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1 | AN ACT in relation to children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by
changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 30, 35, 40, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 50, 55, and 65 as follows:
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7 | (325 ILCS 2/10)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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9 | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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10 | "Abandon" has the same meaning as in the Abused and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
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12 | "Abused child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
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14 | "Child-placing agency" means a licensed public or private | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | agency
that receives a child for the purpose of placing or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | arranging
for the placement of the child in a foster family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | home or
other facility for child care, apart from the custody | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | of the child's
parents.
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19 | "Department" or "DCFS" means the Illinois Department of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Children and
Family Services.
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21 | "Emergency medical facility" means a freestanding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | emergency center or
trauma center, as defined in the Emergency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Medical Services (EMS) Systems
Act.
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24 | "Emergency medical professional" includes licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | physicians, and any
emergency medical technician-basic, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | emergency medical
technician-intermediate, emergency medical | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | technician-paramedic,
trauma nurse specialist, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | pre-hospital RN, as defined in the
Emergency Medical Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | (EMS) Systems Act.
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30 | "Fire station" means a fire station within the State that | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | is staffed
with at least one full-time emergency medical | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | professional.
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1 | "Hospital" has the same meaning as in the Hospital | ||||||
2 | Licensing Act.
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3 | "Legal custody" means the relationship created by a court | ||||||
4 | order in
the best interest of a newborn infant that imposes on | ||||||
5 | the infant's custodian
the responsibility of physical | ||||||
6 | possession of the infant, the duty to
protect, train, and | ||||||
7 | discipline the infant, and the duty to provide the infant
with | ||||||
8 | food,
shelter, education, and medical care, except as these are | ||||||
9 | limited by
parental rights and responsibilities.
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10 | "Neglected child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and
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11 | Neglected Child Reporting Act.
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12 | "Newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician | ||||||
13 | reasonably
believes is 72 hours old or less at the time the | ||||||
14 | child is
initially relinquished to a hospital, police station, | ||||||
15 | fire station, or
emergency
medical facility, and who is not an | ||||||
16 | abused or a neglected child.
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17 | "Police station" means a municipal police station or a | ||||||
18 | county sheriff's
office.
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19 | "Relinquish" means to bring a newborn infant, who a
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20 | licensed physician reasonably believes is 72 hours old or less,
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21 | to a hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency | ||||||
22 | medical facility
and
to leave the infant with personnel of the | ||||||
23 | facility, if the person leaving the
infant does not express an | ||||||
24 | intent to return for the
infant or states that he or she will | ||||||
25 | not return for the infant.
In the case of a mother who gives | ||||||
26 | birth to an infant in a hospital,
the mother's act of leaving | ||||||
27 | that newborn infant at the
hospital (i) without expressing an | ||||||
28 | intent to return for the infant or (ii)
stating that she will | ||||||
29 | not return for the infant is not a "relinquishment" under
this | ||||||
30 | Act.
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31 | "Temporary protective custody" means the temporary | ||||||
32 | placement of
a newborn infant within a hospital or other | ||||||
33 | medical facility out of the
custody of the infant's parent.
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34 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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35 | (325 ILCS 2/15)
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1 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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2 | Sec. 15. Presumptions.
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3 | (a) There is a presumption that by relinquishing a newborn | ||||||
4 | infant
in accordance with this Act, the infant's parent
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5 | consents to the termination of his or her
parental rights with | ||||||
6 | respect to the infant.
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7 | (b) There is a presumption that a person relinquishing a | ||||||
8 | newborn
infant in accordance with this Act:
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9 | (1) is the newborn infant's biological parent; and
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10 | (2) either without expressing an intent to return for | ||||||
11 | the
infant or expressing an intent not to return for the | ||||||
12 | infant,
did intend to relinquish the infant to the | ||||||
13 | hospital, police station, fire
station, or emergency | ||||||
14 | medical facility to treat, care for, and
provide for the | ||||||
15 | infant in accordance with this
Act.
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16 | (c) A parent of a relinquished newborn infant
may rebut the | ||||||
17 | presumption set forth in either subsection (a) or
subsection | ||||||
18 | (b) pursuant to Section 55, at any time before the termination | ||||||
19 | of
the parent's
parental rights.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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21 | (325 ILCS 2/20)
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22 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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23 | Sec. 20. Procedures with respect to relinquished newborn
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24 | infants.
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25 | (a) Hospitals. Every hospital must accept and
provide all | ||||||
26 | necessary emergency services and care to a relinquished
newborn | ||||||
27 | infant, in accordance with this Act.
The hospital shall examine | ||||||
28 | a relinquished newborn infant and perform tests
that, based on | ||||||
29 | reasonable medical judgment, are appropriate in evaluating
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30 | whether the relinquished newborn infant was abused or | ||||||
31 | neglected.
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32 | The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as implied
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33 | consent for the hospital and its medical personnel and | ||||||
34 | physicians on
staff to treat and provide care for the
infant.
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35 | The hospital shall be deemed to have temporary protective |
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1 | custody of a
relinquished newborn
infant until the infant is | ||||||
2 | discharged to the custody of a
child-placing agency or the | ||||||
3 | Department.
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4 | (b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every | ||||||
5 | fire
station and emergency medical facility must accept and
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6 | provide all necessary emergency services and care to a | ||||||
7 | relinquished
newborn infant, in accordance with this Act.
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8 | The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as implied
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9 | consent for the fire station or emergency medical facility and
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10 | its emergency medical professionals to treat and provide care | ||||||
11 | for the
infant, to the extent that those emergency medical | ||||||
12 | professionals are trained
to
provide those services.
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13 | After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire | ||||||
14 | station or
emergency medical facility, the fire station or | ||||||
15 | emergency medical
facility's personnel must arrange for the | ||||||
16 | transportation of the
infant to the nearest hospital as soon as
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17 | transportation can be arranged.
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18 | If the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the
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19 | child within 72 hours after relinquishing the child to a fire | ||||||
20 | station or
emergency
medical facility, the fire station or | ||||||
21 | emergency medical facility must inform
the parent of the name | ||||||
22 | and location of the hospital to which the infant was
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23 | transported.
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24 | (c) Police stations. Every police station must accept a | ||||||
25 | relinquished
newborn
infant, in accordance with this Act. After | ||||||
26 | the relinquishment of a newborn
infant to a
police station, the | ||||||
27 | police station must arrange for the transportation of the
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28 | infant to the
nearest hospital as soon as transportation can be | ||||||
29 | arranged.
The act of relinquishing a
newborn infant serves as | ||||||
30 | implied consent for the hospital to which the infant
is
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31 | transported and that hospital's medical personnel and | ||||||
32 | physicians on staff to
treat and
provide care for the infant.
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33 | If the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the | ||||||
34 | infant within 72
hours after
relinquishing the infant to a | ||||||
35 | police station,
the police station must inform the parent of | ||||||
36 | the
name and location of the hospital to which the infant was |
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1 | transported.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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3 | (325 ILCS 2/25)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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5 | Sec. 25. Immunity for relinquishing person.
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6 | (a) The act of relinquishing a newborn infant to a | ||||||
7 | hospital, police
station, fire
station, or emergency medical | ||||||
8 | facility in accordance with this Act
does not, by itself, | ||||||
9 | constitute a basis for a finding of abuse,
neglect, or | ||||||
10 | abandonment of the infant pursuant to the laws of this State | ||||||
11 | nor
does it, by itself, constitute a violation of Section | ||||||
12 | 12-21.5 or 12-21.6 of the
Criminal Code of 1961.
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13 | (b) If there is suspected child abuse or neglect
that is | ||||||
14 | not based solely on the newborn infant's relinquishment to a
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15 | hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency medical | ||||||
16 | facility, the
personnel
of the hospital, police station, fire | ||||||
17 | station, or emergency medical
facility who are
mandated | ||||||
18 | reporters under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act | ||||||
19 | must
report the abuse or neglect pursuant to that Act.
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20 | (c) Neither a child protective investigation nor a criminal
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21 | investigation may be initiated solely because a newborn infant | ||||||
22 | is
relinquished pursuant to this Act.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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24 | (325 ILCS 2/27)
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25 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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26 | Sec. 27. Immunity of facility and personnel.
A hospital, | ||||||
27 | police station, fire station, or emergency medical facility,
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28 | and
any personnel of a hospital, police station, fire station, | ||||||
29 | or emergency
medical facility, are
immune
from criminal or | ||||||
30 | civil liability for acting in good faith in accordance with
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31 | this Act.
Nothing in this Act limits liability for negligence | ||||||
32 | for care and
medical treatment.
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33 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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1 | (325 ILCS 2/30)
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2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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3 | Sec. 30. Anonymity of relinquishing person.
If there is no | ||||||
4 | evidence of abuse or neglect of a
relinquished newborn infant, | ||||||
5 | the relinquishing person has the right to
remain anonymous and | ||||||
6 | to leave the hospital, police station, fire station,
or | ||||||
7 | emergency
medical facility at any time and not be pursued or | ||||||
8 | followed. Before the
relinquishing person leaves the hospital, | ||||||
9 | police station, fire station, or
emergency medical
facility, | ||||||
10 | the hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency | ||||||
11 | medical
facility personnel
shall (i)
i) verbally inform the | ||||||
12 | relinquishing person that by
relinquishing the
child | ||||||
13 | anonymously, he or she will have to petition the court if he or | ||||||
14 | she
desires to prevent the termination of parental rights and | ||||||
15 | regain custody of the
child and (ii)
ii) shall offer the | ||||||
16 | relinquishing person the information
packet
described in | ||||||
17 | Section 35 of this Act.
However, nothing in this Act shall be | ||||||
18 | construed as precluding the
relinquishing person from | ||||||
19 | providing his or her identity or completing the
application | ||||||
20 | forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | ||||||
21 | Information
Exchange and requesting that the hospital, police | ||||||
22 | station, fire station, or
emergency medical
facility forward | ||||||
23 | those forms to the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
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24 | Information Exchange.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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26 | (325 ILCS 2/35)
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27 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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28 | Sec. 35. Information for relinquishing person. A hospital, | ||||||
29 | police
station, fire station,
or emergency
medical facility | ||||||
30 | that receives a newborn infant relinquished in accordance with
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31 | this
Act must offer an information packet to the relinquishing | ||||||
32 | person and, if
possible, must clearly inform the relinquishing | ||||||
33 | person that his or her
acceptance of the
information is | ||||||
34 | completely voluntary, that registration with the Illinois
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35 | Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange is |
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1 | voluntary, that the
person will remain anonymous if he or she | ||||||
2 | completes a Denial of Information
Exchange, and that the person | ||||||
3 | has the option to provide medical information
only and still | ||||||
4 | remain anonymous. The
information packet must include all of
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5 | the following:
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6 | (1) All Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | ||||||
7 | Information Exchange
application forms, including the | ||||||
8 | Medical Information
Exchange Questionnaire and
the web | ||||||
9 | site address and toll-free phone number of the Registry.
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10 | (2) Written notice of the following:
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11 | (A) No sooner than 60 days following the date of | ||||||
12 | the
initial relinquishment of the infant to a hospital, | ||||||
13 | police station,
fire station, or emergency medical | ||||||
14 | facility, the child-placing agency or the
Department | ||||||
15 | will
commence proceedings for the termination of
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16 | parental rights and placement of the infant for
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17 | adoption.
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18 | (B) Failure of a parent of the
infant to contact | ||||||
19 | the Department and
petition for the return of custody | ||||||
20 | of the
infant before termination of parental rights
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21 | bars any future action asserting legal rights
with | ||||||
22 | respect to the infant.
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23 | (3) A resource list of providers of counseling
services | ||||||
24 | including grief counseling, pregnancy counseling, and
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25 | counseling regarding adoption and other available options | ||||||
26 | for placement of the
infant.
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27 | Upon request, the Department of Public Health shall provide | ||||||
28 | the
application forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and | ||||||
29 | Medical Information
Exchange to hospitals, police stations, | ||||||
30 | fire stations, and emergency
medical facilities.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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32 | (325 ILCS 2/40)
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33 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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34 | Sec. 40. Reporting requirements.
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35 | (a) Within 12 hours after accepting a newborn infant
from a |
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1 | relinquishing person or from a police station, fire station , or
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2 | emergency medical
facility in accordance with this Act, a | ||||||
3 | hospital must report to the
Department's State Central Registry | ||||||
4 | for the purpose of transferring
physical custody of the infant | ||||||
5 | from the hospital to either a
child-placing agency or the | ||||||
6 | Department.
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7 | (b) Within 24 hours after receiving a report under | ||||||
8 | subsection (a), the
Department must request assistance from law | ||||||
9 | enforcement
officials to investigate the matter using the | ||||||
10 | National Crime Information Center
to ensure that the | ||||||
11 | relinquished newborn infant is not a missing
child.
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12 | (c) Once a hospital has made a report to the Department
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13 | under subsection (a), the
Department must
arrange for
a | ||||||
14 | licensed child-placing agency to accept physical custody of the | ||||||
15 | relinquished
newborn infant.
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16 | (d) If a relinquished child is not a newborn infant as | ||||||
17 | defined
in this Act, the hospital and the Department must | ||||||
18 | proceed as if the child is an
abused or neglected child.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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20 | (325 ILCS 2/50)
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21 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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22 | Sec. 50. Child-placing agency procedures.
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23 | (a) The Department's
State Central Registry must maintain a | ||||||
24 | list of licensed child-placing
agencies willing to take legal | ||||||
25 | custody of newborn infants relinquished
in accordance with this | ||||||
26 | Act. The
child-placing agencies on the list must be contacted | ||||||
27 | by the
Department on a rotating basis upon notice from a | ||||||
28 | hospital
that a newborn infant has been
relinquished in | ||||||
29 | accordance with this Act.
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30 | (b) Upon notice from the Department that a newborn infant | ||||||
31 | has
been relinquished in accordance with this Act, a | ||||||
32 | child-placing
agency must accept the newborn infant if the | ||||||
33 | agency has the accommodations to
do
so. The
child-placing | ||||||
34 | agency must seek an order for legal custody of the
infant upon | ||||||
35 | its acceptance of the infant.
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1 | (c) Within 3 business days after assuming physical custody | ||||||
2 | of the infant,
the child-placing agency shall file a
petition
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3 | in the division of the
circuit court in which petitions for | ||||||
4 | adoption would normally be
heard. The petition shall allege | ||||||
5 | that the newborn infant has been relinquished
in accordance | ||||||
6 | with this Act and shall state that the child-placing agency
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7 | intends to place the infant in an adoptive home.
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8 | (d) If no licensed child-placing agency is able to accept | ||||||
9 | the
relinquished newborn infant, then the Department must | ||||||
10 | assume
responsibility for the infant as soon as practicable.
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11 | (e) A custody order issued under subsection (b) shall | ||||||
12 | remain in
effect until a final adoption order based on the | ||||||
13 | relinquished newborn
infant's best interests is issued in | ||||||
14 | accordance with this Act and the Adoption
Act.
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15 | (f) When possible, the child-placing agency must place a
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16 | relinquished newborn infant in a prospective adoptive home.
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17 | (g) The Department or child-placing agency must initiate | ||||||
18 | proceedings to (i)
terminate the parental rights of the | ||||||
19 | relinquished newborn infant's
known or unknown parents, (ii) | ||||||
20 | appoint a guardian for the infant, and
(iii) obtain consent to | ||||||
21 | the infant's adoption in accordance with this
Act no sooner | ||||||
22 | than 60 days following the date of the initial
relinquishment | ||||||
23 | of the infant to the hospital, police station, fire station,
or
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24 | emergency medical facility.
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25 | (h) Before filing a petition for termination of parental
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26 | rights, the Department or child-placing agency must do the | ||||||
27 | following:
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28 | (1) Search its Putative Father Registry for the purpose | ||||||
29 | of
determining the identity and location of the putative | ||||||
30 | father of
the relinquished newborn infant who is, or is | ||||||
31 | expected to be, the
subject of an adoption proceeding, in | ||||||
32 | order to provide notice of
the proceeding to the putative | ||||||
33 | father. At least one search of the
Registry must be | ||||||
34 | conducted, at least 30 days after the
relinquished newborn | ||||||
35 | infant's estimated date of birth; earlier
searches may be | ||||||
36 | conducted, however. Notice to any potential
putative |
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1 | father discovered in a search of the Registry according
to | ||||||
2 | the estimated age of the relinquished newborn infant must | ||||||
3 | be
in accordance with Section 12a of the Adoption Act.
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4 | (2) Verify with law enforcement officials, using the | ||||||
5 | National Crime
Information Center,
that the relinquished | ||||||
6 | newborn infant is not a missing child.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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8 | (325 ILCS 2/55)
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9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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10 | Sec. 55. Petition for return of custody.
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11 | (a) A parent of a newborn infant relinquished
in accordance | ||||||
12 | with this Act may petition for the return of custody of
the | ||||||
13 | infant before the termination of parental
rights with respect | ||||||
14 | to the infant.
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15 | (b) A parent of a newborn infant relinquished
in accordance | ||||||
16 | with this Act may petition for the return of custody of
the | ||||||
17 | infant by contacting the Department
for the purpose of | ||||||
18 | obtaining the name of the child-placing agency and then
filing
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19 | a petition for return of custody in the circuit court in which | ||||||
20 | the
proceeding for the termination of parental rights is | ||||||
21 | pending.
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22 | (c) If a petition for the termination of parental rights | ||||||
23 | has not
been filed by the Department or the child-placing | ||||||
24 | agency, the parent of the
relinquished newborn infant must | ||||||
25 | contact the Department, which must
notify the parent of the | ||||||
26 | appropriate court in which
the petition for return of custody | ||||||
27 | must be filed.
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28 | (d) The circuit court may hold the proceeding for the | ||||||
29 | termination of
parental rights in abeyance for a period not to | ||||||
30 | exceed 60 days from the date
that the petition for return of | ||||||
31 | custody was filed without a
showing of good cause. During that | ||||||
32 | period:
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33 | (1) The court shall order genetic testing to establish | ||||||
34 | maternity
or
paternity, or both.
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35 | (2) The Department shall conduct a child protective |
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1 | investigation and home
study to develop recommendations to | ||||||
2 | the court.
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3 | (3) When indicated as a result of the Department's | ||||||
4 | investigation and home
study, further proceedings under | ||||||
5 | the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 as the court
determines | ||||||
6 | appropriate, may be conducted. However,
relinquishment of
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7 | a newborn infant
in accordance with this Act does not | ||||||
8 | render the infant abused,
neglected, or abandoned solely | ||||||
9 | because the newborn infant was relinquished to a
hospital, | ||||||
10 | police station, fire station, or emergency medical | ||||||
11 | facility in
accordance with this
Act.
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12 | (e) Failure to file a petition for the return of custody of | ||||||
13 | a
relinquished newborn infant before the termination
of | ||||||
14 | parental rights
bars any future action asserting legal rights | ||||||
15 | with respect to the
infant unless the parent's act
of | ||||||
16 | relinquishment that led to the termination of parental rights
| ||||||
17 | involved fraud perpetrated against and not stemming from or | ||||||
18 | involving
the parent. No
action to void or revoke the | ||||||
19 | termination of parental rights of a parent
of a newborn infant | ||||||
20 | relinquished in accordance with
this Act, including an action | ||||||
21 | based on fraud, may be commenced after 12
months after the date | ||||||
22 | that the newborn infant was initially
relinquished to a | ||||||
23 | hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency
medical
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24 | facility.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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26 | (325 ILCS 2/65)
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27 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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28 | Sec. 65. Evaluation.
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29 | (a) The Department shall collect and analyze
information | ||||||
30 | regarding the relinquishment of newborn infants and placement | ||||||
31 | of
children under this Act. Police stations, fire stations, | ||||||
32 | emergency medical
facilities, and
medical professionals | ||||||
33 | accepting and providing services to a newborn infant
under this | ||||||
34 | Act shall report to the Department data necessary for the | ||||||
35 | Department
to evaluate and determine the effect of this Act in |
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1 | the prevention of injury
or death of newborn infants. | ||||||
2 | Child-placing agencies shall report to the
Department data | ||||||
3 | necessary to evaluate and determine the effectiveness of these
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4 | agencies in providing child protective and child welfare | ||||||
5 | services to newborn
infants relinquished under this Act.
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6 | (b) The information collected shall include,
but need not | ||||||
7 | be limited to: the number of newborn infants relinquished; the
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8 | services provided to relinquished newborn infants; the outcome
| ||||||
9 | of care for the relinquished newborn infants; the number and | ||||||
10 | disposition of
cases of relinquished newborn infants subject to | ||||||
11 | placement; the number of
children accepted and served by | ||||||
12 | child-placing agencies; and the services
provided by | ||||||
13 | child-placing agencies and the disposition of the cases of the
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14 | children placed under this Act.
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15 | (c) The Department shall submit a report by
January 1, | ||||||
16 | 2002, and on January 1 of each
year thereafter, to the Governor | ||||||
17 | and General Assembly regarding the prevention
of injury or | ||||||
18 | death of newborn infants and the effect of placements of | ||||||
19 | children
under this Act. The report shall include, but need not | ||||||
20 | be limited to, a
summary of
collected data, an analysis of the | ||||||
21 | data and conclusions regarding the Act's
effectiveness, a | ||||||
22 | determination whether the purposes of the Act are being
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23 | achieved,
and recommendations for changes that may be | ||||||
24 | considered necessary to improve the
administration and | ||||||
25 | enforcement of this Act.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01.)
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27 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
28 | becoming law. |