99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5775

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/12

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, denial of parentage, and rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage forms shall contain the data elements required by federal law. Removes a provision concerning the font characteristics for statements waiving the right to DNA tests regarding a child's paternity. Corrects references to voluntary acknowledgment of paternity forms, denial of parentage forms, and rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage forms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/12)
7    Sec. 12. Live births; place of registration.
8    (1) Each live birth which occurs in this State shall be
9registered with the local or subregistrar of the district in
10which the birth occurred as provided in this Section, within 7
11days after the birth. When a birth occurs on a moving
12conveyance, the city, village, township, or road district in
13which the child is first removed from the conveyance shall be
14considered the place of birth and a birth certificate shall be
15filed in the registration district in which the place is
16located.
17    (2) When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in
18charge of the institution or his designated representative
19shall obtain and record all the personal and statistical
20particulars relative to the parents of the child that are
21required to properly complete the live birth certificate; shall
22secure the required personal signatures on the hospital
23worksheet; shall prepare the certificate from this worksheet;

 

 

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1and shall file the certificate with the local registrar. The
2institution shall retain the hospital worksheet permanently or
3as otherwise specified by rule. The physician in attendance
4shall verify or provide the date of birth and medical
5information required by the certificate, within 24 hours after
6the birth occurs.
7    (3) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the
8certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following
9in the indicated order of priority:
10        (a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after
11    the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
12        (b) Any other person in attendance at or immediately
13    after the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
14        (c) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the
15    father and the inability of the mother, the person in
16    charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
17    (4) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother
18was not married to the father of the child at either the time
19of conception or the time of birth, the name of the father
20shall be entered on the child's birth certificate only if the
21mother and the person to be named as the father have signed a
22voluntary an acknowledgment of paternity form parentage in
23accordance with subsection (5).
24    Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother was
25married at the time of conception or birth and the presumed
26father (that is, the mother's husband) is not the biological

 

 

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1father of the child, the name of the biological father shall be
2entered on the child's birth certificate only if, in accordance
3with subsection (5), (i) the mother and the person to be named
4as the father have signed a voluntary an acknowledgment of
5paternity form parentage and (ii) the mother and presumed
6father have signed a denial of parentage form paternity.
7    (5) Upon the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, or
8upon the birth of a child to a woman who was married at the time
9of conception or birth and whose husband is not the biological
10father of the child, the institution at the time of birth and
11the local registrar or county clerk after the birth shall do
12the following:
13        (a) Provide (i) an opportunity for the child's mother
14    and father to sign a voluntary an acknowledgment of
15    paternity form parentage and (ii) if the presumed father is
16    not the biological father, an opportunity for the mother
17    and presumed father to sign a denial of parentage form
18    paternity. The signing and witnessing of the voluntary
19    acknowledgment of paternity form parentage or, if the
20    presumed father of the child is not the biological father,
21    the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage and
22    denial of parentage forms paternity conclusively establish
23    establishes a parent and child relationship in accordance
24    with Sections 5 and 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984
25    and with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
26    the effective date of that Act.

 

 

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1        The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
2    furnish the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity and
3    denial of parentage forms acknowledgment of parentage and
4    denial of paternity form to institutions, county clerks,
5    and State and local registrars' offices. The forms form
6    shall include instructions to send the original signed and
7    witnessed acknowledgment of parentage and denial of
8    paternity to the Department of Healthcare and Family
9    Services. The voluntary acknowledgement of paternity and
10    denial of parentage forms paternity form shall also include
11    a statement informing the mother, the alleged father, and
12    the presumed father, if any, that they have the right to
13    request deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests regarding the
14    issue of the child's paternity and that by signing the
15    form, they expressly waive such tests. The voluntary
16    acknowledgment of paternity and denial of parentage forms
17    shall contain the data elements required by federal law.
18    The statement shall be set forth in bold-face capital
19    letters not less than 0.25 inches in height.
20        (b) Provide the following documents, furnished by the
21    Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to the
22    child's mother, biological father, and (if the person
23    presumed to be the child's father is not the biological
24    father) presumed father for their review at the time the
25    opportunity is provided to establish a parent and child
26    relationship:

 

 

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1            (i) An explanation of the implications of,
2        alternatives to, legal consequences of, and the rights
3        and responsibilities that arise from signing a
4        voluntary an acknowledgment of paternity form
5        parentage and, if necessary, a denial of parentage form
6        paternity, including an explanation of the parental
7        rights and responsibilities of child support,
8        visitation, custody, retroactive support, health
9        insurance coverage, and payment of birth expenses.
10            (ii) An explanation of the benefits of having a
11        child's parentage established and the availability of
12        parentage establishment and child support enforcement
13        services.
14            (iii) A request for an application for child
15        support enforcement services from the Department of
16        Healthcare and Family Services.
17            (iv) Instructions concerning the opportunity to
18        speak, either by telephone or in person, with staff of
19        the Department of Healthcare and Family Services who
20        are trained to clarify information and answer
21        questions about paternity establishment.
22            (v) Instructions for completing and signing the
23        voluntary acknowledgment of paternity parentage and
24        denial of parentage forms paternity.
25        (c) Provide an oral explanation of the documents and
26    instructions set forth in subdivision (5)(b), including an

 

 

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1    explanation of the implications of, alternatives to, legal
2    consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that
3    arise from signing a voluntary an acknowledgment of
4    paternity form parentage and, if necessary, a denial of
5    parentage form paternity. The oral explanation may be given
6    in person or through the use of video or audio equipment.
7    (6) The institution, State or local registrar, or county
8clerk shall provide an opportunity for the child's father or
9mother to sign a rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
10paternity or denial of parentage form parentage. The signing
11and witnessing of the rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
12paternity or denial of parentage form parentage voids the
13voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form parentage and
14nullifies the presumption of paternity if executed and filed
15with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
16Illinois Department of Public Aid) within the time frame
17contained in Section 5 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or
18Section 307 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
19the effective date of that Act. The Department of Healthcare
20and Family Services shall furnish the rescission of voluntary
21acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage form
22parentage form to institutions, county clerks, and State and
23local registrars' offices. The form shall include instructions
24to send the original signed and witnessed rescission of
25voluntary acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage
26form parentage to the Department of Healthcare and Family

 

 

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1Services. The rescission of voluntary acknowledgment of
2paternity or denial of parentage form shall contain the data
3elements required by federal law.
4    (7) A voluntary An acknowledgment of paternity form signed
5pursuant to Section 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or
6Section 302 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 on and after
7the effective date of that Act may be challenged in court only
8on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact,
9with the burden of proof upon the challenging party. Pending
10outcome of a challenge to the voluntary acknowledgment of
11paternity form, the legal responsibilities of the signatories
12shall remain in full force and effect, except upon order of the
13court upon a showing of good cause.
14    (8) When the process for acknowledgment of parentage as
15provided for under subsection (5) establishes the paternity of
16a child whose certificate of birth is on file in another state,
17the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall forward
18a copy of the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, denial of
19parentage, and acknowledgment of parentage, the denial of
20paternity, if applicable, rescission of voluntary
21acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage forms and
22the rescission of parentage, if applicable, to the birth record
23agency of the state where the child's certificate of birth is
24on file.
25    (9) In the event the parent-child relationship has been
26established in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) of Section 6

 

 

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1of the Parentage Act of 1984, the names of the biological
2mother and biological father so established shall be entered on
3the child's birth certificate, and the names of the surrogate
4mother and surrogate mother's husband, if any, shall not be on
5the birth certificate.
6(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)