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Public Act 0619 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  
 

 
Public Act 100-0619
 
HB4909 EnrolledLRB100 17353 MJP 32517 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended  by adding 
Section 25.4 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 535/25.4 new)
    Sec. 25.4. Youth in care birth record request.
    (a)  For the purposes of this Section, an individual's 
status as a youth in care may be verified:
        (1) with a copy of the court order placing the youth in 
    the guardianship or custody of the Department of Children 
    and Family Services or terminating the Department of 
    Children and Family Services' guardianship or custody of 
    the youth; or
        (2) by a human services agency, legal services agency, 
    or other similar agency that has knowledge of the 
    individual's youth in care status, including, but not 
    limited to: 
            (A)  a child welfare agency, including the 
        Department of Children and Family Services; or
            (B)  the attorney or guardian ad litem who served as 
        the youth in care's attorney or guardian ad litem 
        during proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act. 
    A person described in subsection (b) of this Section must 
not be charged for verification under this Section.
    A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this 
verification is subject to a penalty of $100.
    (b)  The applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a 
search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record 
shall be waived for all requests made by:
        (1) a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the 
    Children and Family Services Act,  whose status is verified 
    under subsection (a) of this Section; or
        (2) a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in 
    care, as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family 
    Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday and 
    whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this 
    Section. 
    The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish 
standards and procedures consistent with this Section for 
waiver of the applicable fees. 
    (c)  A person shall be provided no more than 4 birth records 
annually under this Section. 
  


                                        
                                    

                                

                            

                        

                    

                

            

            

                

                    Effective Date: 1/1/2019