(410 ILCS 535/25.4) 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
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(2) by a human services agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has
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| knowledge of the individual's youth in care status, including, but not limited to:
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(A) a child welfare agency, including the Department of Children and Family
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(B) the attorney or guardian ad litem who served as the youth in care's attorney or
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| guardian ad litem during proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
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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 17 for a new certificate of birth and 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,
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| whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section; or
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(2) a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of
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| 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.
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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.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-1141, eff. 7-1-23.)
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