18 21 | 20 | | years of age, have provided written consent for such | 21 | | contact ; | 22 | | (2) services provided by the Department to facilitate | 23 | | contact between current or former youth in care, over the |
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| 1 | | age of 18, including, but not limited to, youth who were | 2 | | adopted, to facilitate contact with siblings, biological | 3 | | relatives, former foster parents, or former foster | 4 | | siblings . | 5 | | (b) The Department shall provide to all adoptive parents | 6 | | of children receiving monthly adoption assistance under | 7 | | subsection (j) of Section 5 of this Act a notice that includes | 8 | | a description of the Department's post-adoption reunion | 9 | | services and an explanation of how to access those services. | 10 | | The notice to adoptive parents shall be provided at least once | 11 | | per year until such time as the adoption assistance payments | 12 | | cease. | 13 | | (b-5) The Department shall also provide a notice that | 14 | | includes a description of the Department's search and reunion | 15 | | services and an explanation of how to access those services to | 16 | | each person who is a youth in care within 30 days after the | 17 | | youth's 18th birthday and within 30 days prior to closure of | 18 | | the youth's case pending under Article II of the Juvenile | 19 | | Court Act of 1987 if the case is closing after the youth's 18th | 20 | | birthday. The Department shall work with organizations, such | 21 | | as the Foster Care Alumni of America Illinois Chapter, that | 22 | | have contact with foster care alumni, to distribute | 23 | | information about the Department's search and reunion services | 24 | | to all youth in care, within 30 days after their 18th birthday, | 25 | | the notice described in this Section .
| 26 | | (c) The Department shall adopt a rule regarding the |
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| 1 | | provision of search and reunion services to youth in care and | 2 | | former youth in care.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.) | 4 | | Section 10. The Adoption Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 18.3 and 18.3a as follows:
| 6 | | (750 ILCS 50/18.3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3)
| 7 | | Sec. 18.3. (a) The agency, Department of Children and | 8 | | Family Services,
Court Supportive Services, Juvenile Division | 9 | | of the Circuit Court, and any
other party to the
surrender of a | 10 | | child for adoption or in an adoption proceeding shall inform | 11 | | any birth parent or parents relinquishing a child for
purposes | 12 | | of
adoption after the effective date of this Act of the | 13 | | opportunity to register with the Illinois Adoption Registry | 14 | | and Medical Information Exchange and to utilize the Illinois | 15 | | confidential intermediary program and shall obtain a written | 16 | | confirmation that acknowledges the birth parent's receipt of | 17 | | such information.
| 18 | | The birth parent shall be informed in writing that if | 19 | | contact or exchange of identifying
information with the adult | 20 | | adopted or surrendered person
is to occur, that adult adopted | 21 | | or surrendered person must be 21 years of age or
over except as | 22 | | referenced in paragraph (d) of this Section.
| 23 | | (b) Any birth parent, birth sibling,
adopted or | 24 | | surrendered person, adoptive parent, or legal
guardian |
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| 1 | | indicating their desire to receive
identifying or medical | 2 | | information shall be informed
of the existence of the Registry | 3 | | and assistance shall be given to such
person to
legally
record | 4 | | his or her
name with the Registry.
| 5 | | (c) The agency, Department of Children and Family | 6 | | Services, Court
Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the | 7 | | Circuit Court, and any other organization involved in the
| 8 | | surrender of a child for adoption in an adoption proceeding | 9 | | which has
written statements from an adopted or surrendered | 10 | | person and the birth
parent or a birth sibling indicating a | 11 | | desire to share
identifying information or establish contact | 12 | | shall supply such information to the mutually
consenting | 13 | | parties, except that no identifying information shall be
| 14 | | supplied to consenting birth siblings if any such sibling is
| 15 | | under 21
years of age. However, both the Registry having an | 16 | | Information Exchange
Authorization and the organization having | 17 | | a written statement requesting the sharing of
identifying | 18 | | information or contact shall communicate with each other to | 19 | | determine if
the adopted or surrendered person or the
birth | 20 | | parent or
birth
sibling has signed a form at a later date | 21 | | indicating a change in his or
her desires regarding the | 22 | | sharing of information or contact.
| 23 | | (d) On and after January 1, 2000, any licensed child | 24 | | welfare agency which
provides post-adoption search assistance | 25 | | to adoptive parents, adopted persons,
surrendered persons,
| 26 | | birth parents, or other birth relatives shall require that any |
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| 1 | | person requesting
post-adoption search assistance complete an | 2 | | Illinois Adoption Registry
Application prior to the | 3 | | commencement of the search. However, former youth in care as | 4 | | defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family Services Act | 5 | | who have been surrendered or adopted who are (i) between the | 6 | | ages of 18 and 21 who have been surrendered or adopted and who | 7 | | are seeking contact or an exchange of information with | 8 | | siblings , birth relatives, former foster parents, or former | 9 | | foster siblings or (ii) over the age of 21 who are seeking | 10 | | contact with former foster parents or former foster siblings | 11 | | shall not be required to complete an Illinois Adoption | 12 | | Registry Application prior to commencement of the search, | 13 | | provided that the search is performed consistent with | 14 | | applicable Sections of this Act.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
| 16 | | (750 ILCS 50/18.3a) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3a)
| 17 | | Sec. 18.3a. Confidential intermediary.
| 18 | | (a) General purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision | 19 | | of
this Act, | 20 | | (1) any
adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age | 21 | | or over; or | 22 | | (2) any adoptive parent or legal guardian
of
an | 23 | | adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21; or | 24 | | (3) any birth parent of an adopted
or surrendered | 25 | | person who is 21 years of age or over; or |
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| 1 | | (4) any adult child or adult grandchild of a deceased | 2 | | adopted or surrendered person; or | 3 | | (5) any adoptive parent or surviving spouse of a | 4 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person; or | 5 | | (6) any adult birth sibling of the adult adopted or | 6 | | surrendered person unless the birth parent has checked | 7 | | Option E on the Birth Parent Preference Form or has filed a | 8 | | Denial of Information Exchange with the Registry and is | 9 | | not deceased; or | 10 | | (7) any adult adopted birth sibling of an adult | 11 | | adopted or surrendered person; or | 12 | | (8) any adult birth sibling of the birth parent if the | 13 | | birth parent is deceased; or | 14 | | (9) any birth grandparent | 15 | | may petition the court in any county in
the
State of Illinois | 16 | | for appointment of a confidential intermediary as provided in
| 17 | | this Section for the purpose of exchanging medical information | 18 | | with one or
more mutually consenting biological relatives, | 19 | | obtaining identifying
information about one or more mutually | 20 | | consenting biological relatives, or
arranging contact with one | 21 | | or more mutually consenting biological relatives.
The | 22 | | petitioner shall be required to accompany his or her petition | 23 | | with proof of registration with the Illinois Adoption Registry | 24 | | and Medical Information Exchange.
| 25 | | (a-5) In addition, any former youth in care as defined in | 26 | | Section 4d of the Children and Family Services Act who was |
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| 1 | | adopted or surrendered may petition the court in any county in | 2 | | the State for appointment of a confidential intermediary as | 3 | | provided in this Section for the purposes of obtaining | 4 | | identifying information or arranging contact with (i) siblings | 5 | | or birth relatives if the former youth in care is between the | 6 | | ages of 18 and 21 or (ii) former foster parents or foster | 7 | | siblings if the former youth in care is over the age of 18. A | 8 | | petitioner under this subsection is not required to register | 9 | | with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information | 10 | | Exchange. | 11 | | (b) Petition. Upon petition, the
court
shall appoint a | 12 | | confidential intermediary.
The petition shall indicate if the | 13 | | petitioner wants to do any
one or more of the following as to | 14 | | the sought-after relative or relatives: exchange medical | 15 | | information with the
biological relative or relatives, obtain | 16 | | identifying information from the
biological relative or | 17 | | relatives, or to arrange contact with the biological
relative.
| 18 | | (c) Order. The order appointing the confidential | 19 | | intermediary shall allow
that
intermediary to conduct a search | 20 | | for the sought-after relative by accessing
those records | 21 | | described in subsection (g) of this Section.
| 22 | | (d) Fees and expenses. The court shall not condition the | 23 | | appointment of the
confidential intermediary on the payment of | 24 | | the intermediary's
fees and expenses in advance of the | 25 | | commencement of the work of the
confidential intermediary. No | 26 | | fee shall be charged to any petitioner.
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| 1 | | (e) Eligibility of intermediary. The court may appoint as | 2 | | confidential
intermediary any
person certified by the | 3 | | Department of Children and Family Services as qualified to | 4 | | serve as a confidential
intermediary.
Certification shall be | 5 | | dependent upon the
confidential intermediary completing a | 6 | | course of training including, but not
limited to, applicable | 7 | | federal and State privacy laws.
| 8 | | (f) (Blank).
| 9 | | (g) Confidential intermediary access to information. | 10 | | Subject to the limitations of subsection (i) of this
Section, | 11 | | the
confidential
intermediary shall have access to vital | 12 | | records maintained by the Department of
Public Health and its | 13 | | local designees for the maintenance of vital records, or a | 14 | | comparable public entity that maintains vital records in | 15 | | another state in accordance with that state's laws, and
all | 16 | | records of the court or any adoption agency,
public
or | 17 | | private, as limited in this Section, which relate to the | 18 | | adoption or the identity and location of an
adopted or | 19 | | surrendered person, of an adult child or surviving spouse of a | 20 | | deceased adopted or surrendered person, or of a birth
parent, | 21 | | birth sibling, or the sibling of a deceased birth parent. The
| 22 | | confidential intermediary shall not have access to any | 23 | | personal health
information protected by the Standards for | 24 | | Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information | 25 | | adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services | 26 | | under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
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1996 unless the confidential intermediary has obtained | 2 | | written consent from the
person whose information is being | 3 | | sought by an adult adopted or surrendered person or, if that | 4 | | person is a minor child,
that person's parent or guardian. | 5 | | Confidential
intermediaries shall be authorized to inspect | 6 | | confidential relinquishment and
adoption records. The | 7 | | confidential intermediary shall not be authorized to
access | 8 | | medical
records, financial records, credit records, banking | 9 | | records, home studies,
attorney file records, or other | 10 | | personal records.
In cases where a birth parent is being | 11 | | sought, an adoption agency shall inform
the confidential | 12 | | intermediary of any statement filed pursuant to Section 18.3, | 13 | | hereinafter referred to as "the 18.3 statement",
indicating a | 14 | | desire of the surrendering birth parent to have identifying
| 15 | | information shared or to not have identifying information | 16 | | shared. Information
provided to the confidential intermediary | 17 | | by an adoption agency shall be
restricted to the full name, | 18 | | date of birth, place of birth, last known address,
last known | 19 | | telephone number of the sought-after relative or, if | 20 | | applicable,
of the children or siblings of the sought-after | 21 | | relative, and the 18.3 statement. If the petitioner is an | 22 | | adult adopted or surrendered person or the adoptive parent of | 23 | | a minor and if the petitioner has signed a written | 24 | | authorization to disclose personal medical information, an | 25 | | adoption agency disclosing information to a confidential | 26 | | intermediary shall disclose available medical information |
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| 1 | | about the adopted or surrendered person from birth through | 2 | | adoption.
| 3 | | (h) Missing or lost original birth certificate; remedy. | 4 | | Disclosure of information by the confidential intermediary | 5 | | shall be consistent with the public policy and intent of laws | 6 | | granting original birth certificate access as expressed in | 7 | | Section 18.04 of this Act. The confidential intermediary shall | 8 | | comply with the following procedures in disclosing information | 9 | | to the petitioners: | 10 | | (1) If the petitioner is an adult adopted or | 11 | | surrendered person, or the adult child, adult grandchild, | 12 | | or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered | 13 | | person, the confidential intermediary shall disclose: | 14 | | (A) identifying information about the birth parent | 15 | | of the adopted person which, in the ordinary course of | 16 | | business, would have been reflected on the original | 17 | | filed certificate of birth, as of the date of birth, | 18 | | only if: | 19 | | (i) the adopted person was born before January | 20 | | 1, 1946 and the petitioner has requested a | 21 | | non-certified copy of the adopted person's | 22 | | original birth certificate under Section 18.1 of | 23 | | this Act, and the Illinois Department of Public | 24 | | Health has issued a certification that the | 25 | | original birth certificate was not found, or the | 26 | | petitioner has presented the confidential |
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| 1 | | intermediary with the non-certified copy of the | 2 | | original birth certificate which omits the name of | 3 | | the birth parent; | 4 | | (ii) the adopted person was born after January | 5 | | 1, 1946, and the petitioner has requested a | 6 | | non-certified copy of the adopted person's | 7 | | original birth certificate under Section 18.1 of | 8 | | this Act and the Illinois Department of Public | 9 | | Health has issued a certification that the | 10 | | original birth certificate was not found. | 11 | | In providing information pursuant to this | 12 | | subdivision (h)(1)(A), the confidential intermediary | 13 | | shall expressly inform the petitioner in writing that | 14 | | since the identifying information is not from an | 15 | | official original certificate of birth filed pursuant | 16 | | to the Vital Records Act, the confidential | 17 | | intermediary cannot attest to the complete accuracy of | 18 | | the information and the confidential intermediary | 19 | | shall not be liable if the information disclosed is | 20 | | not accurate. Only information from the court files | 21 | | shall be provided to the petitioner in this Section. | 22 | | If the identifying information concerning a birth | 23 | | father is sought by the petitioner, the confidential | 24 | | intermediary shall disclose only the identifying | 25 | | information of the birth father as defined in Section | 26 | | 18.06 of this Act; |
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| 1 | | (B) the name of the child welfare agency which had | 2 | | legal custody of the surrendered person or | 3 | | responsibility for placing the surrendered person and | 4 | | any available contact information for such agency; | 5 | | (C) the name of the state in which the surrender | 6 | | occurred or in which the adoption was finalized; and | 7 | | (D) any information for which the sought-after | 8 | | relative has provided his or her consent to disclose | 9 | | under paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (i) of | 10 | | this Section. | 11 | | (2) If the petitioner is an adult adopted or | 12 | | surrendered person, or the adoptive parent of an adult | 13 | | adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21, or the | 14 | | adoptive parent of a deceased adopted or surrendered | 15 | | person, the confidential intermediary shall provide, in | 16 | | addition to the information listed in paragraph (1) of | 17 | | this subsection (h): | 18 | | (A) any information which the adoption agency | 19 | | provides pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section | 20 | | pertaining to medical information about the adopted or | 21 | | surrendered person; and | 22 | | (B) any non-identifying information, as defined in | 23 | | Section 18.4 of this Act, that is obtained during the | 24 | | search. | 25 | | (3) If the petitioner is not defined in paragraph (1) | 26 | | or (2) of this subsection, the confidential intermediary |
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| 1 | | shall provide to the petitioner: | 2 | | (A) any information for which the sought-after | 3 | | relative has provided his or her consent under | 4 | | paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (i) of this | 5 | | Section; | 6 | | (B) the name of the child welfare agency which had | 7 | | legal custody of the surrendered person or | 8 | | responsibility for placing the surrendered person and | 9 | | any available contact information for such agency; and | 10 | | (C) the name of the state in which the surrender | 11 | | occurred or in which the adoption was finalized.
| 12 | | (h-5) Disclosure of information shall be made by the | 13 | | confidential intermediary at any time from the appointment of | 14 | | the confidential intermediary and the court's issuance of an | 15 | | order of dismissal. | 16 | | (i) Duties of confidential intermediary in conducting a | 17 | | search. In
conducting
a search under this Section, the | 18 | | confidential intermediary shall first determine whether there | 19 | | is a Denial of Information Exchange or a Birth Parent | 20 | | Preference Form with Option E selected or an 18.3 statement | 21 | | referenced in subsection (g) of this Section on file with the | 22 | | Illinois
Adoption Registry. If there is a denial, the Birth | 23 | | Parent Preference Form on file with the Registry and the birth | 24 | | parent who completed the form selected Option E, or if there is | 25 | | an 18.3 statement indicating the birth parent's intent not to | 26 | | have identifying information shared and the birth parent did |
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| 1 | | not later file an Information Exchange Authorization with the | 2 | | Registry, the confidential intermediary must discontinue the | 3 | | search unless 5 years or more have elapsed since the execution | 4 | | of the Denial of Information Exchange, Birth Parent Preference | 5 | | Form, or the 18.3 statement. If a birth parent was previously | 6 | | the subject of a search through the State confidential | 7 | | intermediary program, the confidential intermediary shall | 8 | | inform the petitioner of the need to discontinue the search | 9 | | until 10 years or more have elapsed since the initial search | 10 | | was closed. In cases where a birth parent has been the object | 11 | | of 2 searches through the State confidential intermediary | 12 | | program, no subsequent search for the birth parent shall be | 13 | | authorized absent a court order to the contrary.
| 14 | | In conducting a search under this Section, the | 15 | | confidential intermediary
shall attempt to locate the relative | 16 | | or relatives from whom the petitioner has
requested | 17 | | information. If the sought-after relative is deceased
or | 18 | | cannot be located after a diligent search, the
confidential | 19 | | intermediary may contact other adult relatives of the
| 20 | | sought-after relative.
| 21 | | The confidential intermediary shall contact a sought-after | 22 | | relative on
behalf of the petitioner in a manner that respects | 23 | | the sought-after relative's
privacy and shall inform the | 24 | | sought-after relative of the petitioner's request
for medical | 25 | | information, identifying information or contact as stated in | 26 | | the
petition. Based upon the terms of the petitioner's |
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| 1 | | request, the confidential
intermediary shall contact a | 2 | | sought-after relative on behalf of the petitioner
and inform | 3 | | the sought-after relative of the following options:
| 4 | | (1) The sought-after relative may totally reject one | 5 | | or all of the
requests for medical information, | 6 | | identifying information or
contact. The sought-after | 7 | | relative shall be informed that they can
provide a medical | 8 | | questionnaire to be forwarded to the petitioner
without | 9 | | releasing any identifying information. The confidential
| 10 | | intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the | 11 | | sought-after
relative's decision to reject the sharing of | 12 | | information or contact.
| 13 | | (2) The sought-after relative may consent to | 14 | | completing a medical
questionnaire only. In this case, the | 15 | | confidential intermediary
shall provide the questionnaire | 16 | | and ask the sought-after relative to
complete it. The | 17 | | confidential intermediary shall forward the
completed | 18 | | questionnaire to the petitioner and inform the petitioner
| 19 | | of the sought-after relative's desire to not provide any | 20 | | additional
information.
| 21 | | (3) The sought-after relative may communicate with the | 22 | | petitioner
without having his or her identity disclosed. | 23 | | In this case, the
confidential intermediary shall arrange | 24 | | the desired communication
in a manner that protects the | 25 | | identity of the sought-after relative.
The confidential | 26 | | intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the
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| 1 | | sought-after relative's decision to communicate but not | 2 | | disclose
his or her identity.
| 3 | | (4) The sought-after relative may consent to initiate | 4 | | contact with the
petitioner. The confidential intermediary
| 5 | | shall obtain written consents from both parties that they | 6 | | wish to
disclose their identities to each other and to | 7 | | have contact with
each other.
| 8 | | (j) Oath. The confidential intermediary shall sign an oath | 9 | | of
confidentiality substantially as follows: "I, .........., | 10 | | being duly sworn, on
oath depose and say: As a condition of | 11 | | appointment as a confidential
intermediary, I affirm that:
| 12 | | (1) I will not disclose to the petitioner,
directly or | 13 | | indirectly, any confidential information
except in a | 14 | | manner consistent with the
law.
| 15 | | (2) I recognize that violation of this oath subjects | 16 | | me to civil liability
and to a potential finding of | 17 | | contempt of court.
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| 18 | | SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, a Notary Public, on (insert
| 19 | | date)
| 20 | | ................................."
| 21 | | (k) Sanctions.
| 22 | | (1) Any confidential intermediary who improperly | 23 | | discloses
confidential information identifying a | 24 | | sought-after relative shall be liable to
the sought-after | 25 | | relative for damages and may also be found in contempt of
| 26 | | court.
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| 1 | | (2) Any person who learns a sought-after
relative's | 2 | | identity, directly or indirectly, through the use of | 3 | | procedures
provided in this Section and who improperly | 4 | | discloses information identifying
the sought-after | 5 | | relative shall be liable to the sought-after relative for
| 6 | | actual damages plus minimum punitive damages of $10,000.
| 7 | | (3) The Department shall fine any confidential | 8 | | intermediary who improperly
discloses
confidential | 9 | | information in violation of item (1) or (2) of this | 10 | | subsection (k)
an amount up to $2,000 per improper | 11 | | disclosure. This fine does not affect
civil liability | 12 | | under item (2) of this subsection (k). The Department | 13 | | shall
deposit all fines and penalties collected under this | 14 | | Section into the Illinois
Adoption Registry and Medical | 15 | | Information Fund.
| 16 | | (l) Death of person being sought. Notwithstanding any | 17 | | other provision
of this Act, if the confidential intermediary | 18 | | discovers that the person
being sought has died, he or she | 19 | | shall report this fact to the court,
along with a copy of the | 20 | | death certificate. If the sought-after relative is a birth | 21 | | parent, the confidential intermediary shall also forward a | 22 | | copy of the birth parent's death certificate, if available, to | 23 | | the Registry for inclusion in the Registry file.
| 24 | | (m) Any confidential information obtained by the | 25 | | confidential intermediary
during the course of his or her | 26 | | search shall be kept strictly confidential
and shall be used |
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| 1 | | for the purpose of arranging contact between the
petitioner | 2 | | and the sought-after birth relative. At the time the case is
| 3 | | closed, all identifying information shall be returned to the | 4 | | court for
inclusion in the impounded adoption file.
| 5 | | (n) (Blank).
| 6 | | (o) Except as provided in subsection (k) of this Section, | 7 | | no liability shall
accrue to
the State, any State agency, any | 8 | | judge, any officer or employee of the
court, any certified | 9 | | confidential intermediary, or any agency designated
to oversee | 10 | | confidential intermediary services for acts, omissions, or
| 11 | | efforts made in good faith within the scope of this Section.
| 12 | | (p) An adoption agency that has received a request from a | 13 | | confidential intermediary for the full name, date of birth, | 14 | | last known address, or last known telephone number of a | 15 | | sought-after relative pursuant to subsection (g) of Section | 16 | | 18.3a, or for medical information regarding a sought-after | 17 | | relative pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 18.3a, must | 18 | | satisfactorily comply with this court order within a period of | 19 | | 45 days. The court shall order the adoption agency to | 20 | | reimburse the petitioner in an amount equal to all payments | 21 | | made by the petitioner to the confidential intermediary, and | 22 | | the adoption agency shall be subject to a civil monetary | 23 | | penalty of $1,000 to be paid to the Department of Children and | 24 | | Family Services. Following the issuance of a court order | 25 | | finding that the adoption agency has not complied with Section | 26 | | 18.3, the adoption agency shall be subject to a monetary |
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| 1 | | penalty of $500 per day for each subsequent day of | 2 | | non-compliance. Proceeds from such fines shall be utilized by | 3 | | the Department of Children and Family Services to subsidize | 4 | | the fees of petitioners as referenced in subsection (d) of | 5 | | this Section. | 6 | | (q) (Blank). | 7 | | Any reimbursements and fines, notwithstanding any | 8 | | reimbursement directly to the petitioner, paid under this | 9 | | subsection are in addition to other remedies a court may | 10 | | otherwise impose by law. | 11 | | The Department of Children and Family Services shall | 12 | | submit reports to the Adoption Registry-Confidential | 13 | | Intermediary Advisory Council by July 1 and January 1 of each | 14 | | year in order to report the penalties assessed and collected | 15 | | under this subsection, the amounts of related deposits into | 16 | | the DCFS Children's Services Fund, and any expenditures from | 17 | | such deposits.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-704, eff. 1-1-15; 99-345, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 20 | | 2023.
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