Full Text of HB0582 94th General Assembly
HB0582 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0582
Introduced 01/27/05, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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750 ILCS 50/18.04 |
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750 ILCS 50/18.05 |
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750 ILCS 50/18.06 |
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750 ILCS 50/18.1 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1522.1 |
750 ILCS 50/18.1a |
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750 ILCS 50/18.1b |
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750 ILCS 50/18.2 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1522.2 |
750 ILCS 50/18.3 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3 |
750 ILCS 50/18.3a |
from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3a |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall conduct a public information campaign until December 31, 2010 (instead of beginning January 1, 2000 and continuing for a minimum of 4 years) through notices enclosed with the driver's license renewal applications. Requires the notices to be given to the public (instead of to adopted and surrendered persons born, surrendered, or adopted in Illinois and their respective adoptive parents, legal guardians, birth parents, and birth siblings). Adds any birth certificate, marriage certificate, or proof of guardianship that has been submitted by a registrant to the list of items that shall be contained in an adoption/surrender records file. Defines "adult child", "birth aunt", "birth relative", "birth uncle", and "surviving spouse". Allows a birth aunt or birth uncle to file a Registration Identification Form and an Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information Exchange, if the birth aunt or birth uncle has submitted birth certificates for himself or herself and for a deceased parent naming at least one common biological parent, as well as proof for the deceased parent, and the birth parent did not file a Denial of Information Exchange with the Registry prior to his or her death. Provides that a surviving spouse or an adoptive parent or legal guardian of a deceased adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age or over may file a Registration Identification Form and an Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information Exchange if the listed requirements are met. Permits the Registry to release identifying information to the adoptive parent, adult child or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person, and one of the adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who have met the listed conditions. Provides that adoptive parents, adult children, and surviving spouses of deceased adoptees who do not wish to establish contact with one or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives may specify with whom they do not wish to exchange identifying information by filing a Denial of Information Exchange. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2006, any of the listed persons who wish to petition the court for the appointment of a confidential intermediary must include proof of registration with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange with their petition. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2006.
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| AN ACT concerning families.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 18.04, 18.05, 18.06, 18.1, 18.1a, 18.1b, 18.2, 18.3, and 18.3a | 6 |
| as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.04)
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| Sec. 18.04. The Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | 9 |
| Information
Exchange; legislative intent. The General Assembly | 10 |
| recognizes the importance
of creating a procedure by which | 11 |
| mutually consenting adult members of birth
and adoptive | 12 |
| families , adoptive parents and legal guardians of adopted and | 13 |
| surrendered
children , and adult adopted or
surrendered persons | 14 |
| may voluntarily exchange vital medical information
throughout | 15 |
| the life of the adopted or surrendered person. The General | 16 |
| Assembly
supports public policy that requires explicit mutual | 17 |
| consent prior to the
release of confidential information. The | 18 |
| General Assembly
further recognizes that it is in the best | 19 |
| interest of adopted and surrendered
persons that birth family | 20 |
| medical histories and the preferences regarding
contact of all | 21 |
| parties to an adoption be compiled, preserved and provided
to | 22 |
| mutually consenting members of birth and adoptive families.
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| adoptive parents and legal guardians of adopted or
surrendered
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| children and to adult adopted or surrendered persons and their | 25 |
| birth parents
and siblings. The purpose of this
amendatory Act | 26 |
| of 1999 is to respond to these concerns by enhancing the
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| Adoption Registry and
creating the voluntary Medical
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| Information Exchange.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.05)
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| Sec. 18.05. The Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical |
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| Information
Exchange.
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| (a) General function. Subject to appropriation, the | 3 |
| Department of Public
Health shall administer
redefine the | 4 |
| function of the Illinois Adoption Registry and
create the | 5 |
| Medical Information Exchange in the manner outlined in | 6 |
| subsections
(b) and (c) for the purpose of facilitating the | 7 |
| voluntary exchange of
medical information between mutually | 8 |
| consenting members of birth and adoptive families.
birth | 9 |
| parents or birth
siblings
and mutually consenting adoptive | 10 |
| parents or legal guardians of
adopted or surrendered persons | 11 |
| under the age of 21 or adopted or
surrendered persons 21 years | 12 |
| of age or over.
The Department shall establish rules for the | 13 |
| confidential operation of the
Illinois Adoption
Registry. The
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| Beginning January 1, 2000, the Department shall conduct a | 15 |
| public
information campaign through public service | 16 |
| announcements
and other forms of media coverage and, until | 17 |
| December 31, 2010
for a minimum of 4 years , through
notices | 18 |
| enclosed with driver's
license renewal applications, shall | 19 |
| inform
the public
adopted and surrendered persons born, | 20 |
| surrendered, or adopted in Illinois and
their adoptive parents, | 21 |
| legal guardians, birth parents and birth siblings of
the | 22 |
| Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange. | 23 |
| The
Department shall notify all parties who registered with the | 24 |
| Illinois Adoption
Registry prior to January 1, 2000 of the | 25 |
| provisions of this amendatory Act of
1999. The Illinois
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| Adoption
Registry shall also
maintain an informational | 27 |
| Internet site where interested parties may access
information | 28 |
| about the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information
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| Exchange and download all necessary application forms. The | 30 |
| Illinois Adoption
Registry
shall maintain statistical records | 31 |
| regarding Registry participation and publish
and circulate to | 32 |
| the public
informational material
about the function and | 33 |
| operation of the Registry.
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| (b) Establishment of the Adoption/Surrender Records File. | 35 |
| When a person has
voluntarily registered with
the Illinois | 36 |
| Adoption Registry and completed an Illinois Adoption Registry
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| Application or a Registration Identification Form, the | 2 |
| Registry shall establish
a
new Adoption/Surrender Records | 3 |
| File. Such file may concern
an adoption that was finalized by a | 4 |
| court action in the State of Illinois, an
adoption of a person | 5 |
| born in Illinois finalized
by a court action in a state other | 6 |
| than Illinois or in a foreign country, or a
surrender taken in | 7 |
| the State of Illinois. Such file may be established for
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| adoptions or surrenders finalized prior to as well as after the | 9 |
| effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1999 . A file may be | 10 |
| created in
any manner to preserve documents including but not | 11 |
| limited to microfilm,
optical imaging, or electronic | 12 |
| documents.
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| (c) Contents of the Adoption/Surrender Records File. An | 14 |
| established
Adoption/Surrender
Records File shall be limited | 15 |
| to the following items, to the extent that they
are
available:
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| (1) The General Information Section and Medical | 17 |
| Information Exchange
Questionnaire of any Illinois | 18 |
| Adoption Registry Application or a Registration
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| Identification
Form which
has been voluntarily completed | 20 |
| by any registered party
the adopted or surrendered person | 21 |
| or his or
her adoptive
parents, legal guardians, birth | 22 |
| parents, or birth siblings .
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| (2) Any photographs
voluntarily provided
by any | 24 |
| registrant for any other registered party
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adopted or | 25 |
| surrendered person or his or her adoptive parents, legal | 26 |
| guardians,
birth parents, or birth siblings at the
time of | 27 |
| registration or any time thereafter.
All such photographs | 28 |
| shall be submitted in an unsealed
envelope no larger than 8 | 29 |
| 1/2" x 11", and shall not include identifying
information | 30 |
| pertaining to any person other than the registrant
who | 31 |
| submitted them.
Any such identifying information shall be | 32 |
| redacted by the Department or the
information shall be | 33 |
| returned for removal of identifying information.
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| (3) Any Information Exchange Authorization or Denial | 35 |
| of Information
Exchange
which has been filed by a | 36 |
| registrant.
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| (4) For all adoptions finalized after January 1, 2000, | 2 |
| copies of the
original certificate of live birth and the | 3 |
| certificate
of adoption.
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| (5) Any updated address submitted by any registered | 5 |
| party about himself or
herself.
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| (6) Any proof of death which has been submitted by a | 7 |
| registrant
an adopted or
surrendered person,
adoptive | 8 |
| parent,
legal guardian,
birth parent, or birth sibling .
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| (7) Any birth certificate that has been submitted by a | 10 |
| registrant.
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| (8) Any marriage certificate that has been submitted by | 12 |
| a registrant.
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| (9) Any proof of guardianship that has been submitted | 14 |
| by a registrant.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.06)
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| Sec. 18.06. Definitions. When used in Sections
18.05 | 18 |
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| "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted
pursuant to | 20 |
| the laws in effect at the time of the adoption.
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| "Adoptive parent" means a person who has become a parent | 22 |
| through the legal
process of adoption.
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| "Adult child" means the biological child 21 years of age or | 24 |
| over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person.
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| "Agency" means a public child welfare agency or a licensed | 26 |
| child welfare
agency.
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| "Birth aunt" means the adult full or half sister of a | 28 |
| deceased birth parent.
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| "Birth father" means the biological father of an adopted or | 30 |
| surrendered
person who is named on the original certificate of | 31 |
| live birth or on a consent
or surrender document, or a | 32 |
| biological father whose paternity has been
established by a | 33 |
| judgment or order of the court, pursuant to the Illinois
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| Parentage Act of 1984.
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| "Birth mother" means the biological mother of an adopted or |
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| surrendered
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| "Birth parent" means a birth mother or birth father of an | 3 |
| adopted or
surrendered person.
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| "Birth relative" means a birth mother, birth father, birth | 5 |
| sibling, birth aunt, or birth uncle.
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| "Birth sibling" means the adult full or half sibling
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| adopted or
surrendered person.
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| "Birth uncle" means the adult full or half brother of a | 9 |
| deceased birth parent.
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| "Denial of Information Exchange" means an affidavit | 11 |
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registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry | 12 |
| and Medical Information Exchange
denying the release of | 13 |
| identifying information.
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| "Information Exchange Authorization" means
an affidavit | 15 |
| completed by a registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry | 16 |
| and
Medical Information Exchange authorizing the release of | 17 |
| identifying
information.
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| "Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire" means the | 19 |
| medical
history
questionnaire completed by a registrant of the | 20 |
| Illinois Adoption Registry and
Medical Information Exchange.
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| "Proof of death" means a death certificate.
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| "Registrant" or "Registered Party" means a birth parent, | 23 |
| birth sibling,
birth aunt, birth uncle, adopted or surrendered | 24 |
| person 21 years of age or over ,
the age of 21, or adoptive | 25 |
| parent or legal
guardian of an adopted or surrendered person | 26 |
| under the age of 21 , or adoptive parent, surviving spouse, or | 27 |
| adult child of a deceased adopted or surrendered person who has | 28 |
| filed
an Illinois Adoption Registry Application or | 29 |
| Registration Identification Form
with the Registry.
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| "Surrendered person" means a person whose parents' rights | 31 |
| have been
surrendered or terminated but who has not been | 32 |
| adopted.
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| "Surviving spouse" means the wife or husband of a deceased | 34 |
| adopted or surrendered person who has one or more biological | 35 |
| children under the age of 21.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.1)
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| Sec. 18.1. Disclosure of identifying information.
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| (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish and | 4 |
| maintain a
Registry for the purpose of providing identifying | 5 |
| information to mutually
consenting members of birth and | 6 |
| adoptive families
adult adopted or surrendered persons, birth | 7 |
| parents, adoptive
parents, legal guardians and birth siblings . | 8 |
| Identifying information for
the purpose of this Act shall mean | 9 |
| any one or more of the following:
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| (1) The name and last known address of the consenting | 11 |
| person or persons.
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| (2) A copy of the Illinois Adoption Registry | 13 |
| Application of the
consenting person or persons.
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| (3) A copy of the original certificate of live birth of | 15 |
| the adopted
or surrendered person.
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| Written authorization from all parties identified must be | 17 |
| received prior
to disclosure of any identifying information.
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| (b) At any time after a child is surrendered for adoption, | 19 |
| or at any
time during the adoption proceedings or at any time | 20 |
| thereafter, either
birth parent or both of them may file with | 21 |
| the Registry a Birth
Parent Registration Identification Form | 22 |
| and an Information Exchange
Authorization or a Denial of | 23 |
| Information Exchange.
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| (b-5) A birth sibling 21 years of age or over who was not | 25 |
| surrendered for
adoption and who has submitted a copy of his or | 26 |
| her birth certificate as well as proof of death for a deceased | 27 |
| birth parent
and such birth parent did not file a Denial of | 28 |
| Information Exchange with the
Registry prior to his or her | 29 |
| death may file a Registration Identification Form
and an | 30 |
| Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information | 31 |
| Exchange.
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| (b-7) A birth aunt or birth uncle who has submitted birth | 33 |
| certificates for himself or herself and for a deceased birth | 34 |
| parent naming at least one common biological parent as well as | 35 |
| proof of death for the deceased birth parent and such birth |
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| parent did not file a Denial of Information Exchange with the | 2 |
| Registry prior to his or her death may file a Registration | 3 |
| Identification Form and an Information Exchange Authorization | 4 |
| or a Denial of Information Exchange.
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| (c) Any adopted person over the age of 21 years of age or | 6 |
| over , any surrendered person
over the age of 21 years of age or | 7 |
| over , or any adoptive parent or legal guardian of an
adopted or | 8 |
| surrendered person under the age of 21 may file with the | 9 |
| Registry
a Registration Identification Form and an Information | 10 |
| Exchange Authorization
or a Denial of Information Exchange.
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| (c-3) Any adult child 21 years of age or over of a deceased | 12 |
| adopted or surrendered person who has submitted a copy of his | 13 |
| or her birth certificate naming an adopted or surrendered | 14 |
| person as his or her biological parent as well as proof of | 15 |
| death for the deceased adopted or surrendered person and such | 16 |
| adopted or surrendered person did not file a Denial of | 17 |
| Information Exchange with the Registry prior to his or her | 18 |
| death may file a Registration Identification Form and an | 19 |
| Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information | 20 |
| Exchange.
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| (c-5) Any surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or | 22 |
| surrendered person 21 years of age or over who has submitted | 23 |
| proof of death for the deceased adopted or surrendered person | 24 |
| and such adopted or surrendered person did not file a Denial of | 25 |
| Information Exchange with the Registry prior to his or her | 26 |
| death as well as a birth certificate naming themselves and the | 27 |
| adopted or surrendered person as the parents of a minor child | 28 |
| under the age of 21 may file a Registration Identification Form | 29 |
| and an Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of | 30 |
| Information Exchange.
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| (c-7) Any adoptive parent or legal guardian of a deceased | 32 |
| adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age or over who has | 33 |
| submitted proof of death as well as proof of parentage or | 34 |
| guardianship for the deceased adopted or surrendered person and | 35 |
| such adopted or surrendered person did not file a Denial of | 36 |
| Information Exchange with the Registry prior to his or her |
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| death may file a Registration Identification Form and an | 2 |
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| Exchange.
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| (d) The Department of Public Health shall supply to the | 5 |
| adopted or
surrendered person or his or her adoptive parents ,
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| or legal guardians , adult children or surviving spouse, and
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| the birth parents identifying information only if both the | 8 |
| adopted or
surrendered person , or one of his or her adoptive | 9 |
| parents ,
or legal guardians , adult children or his or her | 10 |
| surviving spouse, and
the birth parents have filed with the | 11 |
| Registry an Information Exchange
Authorization and the | 12 |
| information at the Registry indicates that the
consenting | 13 |
| adopted or surrendered person ,
or the child of the consenting
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| adoptive parents or legal guardians , the parent of the | 15 |
| consenting adult child of the adopted or surrendered person, or | 16 |
| the deceased wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse | 17 |
| is the child of the consenting birth
parents.
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| The Department of Public Health shall supply to adopted or | 19 |
| surrendered
persons who are birth siblings identifying | 20 |
| information only if both siblings
have filed with the Registry | 21 |
| an Information Exchange Authorization and the
information at | 22 |
| the Registry indicates that the consenting siblings have one
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| both birth parents in common. Identifying information shall be | 24 |
| supplied to
consenting birth siblings who were adopted or | 25 |
| surrendered if any such sibling
is 21 years of age or over. | 26 |
| Identifying information shall be supplied to
consenting birth | 27 |
| siblings who were not adopted or surrendered if any such
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| sibling is 21 years of age or over and has proof of death of the | 29 |
| common birth
parent and such birth parent did not file a Denial | 30 |
| of Information Exchange
with the Registry prior to his or her | 31 |
| death.
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| (d-3) The Department of Public Health shall supply to the | 33 |
| adopted or surrendered person or his or her adoptive parents, | 34 |
| legal guardians, adult children or surviving spouse, and to a | 35 |
| birth aunt identifying information only if both the adopted or | 36 |
| surrendered person or one of his or her adoptive parents, legal |
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| guardians, adult children or his or her surviving spouse, and | 2 |
| the birth aunt have filed with the Registry an Information | 3 |
| Exchange Authorization and the information at the Registry | 4 |
| indicates that the consenting adopted or surrendered person, or | 5 |
| the child of the consenting adoptive parents or legal | 6 |
| guardians, or the parent of the consenting adult child, or the | 7 |
| deceased wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse of | 8 |
| the adopted or surrendered person is or was the child of the | 9 |
| brother or sister of the consenting birth aunt.
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| (d-5) The Department of Public Health shall supply to the | 11 |
| adopted or surrendered person or his or her adoptive parents, | 12 |
| legal guardians, adult children or surviving spouse, and to a | 13 |
| birth uncle identifying information only if both the adopted or | 14 |
| surrendered person or one of his or her adoptive parents, legal | 15 |
| guardians, adult children or his or her surviving spouse, and | 16 |
| the birth uncle have filed with the Registry an Information | 17 |
| Exchange Authorization and the information at the Registry | 18 |
| indicates that the consenting adopted or surrendered person, or | 19 |
| the child of the consenting adoptive parents or legal | 20 |
| guardians, or the parent of the consenting adult child, or the | 21 |
| deceased wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse of | 22 |
| the adopted or surrendered person is or was the child of the | 23 |
| brother or sister of the consenting birth uncle.
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| (e) A registrant
birth parent, birth sibling, adopted or | 25 |
| surrendered person or their
adoptive parents or legal guardians | 26 |
| may notify the Registry of his or her
desire not to have his or | 27 |
| her identity revealed or may revoke any previously
filed | 28 |
| Information Exchange Authorization by completing and filing | 29 |
| with the
Registry a Registry Identification Form along with a | 30 |
| Denial of Information
Exchange. The Illinois Adoption Registry | 31 |
| Application does not need to be
completed in order to file a | 32 |
| Denial of Information Exchange. Any registrant
adopted or
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| surrendered person or his or her adoptive parents or legal | 34 |
| guardians, birth
sibling or birth parent may revoke his or her
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| a Denial of Information Exchange by filing
an Information | 36 |
| Exchange Authorization. The Department of Public Health shall
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| act in accordance with the most recently filed Authorization.
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| (f) Identifying information ascertained from the Registry | 3 |
| shall be
confidential and may be disclosed only (1) upon a | 4 |
| Court Order, which order
shall name the person or persons | 5 |
| entitled to the information, or (2) to a registrant who is the | 6 |
| subject of
the
adopted or surrendered person, adoptive parents | 7 |
| or legal guardians, birth
sibling, or birth parent if both the | 8 |
| adopted or surrendered person or his
or her adoptive parents or | 9 |
| legal guardians, and his or her birth parent, or
both, birth | 10 |
| siblings, have filed with the Registry an Information Exchange
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| Authorization that was completed by another registrant and | 12 |
| filed with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | 13 |
| Information Exchange , or (3) as authorized under subsection (h) | 14 |
| of Section 18.3 of
this Act. A copy of the certificate of live | 15 |
| birth shall only be released
to an adopted or surrendered | 16 |
| person who was born in Illinois and who is the subject of an
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| Information Exchange Authorization filed by one of his or her | 18 |
| birth relatives
parents or
non-surrendered birth siblings . Any | 19 |
| person who willfully provides unauthorized
disclosure of any | 20 |
| information filed with the Registry or who knowingly or
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| intentionally files false information with the Registry shall | 22 |
| be guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor and shall be liable for | 23 |
| damages.
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| (g) If information is disclosed pursuant to this Act, the | 25 |
| Department shall
redact it to remove any identifying | 26 |
| information about any party who has not
consented to the | 27 |
| disclosure of such identifying information.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.1a)
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| Sec. 18.1a. Registry matches.
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| (a) The Registry shall release identifying information, as | 32 |
| specified on
the Information Exchange Authorization, to the | 33 |
| following
mutually consenting registered parties
and provide | 34 |
| them with any photographs which have been placed in the
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| Adoption/Surrender Records File and
are specifically intended |
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| for the registered parties:
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| (i) an adult adopted or surrendered person and one of | 3 |
| his or her birth
relatives
parents or birth siblings who | 4 |
| have both filed an applicable Information
Exchange | 5 |
| Authorization specifying the other consenting party with | 6 |
| the Registry,
if
information available to the Registry
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| confirms that the consenting adopted or surrendered person | 8 |
| is biologically related to
a birth
relative of the | 9 |
| consenting birth relative
parent or sibling ;
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| (ii) the adoptive parent or legal guardian of an | 11 |
| adopted or surrendered
person under the age of 21
and one | 12 |
| of the adopted or surrendered person's
his or her birth | 13 |
| relatives
parents or birth siblings who
have both filed an | 14 |
| Information Exchange Authorization specifying the other
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| consenting party with the Registry, if
information | 16 |
| available to the Registry confirms that the child of the | 17 |
| consenting
adoptive parent or legal guardian is | 18 |
| biologically related to
a birth relative of the
consenting
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| birth relative; and
parent or birth sibling.
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| (iii) the adoptive parent, adult child or surviving | 21 |
| spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person, and one | 22 |
| of the adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who | 23 |
| have both filed an applicable Information Exchange | 24 |
| Authorization specifying the other consenting party with | 25 |
| the Registry, if information available to the Registry | 26 |
| confirms that child of the consenting adoptive parent, the | 27 |
| parent of the consenting adult child or the deceased wife | 28 |
| or husband of the consenting surviving spouse of the | 29 |
| adopted or surrendered person was biologically related to | 30 |
| the consenting birth relative.
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| (b) If a registrant is the subject of a Denial of
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| Information Exchange filed by another registered party to the | 33 |
| adoption , the Registry shall
not release identifying | 34 |
| information to either registrant.
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| (c) If a registrant has completed a Medical Information | 36 |
| Exchange
Questionnaire and has consented to its disclosure, |
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| that Questionnaire shall be
released to any registered party | 2 |
| who has indicated their desire to receive such
information on | 3 |
| his or her Illinois Adoption Registry Application, if
| 4 |
| information available to the Registry
confirms that the | 5 |
| consenting parties are biologically related,
birth relatives | 6 |
| or that the consenting
birth relative and the child of the | 7 |
| consenting , adoptive parents or legal
guardians are birth | 8 |
| relatives , or that the consenting birth relative and the | 9 |
| deceased wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse are | 10 |
| birth relatives .
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.1b)
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| Sec. 18.1b. The Illinois Adoption Registry Application. | 14 |
| The Illinois
Adoption Registry Application shall substantially | 15 |
| include the following:
| 16 |
| (a) General Information. The Illinois Adoption Registry
| 17 |
| Application shall include the space to provide Information | 18 |
| about the registrant
including his or her
surname, given name | 19 |
| or names, social security number (optional), mailing
address, | 20 |
| home telephone number, gender, date and place of birth, and the | 21 |
| date
of registration. If applicable and known
to the | 22 |
| registrant, he or she may include the maiden surname of the
| 23 |
| birth mother, any subsequent surnames of the birth mother, the | 24 |
| surname of the
birth father, the given name or names of the | 25 |
| birth parents, the dates and
places of birth of the birth | 26 |
| parents, the surname and given name or names of
the adopted | 27 |
| person prior to adoption, the gender and date and place of | 28 |
| birth of
the adopted or surrendered person, the name of the | 29 |
| adopted person following
his or her adoption and the state and | 30 |
| county where the judgment of adoption was
finalized.
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| (b) Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire. In | 32 |
| recognition of
the importance of medical information and of | 33 |
| recent discoveries regarding the
genetic origin of many medical | 34 |
| conditions and diseases all registrants shall be
asked to | 35 |
| voluntarily complete a Medical
Information Exchange |
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| Questionnaire.
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| (1) For birth relatives
parents or birth siblings , the | 3 |
| Medical Information Exchange
Questionnaire
shall
include a | 4 |
| comprehensive check-list of medical
conditions and | 5 |
| diseases including those of genetic origin. Birth | 6 |
| relatives
parents and
birth siblings shall be asked to | 7 |
| indicate all genetically-inherited diseases
and
conditions | 8 |
| on this
list which are known to exist in the adopted or | 9 |
| surrendered person's birth
family at the time of | 10 |
| registration.
In addition, all birth relatives
parents and | 11 |
| birth siblings
shall be apprised of the Registry's | 12 |
| provisions for voluntarily submitting
information about | 13 |
| their and their family's medical
histories on a | 14 |
| confidential, ongoing basis.
| 15 |
| (2) Adopted and surrendered persons and their adoptive | 16 |
| parents ,
or legal
guardians , adult children, and surviving | 17 |
| spouses shall be asked to indicate all
| 18 |
| genetically-inherited diseases and medical conditions with | 19 |
| which the adopted or
surrendered person or, if applicable, | 20 |
| his or her children have been diagnosed
since birth.
| 21 |
| (3) The Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire
| 22 |
| shall include a space where the registrant may authorize | 23 |
| the release of the
Medical Information Exchange | 24 |
| Questionnaire to specified registered parties and a
| 25 |
| disclaimer
informing registrants that the Department of | 26 |
| Public Health cannot guarantee the
accuracy of medical | 27 |
| information exchanged through the Registry.
| 28 |
| (c) Written statement. All registrants shall be given the
| 29 |
| opportunity to voluntarily file a written statement with the | 30 |
| Registry. This
statement
shall be submitted in the space | 31 |
| provided.
No written statement submitted to the Registry
shall | 32 |
| include identifying information pertaining to any person other | 33 |
| than the
registrant who submitted it.
Any such identifying | 34 |
| information shall be redacted by the Department or
returned for | 35 |
| removal of identifying information.
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| (d) Contact information. All registrants may indicate |
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| their
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| completing an
Information Exchange Authorization or a Denial of | 3 |
| Information Exchange.
| 4 |
| (1) Information Exchange Authorization. Adopted or | 5 |
| surrendered persons 21
years of age or over who would | 6 |
| welcome contact with one or more of their
birth relatives
| 7 |
| parents or birth siblings ; birth parents
who would welcome | 8 |
| contact with an adopted or surrendered
person 21 years of | 9 |
| age or over , or one or more of his or her adoptive parents ,
| 10 |
| or legal guardians , adult children, or a surviving spouse ;
| 11 |
| birth siblings 21 years of age or over who were adopted or | 12 |
| surrendered and who
would welcome contact with an adopted | 13 |
| or surrendered person, or one or more of
his or her | 14 |
| adoptive parents ,
or legal guardians , adult children, or a | 15 |
| surviving spouse ; birth siblings 21 years of age
or
over | 16 |
| who were not surrendered and who have submitted proof of | 17 |
| death for any
common
birth parent
who did not file a Denial | 18 |
| of Information Exchange prior to his or her death,
and who | 19 |
| would welcome contact with an adopted or surrendered | 20 |
| person, or one or
more of his or her adoptive parents ,
or | 21 |
| legal guardians , adult children, or a surviving spouse; | 22 |
| birth aunts and birth uncles 21 years of age or over who | 23 |
| have submitted birth certificates for themselves and a | 24 |
| deceased birth parent naming at least one common biological | 25 |
| parent as well as proof of death for a deceased birth | 26 |
| parent who did not file a Denial of Information Exchange | 27 |
| prior to his or her death and who would welcome contact | 28 |
| with an adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age or | 29 |
| over, or one or more of his or her adoptive parents, legal | 30 |
| guardians, adult children or a surviving spouse ; and | 31 |
| adoptive parents or
legal guardians of
adopted or | 32 |
| surrendered persons under the age of 21 who would welcome
| 33 |
| contact with one or more of the adopted or surrendered | 34 |
| person's birth relatives; adoptive parents and legal | 35 |
| guardians of deceased adopted or surrendered persons 21 | 36 |
| years of age or over who have submitted proof of death for |
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| a deceased adopted or surrendered person who did not file a | 2 |
| Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her death | 3 |
| and who would welcome contact with one or more of the | 4 |
| adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives; adult | 5 |
| children of deceased adopted or surrendered persons who | 6 |
| have submitted a birth certificate naming the adopted or | 7 |
| surrendered person as their biological parent and proof of | 8 |
| death for an adopted or surrendered person who did not file | 9 |
| a Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her death; | 10 |
| and surviving spouses of deceased adopted or surrendered | 11 |
| persons who have submitted a marriage certificate naming an | 12 |
| adopted or surrendered person as their deceased wife or | 13 |
| husband and proof of death for an adopted or surrendered | 14 |
| person who did not file a Denial of Information Exchange | 15 |
| prior to his or her death and who would welcome contact | 16 |
| with one or more of the adopted or surrendered person's | 17 |
| birth relatives
parents
or birth siblings may specify with | 18 |
| whom they
wish to exchange identifying information by
| 19 |
| filing an Information Exchange Authorization at the time of | 20 |
| the
adoption or surrender, or any time thereafter .
| 21 |
| (2) Denial of Information Exchange. Adopted or | 22 |
| surrendered persons 21
years of age or over who do not wish | 23 |
| to establish contact with one or
more of their birth | 24 |
| relatives
parents or birth siblings may specify
with whom | 25 |
| they do not wish to exchange
identifying information by | 26 |
| filing a Denial of
Information Exchange. Birth relatives
| 27 |
| parents or birth siblings who do not wish to
establish | 28 |
| contact with an
adopted or surrendered person or one or | 29 |
| more of his or her adoptive parents ,
or
legal guardians , or | 30 |
| adult children may specify with whom they do not wish to | 31 |
| exchange identifying
information by filing a Denial of | 32 |
| Information Exchange at the time of the
adoption or | 33 |
| surrender, or any time thereafter . Adoptive parents or
| 34 |
| legal guardians of adopted or surrendered persons under the | 35 |
| age of 21 who do
not wish to establish contact with one or | 36 |
| more of the adopted or
surrendered person's birth relatives
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| parents or birth siblings may specify with whom they
do not | 2 |
| wish to exchange identifying
information by filing a Denial | 3 |
| of Information Exchange at the time of the
adoption or | 4 |
| surrender, or any time thereafter . Adoptive parents, adult | 5 |
| children, and surviving spouses of deceased adoptees who do | 6 |
| not wish to establish contact with one or more of the | 7 |
| adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives may | 8 |
| specify with whom they do not wish to exchange identifying | 9 |
| information by filing a Denial of Information Exchange. The | 10 |
| Illinois Adoption
Registry Application does not need to be | 11 |
| completed in order to file a Denial
of Information | 12 |
| Exchange.
| 13 |
| (e) A registrant may complete all or any part of the | 14 |
| Illinois Adoption
Registry Application. All Illinois Adoption | 15 |
| Registry Applications, Information
Exchange
Authorizations, | 16 |
| Denials of Information Exchange, requests to revoke an
| 17 |
| Information
Exchange Authorization or Denial of Information | 18 |
| Exchange, and affidavits
submitted
to the Registry shall be
| 19 |
| accompanied by proof of identification.
| 20 |
| (f) The Department shall establish the Illinois Adoption | 21 |
| Registry
Application
form including the Medical Information | 22 |
| Exchange Questionnaire by rule.
| 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 24 |
| (750 ILCS 50/18.2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.2)
| 25 |
| Sec. 18.2. Forms.
| 26 |
| (a) The form of the Birth Parent Registration
| 27 |
| Identification Form shall be substantially as follows:
| 28 |
| BIRTH PARENT REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION
| 29 |
| (Insert all known information)
| 30 |
| I, ....., state that I am the ...... (mother or father) of the
| 31 |
| following child:
| 32 |
| Child's original name: ..... (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 33 |
| (last),
..... (hour of birth), ..... (date of birth), | 34 |
| ..... (city and state of
birth), ..... (name of | 35 |
| hospital).
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| Father's full name: ...... (first) ...... (middle) ..... | 2 |
| (last),
..... (date of birth), ..... (city and state of | 3 |
| birth).
| 4 |
| Name of mother inserted on birth certificate: ..... (first) | 5 |
| .....
(middle) ..... (last), ..... (race), ..... (date | 6 |
| of birth), ......
(city and state of birth).
| 7 |
| That I surrendered my child to: ............. (name of agency), | 8 |
| .....
(city and state of agency), ..... (approximate date | 9 |
| child surrendered).
| 10 |
| That I placed my child by private adoption: ..... (date),
| 11 |
| ...... (city
and state).
| 12 |
| Name of adoptive parents, if known: ......
| 13 |
| Other identifying information: .....
| 14 |
| ........................
| 15 |
| (Signature of parent)
| 16 |
| ............ ........................
| 17 |
| (date) (printed name of parent)
| 18 |
| (b) The form of the Adopted Person
Registration | 19 |
| Identification shall be substantially
as follows:
| 20 |
| ADOPTED PERSON
| 21 |
| REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION
| 22 |
| (Insert all known information)
| 23 |
| I, ....., state the following:
| 24 |
| Adopted Person's present name: ..... (first) ..... | 25 |
| (middle)
..... (last).
| 26 |
| Adopted Person's name at birth (if known): ..... (first)
| 27 |
| ..... (middle) .....
(last), ..... (birth date), ..... | 28 |
| (city and state of birth), ......
(sex), ..... (race).
| 29 |
| Name of adoptive father: ..... (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 30 |
| (last), .....
(race).
| 31 |
| Maiden name of adoptive mother: ..... (first) ..... | 32 |
| (middle) .....
(last), ..... (race).
| 33 |
| Name of birth mother (if known): ..... (first) .....
| 34 |
| (middle)
..... (last), ..... (race).
| 35 |
| Name of birth father (if known): ..... (first) .....
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| (middle)
..... (last), ..... (race).
| 2 |
| Name(s) at birth of sibling(s) having a common birth
parent | 3 |
| with adoptee
(if known): ..... (first) ..... (middle) | 4 |
| ..... (last), ..... (race), and name
of common birth | 5 |
| parent: ..... (first) ..... (middle) .....
(last),
| 6 |
| ..... (race).
| 7 |
| I was adopted through: ..... (name of agency).
| 8 |
| I was adopted privately: ..... (state "yes" if known).
| 9 |
| I was adopted in ..... (city and state), ..... (approximate | 10 |
| date).
| 11 |
| Other identifying information: .............
| 12 |
| ......................
| 13 |
| (signature of adoptee)
| 14 |
| ........... .........................
| 15 |
| (date) (printed name of adoptee)
| 16 |
| (c) The form of the Surrendered Person Registration | 17 |
| Identification shall be
substantially as follows:
| 18 |
| SURRENDERED PERSON REGISTRATION
| 19 |
| IDENTIFICATION
| 20 |
| (Insert all known information)
| 21 |
| I, ....., state the following:
| 22 |
| Surrendered Person's present name: ..... (first) .....
| 23 |
| (middle) ..... (last).
| 24 |
| Surrendered Person's name at birth (if known): ..... | 25 |
| (first)
.....
(middle) ..... (last), .....(birth | 26 |
| date), ..... (city and state of
birth), ...... (sex), | 27 |
| ..... (race).
| 28 |
| Name of guardian father: ..... (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 29 |
| (last), .....
(race).
| 30 |
| Maiden name of guardian mother: ..... (first) ..... | 31 |
| (middle) .....
(last), ..... (race).
| 32 |
| Name of birth mother (if known): ..... (first) .....
| 33 |
| (middle) .....
(last) ..... (race).
| 34 |
| Name of birth father (if known): ..... (first) .....
| 35 |
| (middle) .....
(last), .....(race).
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| Name(s) at birth of sibling(s) having a common birth
parent | 2 |
| with surrendered person
(if known): ..... (first) | 3 |
| ..... (middle) ..... (last), ..... (race), and name
of | 4 |
| common birth parent: ..... (first) ..... (middle) | 5 |
| .....
(last),
..... (race).
| 6 |
| I was surrendered for adoption to: ..... (name of agency).
| 7 |
| I was surrendered for adoption in ..... (city and state), ..... | 8 |
| (approximate
date).
| 9 |
| Other identifying information: ............
| 10 |
| ................................
| 11 |
| (signature of surrendered person)
| 12 |
| ............ ......................
| 13 |
| (date) (printed name of person
| 14 |
| surrendered for adoption)
| 15 |
| (c-3) The form of the Registration Identification Form for | 16 |
| Surviving Relatives of Deceased Birth Parents shall be | 17 |
| substantially as follows:
| 18 |
| REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION FORM
| 19 |
| FOR SURVIVING RELATIVES OF DECEASED BIRTH PARENTS
| 20 |
| (Insert all known information)
| 21 |
| I, ....., state the following:
| 22 |
| Name of deceased birth parent at time of surrender:
| 23 |
| Deceased birth parent's date of birth:
| 24 |
| Deceased birth parent's date of death:
| 25 |
| Adopted or surrendered person's name at birth (if known): | 26 |
| .....(first) ..... (middle) ..... (last), .....(birth | 27 |
| date), ..... (city and state of birth), ...... (sex), | 28 |
| ..... (race).
| 29 |
| My relationship to the adopted or surrendered person (check | 30 |
| one): (birth parent's non-surrendered child) (birth parent's | 31 |
| sister) (birth parent's brother).
| 32 |
| If you are a non-surrendered child of the birth parent, provide | 33 |
| name(s) at birth and age(s) of non-surrendered siblings having | 34 |
| a common parent with the birth parent. If more than one |
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| sibling, please give information requested below on reverse | 2 |
| side of this form. If you are a sibling or parent of the birth | 3 |
| parent, provide name(s) at birth and age(s) of the sibling(s) | 4 |
| of the birth parent. If more than one sibling, please give | 5 |
| information requested below on reverse side of this form.
| 6 |
| Name (First) ..... (middle) ..... (last), .....(birth | 7 |
| date), ..... (city and state of birth), ...... (sex), | 8 |
| ..... (race).
| 9 |
| Name(s) of common parent(s) (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 10 |
| (last), .....(race), (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 11 |
| (last), .....(race).
| 12 |
| My birth sibling/child of my brother/child of my sister/ was | 13 |
| surrendered for adoption to ..... (name of agency) City and | 14 |
| state of agency ..... Date .....(approximate) Other | 15 |
| identifying information ..... (Please note that you must: (i) | 16 |
| be at least 21 years of age to register; (ii) submit with your | 17 |
| registration a certified copy of the birth parent's birth | 18 |
| certificate; (iii) submit a certified copy of the birth | 19 |
| parent's death certificate; and (iv) if you are a | 20 |
| non-surrendered birth sibling or a sibling of the deceased | 21 |
| birth parent, also submit a certified copy of your birth | 22 |
| certificate with this registration. No application from a | 23 |
| surviving relative of a deceased birth parent can be accepted | 24 |
| if the birth parent filed a Denial of Information Exchange | 25 |
| prior to his or her death.)
| 26 |
| ................................
| 27 |
| (signature of birth parent's surviving relative)
| 28 |
| ............ ............
| 29 |
| | 30 |
| (date) (printed name of birth | 31 |
| parent's surviving relative) | 32 |
| (c-5) The form of the Registration Identification Form for | 33 |
| Surviving Relatives of Deceased Adopted or Surrendered Persons | 34 |
| shall be substantially as follows:
| 35 |
| REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION FORM FOR
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| SURVIVING RELATIVES OF DECEASED ADOPTED OR SURRENDERED PERSONS
| 2 |
| (Insert all known information)
| 3 |
| I, ....., state the following:
| 4 |
| Adopted or surrendered person's name at birth (if known): | 5 |
| (first) ..... (middle) ..... (last), .....(birth | 6 |
| date), ..... (city and state of birth), ...... (sex), | 7 |
| ..... (race). | 8 |
| Adopted or surrendered person's date of death:
| 9 |
| My relationship to the deceased adopted or surrendered | 10 |
| person(check one): (adoptive mother) (adoptive father) (adult | 11 |
| child) (surviving spouse).
| 12 |
| If you are an adult child or surviving spouse of the adopted or | 13 |
| surrendered person, provide name(s) at birth and age(s) of the | 14 |
| children of the adopted or surrendered person. If the adopted | 15 |
| or surrendered person had more than one child, please give | 16 |
| information requested below on reverse side of this form. | 17 |
| Name (first) ..... (middle) ..... (last), .....(birth | 18 |
| date), ..... (city and state of birth), ...... (sex), | 19 |
| ..... (race). | 20 |
| Name(s) of common parent(s) (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 21 |
| (last), .....(race), (first) ..... (middle) ..... | 22 |
| (last), .....(race).
| 23 |
| My child/parent/deceased spouse was surrendered for | 24 |
| adoption to .....(name of agency) City and state of agency | 25 |
| ..... Date ..... (approximate) Other identifying | 26 |
| information ..... (Please note that you must: (i) be at | 27 |
| least 21 years of age to register; (ii) submit with your | 28 |
| registration a certified copy of the adopted or surrendered | 29 |
| person's death certificate; (iii) if you are the child of a | 30 |
| deceased adopted or surrendered person, also submit a | 31 |
| certified copy of your birth certificate with this | 32 |
| registration; and (iv) if you are the deceased wife or | 33 |
| husband of a deceased adopted or surrendered person, also | 34 |
| submit a copy of your marriage certificate with this | 35 |
| registration. No application from a surviving relative of a | 36 |
| deceased adopted or surrendered person can be accepted if |
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| the adopted or surrendered person filed a Denial of | 2 |
| Information Exchange prior to his or her death.)
| 3 |
| ................................
| 4 |
| (signature of adopted or surrendered person's surviving.
| 5 |
| relative)
| 6 |
| (date)
| 7 |
| | 8 |
| (printed name of adopted
| 9 |
| | 10 |
| person's surviving relative)
| 11 |
| (d) The form of the Information Exchange Authorization | 12 |
| shall be
substantially
as follows:
| 13 |
| INFORMATION EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION
| 14 |
| I, ....., state that I am the person who completed the | 15 |
| Registration
Identification; that I am of the age of ..... | 16 |
| years; that I hereby
authorize the Department of Public Health | 17 |
| to give to the following person(s)
my (birth mother
parent )
| 18 |
| (birth father) (birth sibling) ( adopted or surrendered person
| 19 |
| child ) (adoptive mother) (adoptive father) (legal guardian of | 20 |
| an adopted or surrendered person) (birth aunt) (birth uncle) | 21 |
| (adult child of a deceased adopted or surrendered person) | 22 |
| (surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person) | 23 |
| (all eligible relatives) the following
(please check the
| 24 |
| information
authorized for exchange):
| 25 |
| [ ] 1. Only my name and last known address.
| 26 |
| [ ] 2. A copy of my Illinois Adoption Registry | 27 |
| Application.
| 28 |
| [ ] 3. A copy of the original certificate of live | 29 |
| birth.
| 30 |
| [ ] 4. A copy of my completed medical questionnaire.
| 31 |
| I am fully aware that I can only be supplied with any | 32 |
| information about an individual or individuals who have
my
| 33 |
| (birth parent) (birth sibling) (surrendered child) if such | 34 |
| person has duly
executed an Information Exchange Authorization |
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| that
for such information which has
not been revoked; that I | 2 |
| can be contacted by writing to: ..... (own name or
name of | 3 |
| person to contact) (address) (phone number).
| 4 |
| Dated (insert date).
| 5 |
| .............. | 6 |
| (signature)
| 7 |
| (e) The form of the Denial of Information Exchange shall be
| 8 |
| substantially as follows:
| 9 |
| DENIAL OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE
| 10 |
| I, ....., state that I am the person who completed the | 11 |
| Registration
Identification; that I am of the age of ..... | 12 |
| years; that I hereby
instruct the Department of Public Health | 13 |
| not to give any identifying
information about me to the | 14 |
| following person(s)
my (birth mother) (birth father) (birth | 15 |
| sibling)(adopted or surrendered person)(adoptive mother) | 16 |
| (adoptive father)(legal guardian of an adopted or surrendered | 17 |
| person)(birth aunt)(birth uncle)(adult child of a deceased | 18 |
| adopted or surrendered person) (surviving spouse of a deceased | 19 |
| adopted or surrendered person) (all eligible relatives)
| 20 |
| parent) (birth sibling) (surrendered child) ;
that I do not wish | 21 |
| to be contacted.
| 22 |
| Dated (insert date).
| 23 |
| ............... | 24 |
| (signature)
| 25 |
| (f) The Information Exchange Authorization and the Denial | 26 |
| of Information
Exchange shall be acknowledged by the birth | 27 |
| parent,
birth sibling, adopted or surrendered
person, adoptive | 28 |
| parent, or legal guardian before a notary
public, in form
| 29 |
| substantially as follows:
| 30 |
| State of ..............
| 31 |
| County of .............
| 32 |
| I, a Notary Public, in and for the said County, in the | 33 |
| State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that ............... | 34 |
| personally known to me to be the
same person whose name is |
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| subscribed to the foregoing certificate of
acknowledgement, | 2 |
| appeared before me in person and acknowledged that (he or
she) | 3 |
| signed such certificate as (his or her) free and voluntary act | 4 |
| and
that the statements in such certificate are true.
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| Given under my hand and notarial seal on (insert date).
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| .........................
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| (signature)
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| | 9 |
| (g) When the execution of an Information Exchange
| 10 |
| Authorization or a Denial of Information Exchange is | 11 |
| acknowledged before a
representative of an agency, such | 12 |
| representative shall have his signature
on said Certificate | 13 |
| acknowledged before a notary public, in form substantially
as | 14 |
| follows:
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| State of..........
| 16 |
| County of.........
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| I, a Notary Public, in and for the said County, in the | 18 |
| State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that ..... personally known | 19 |
| to me to be the same person
whose name is subscribed to the | 20 |
| foregoing certificate of acknowledgement,
appeared before me | 21 |
| in person and acknowledged that (he or she) signed such
| 22 |
| certificate as (his or her) free and voluntary act and that the | 23 |
| statements
in such certificate are true.
| 24 |
| Given under my hand and notarial seal on (insert date).
| 25 |
| .......................
| 26 |
| (signature)
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| | 28 |
| (h) When an Illinois Adoption Registry Application,
| 29 |
| Information
Exchange Authorization or a Denial of
Information | 30 |
| Exchange is executed in a foreign country, the
execution of | 31 |
| such
document shall be acknowledged or affirmed before an | 32 |
| officer of the United
States consular services.
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| (i) If the person signing an Information Exchange
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| Authorization or a Denial of Information is in the military |
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| service of the
United States, the execution of such document | 2 |
| may be acknowledged before a
commissioned officer and the | 3 |
| signature of such officer on such certificate
shall be verified | 4 |
| or acknowledged before a notary public or by such other
| 5 |
| procedure as is then in effect for such division or branch of | 6 |
| the armed forces.
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| (j) The Department shall modify these forms as necessary to | 8 |
| implement the
provisions of this amendatory Act of 1999 | 9 |
| including creating Registration
Identification Forms for | 10 |
| non-surrendered birth siblings, adoptive parents and
legal | 11 |
| guardians.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-189, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3)
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| Sec. 18.3. (a) The agency, Department of Children and | 15 |
| Family Services,
Court Supportive Services, Juvenile Division | 16 |
| of the Circuit Court, and any
other party to the
surrender of a | 17 |
| child for adoption or in an adoption proceeding shall obtain
| 18 |
| from any birth parent or parents giving up a child for
purposes | 19 |
| of
adoption after the effective date of this Act a written | 20 |
| statement which
indicates: (1) a desire to have identifying | 21 |
| information shared with the
adopted or surrendered person at a | 22 |
| later date; (2) a desire not
to have
identifying information | 23 |
| revealed; or (3) that no decision is made at
that time. In | 24 |
| addition, the agency, Department of Children and Family
| 25 |
| Services, Court
Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the | 26 |
| Circuit Court, and any other
organization involved in the | 27 |
| surrender of a child for adoption in an adoption
proceeding | 28 |
| shall inform the birth parent or parents of a child born, | 29 |
| adopted or
surrendered in Illinois of the existence of the | 30 |
| Illinois Adoption Registry and
Medical Information Exchange | 31 |
| and provide them with the necessary application
forms and if | 32 |
| requested, assistance with completing the forms.
| 33 |
| (b) When the written statement is signed, the birth
parent | 34 |
| or
parents shall be informed in writing that their decision | 35 |
| regarding the
sharing of identifying information can be made or |
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| changed by such
birth parent or parents at any future date.
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| (c) The birth parent shall be informed in writing that if
| 3 |
| sharing
of identifying information with the adopted or | 4 |
| surrendered person
is to occur, that he or she must be 21 years | 5 |
| of age or
over.
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| (d) If the birth parent or parents indicate a desire to
| 7 |
| share
identifying information with the adopted or surrendered | 8 |
| person,
the birth parent shall complete an
Information Exchange | 9 |
| Authorization.
| 10 |
| (e) Any birth parent or parents requesting that no
| 11 |
| identifying
information be revealed to the adopted or | 12 |
| surrendered
person shall be
informed that such request will be | 13 |
| conveyed to the adopted or
surrendered person if he or she | 14 |
| requests such information; and
such identifying information | 15 |
| shall not be revealed.
| 16 |
| (f) Any adopted or surrendered person 21 years
of age or | 17 |
| over may also indicate in writing his or her desire or
lack of
| 18 |
| desire to share identifying information with the birth
parent | 19 |
| or
parents or with one or more of his or her birth relatives
| 20 |
| birth sibling or siblings . Any adopted or
surrendered person | 21 |
| requesting that no identifying information be
revealed to the
| 22 |
| birth parent or to one or more of his or her birth relatives
| 23 |
| sibling shall be
informed that such request
shall be conveyed | 24 |
| to the parent if such birth parent or
birth
relative if he or | 25 |
| she
sibling requests such information; and such identifying | 26 |
| information shall
not be revealed.
| 27 |
| (g) Any birth parent, birth sibling ,
and
adopted or | 28 |
| surrendered person, adoptive parent , or legal
guardian | 29 |
| indicating their desire to receive
identifying or medical | 30 |
| information shall be informed
of the existence of the Registry | 31 |
| and assistance shall be given to such
person to
legally
record | 32 |
| his or her
name with the Registry.
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| (h) The agency, Department of Children and Family Services, | 34 |
| Court
Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the Circuit | 35 |
| Court, and any other organization involved in the
surrender of | 36 |
| a child for adoption in an adoption proceeding which has
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| written statements from an adopted or surrendered person and | 2 |
| the birth
parent or a birth sibling indicating a desire to | 3 |
| receive
identifying information shall supply such information | 4 |
| to the mutually
consenting parties, except that no identifying | 5 |
| information shall be
supplied to consenting birth siblings if | 6 |
| any such sibling is
under 21
years of age. However, both the | 7 |
| Registry having an Information Exchange
Authorization and the | 8 |
| organization having a written statement requesting
identifying | 9 |
| information shall communicate with each other to determine if
| 10 |
| the adopted or surrendered person or the
birth parent or
birth
| 11 |
| sibling has signed a form at a later date indicating a change | 12 |
| in his or
her desires regarding the sharing of information. The | 13 |
| agreement of the
birth parent shall be binding.
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| (i) On and after January 1, 2000, any licensed child | 15 |
| welfare agency which
provides post-adoption search assistance | 16 |
| to adoptive parents, adopted persons,
surrendered persons, | 17 |
| birth parents, or other birth relatives
siblings shall require | 18 |
| that any person requesting
post-adoption search assistance | 19 |
| complete an Illinois Adoption Registry
Application prior to the | 20 |
| commencement of the search.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-417, eff. 1-1-00 .)
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| (750 ILCS 50/18.3a) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3a)
| 23 |
| Sec. 18.3a. Confidential intermediary.
| 24 |
| (a) General purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision | 25 |
| of
this Act, any
adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age | 26 |
| or over, any adoptive parent or legal guardian
of
an adopted or | 27 |
| surrendered person under the age of 21, or any birth parent of | 28 |
| an adopted
or surrendered person who is 21 years of age or over | 29 |
| may petition the court in any county in
the
State of Illinois | 30 |
| for appointment of a confidential intermediary as provided in
| 31 |
| this Section for the purpose of exchanging medical information | 32 |
| with one or
more mutually consenting biological relatives, | 33 |
| obtaining identifying
information about one or more mutually | 34 |
| consenting biological relatives, or
arranging contact with one | 35 |
| or more mutually consenting biological relatives.
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| Additionally, in cases where an adopted or surrendered person | 2 |
| is deceased,
an adult child of the adopted
or surrendered | 3 |
| person or his or her adoptive parents or surviving spouse may | 4 |
| file a petition under this Section and in cases
where the birth | 5 |
| parent is deceased,
an adult birth sibling of the adopted or | 6 |
| surrendered person or of the deceased birth parent
may
file a | 7 |
| petition under this Section for the purpose of exchanging | 8 |
| medical
information with one or more mutually consenting | 9 |
| biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered person ,
| 10 |
| obtaining identifying information about one or more mutually | 11 |
| consenting
biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered | 12 |
| person , or arranging contact with one or more mutually
| 13 |
| consenting biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered | 14 |
| person. Beginning January 1, 2006, any adopted or surrendered | 15 |
| person 21 years of age or over; any adoptive parent or legal | 16 |
| guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of | 17 |
| 21; any birth parent, birth sibling, birth aunt, or birth uncle | 18 |
| of an adopted or surrendered person over the age of 21; any | 19 |
| surviving child, adoptive parent, or surviving spouse of a | 20 |
| deceased adopted or surrendered person who wishes to petition | 21 |
| the court for the appointment of a confidential intermediary | 22 |
| shall be required to accompany their petition with proof of | 23 |
| registration with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | 24 |
| Information Exchange .
| 25 |
| (b) Petition. Upon petition by an adopted or surrendered | 26 |
| person 21 years of age or over, an
adoptive parent or legal | 27 |
| guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of | 28 |
| 21,
or a birth parent of an adopted or surrendered person who | 29 |
| is 21 years of age or over, the
court
shall appoint a | 30 |
| confidential intermediary. Upon petition by
an adult child , | 31 |
| adoptive parent or surviving spouse of an adopted or | 32 |
| surrendered person who is deceased ,
or by an adult birth | 33 |
| sibling of an adopted or surrendered person
whose common birth | 34 |
| parent is deceased
and whose adopted or surrendered birth | 35 |
| sibling is 21 years of age or over, or by an adult sibling of a | 36 |
| birth parent who is deceased and whose surrendered child is 21 |
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| years of age or over, ,
the court may appoint a confidential
| 2 |
| intermediary if the court finds that the disclosure is of | 3 |
| greater benefit than
nondisclosure.
The petition shall state | 4 |
| which biological relative
or
relatives are being sought and | 5 |
| shall indicate if the petitioner wants to do any
one or more of | 6 |
| the following: exchange medical information with the
| 7 |
| biological relative or relatives, obtain identifying | 8 |
| information from the
biological relative or relatives, or to | 9 |
| arrange contact with the biological
relative.
| 10 |
| (c) Order. The order appointing the confidential | 11 |
| intermediary shall allow
that
intermediary to conduct a search | 12 |
| for the sought-after relative by accessing
those records | 13 |
| described in subsection (g) of this Section.
| 14 |
| (d) Fees and expenses. The court shall condition the | 15 |
| appointment of the
confidential intermediary on the | 16 |
| petitioner's payment of the intermediary's
fees and expenses in | 17 |
| advance of the commencement of the work of the
confidential | 18 |
| intermediary.
| 19 |
| (e) Eligibility of intermediary. The court may appoint as | 20 |
| confidential
intermediary either an employee of the Illinois | 21 |
| Department of Children and
Family Services designated by the | 22 |
| Department to serve as such
, any other
person certified by the | 23 |
| Department as qualified to serve as a confidential
| 24 |
| intermediary , or any employee of a licensed child welfare | 25 |
| agency certified
by the agency as qualified to serve as a | 26 |
| confidential intermediary .
Certification shall be dependent | 27 |
| upon the
confidential intermediary completing a course of | 28 |
| training including, but not
limited to, applicable federal and | 29 |
| State privacy laws.
| 30 |
| (f) Confidential Intermediary Council. There shall be | 31 |
| established under the
Department of Children and Family
| 32 |
| Services a Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. One | 33 |
| member shall be an
attorney representing the Attorney General's | 34 |
| Office appointed by the Attorney
General. One member shall be a | 35 |
| currently certified confidential intermediary
appointed by the | 36 |
| Director of the Department of Children and Family Services.
The |
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| Director shall also appoint 5 additional members. When making | 2 |
| those
appointments, the Director shall consider advocates for | 3 |
| adopted persons,
adoptive parents, birth parents, lawyers who | 4 |
| represent clients in private
adoptions, lawyers specializing | 5 |
| in privacy law, and representatives of agencies
involved in | 6 |
| adoptions. The Director shall appoint one of the 7 members as
| 7 |
| the chairperson. An attorney from the Department of Children | 8 |
| and Family
Services
and the person directly responsible for | 9 |
| administering the confidential
intermediary program shall | 10 |
| serve as ex-officio, non-voting advisors to the
Council. | 11 |
| Council members shall serve at the discretion of the Director | 12 |
| and
shall receive no compensation other than reasonable | 13 |
| expenses approved by the
Director. The Council shall meet no | 14 |
| less than twice yearly, and shall make
recommendations to the | 15 |
| Director regarding the development of rules, procedures,
and | 16 |
| forms that will ensure efficient and effective operation of the
| 17 |
| confidential intermediary process, including:
| 18 |
| (1) Standards for certification for confidential | 19 |
| intermediaries.
| 20 |
| (2) Oversight of methods used to verify that | 21 |
| intermediaries are complying
with the appropriate laws.
| 22 |
| (3) Training for confidential intermediaries, | 23 |
| including training with
respect to federal and State | 24 |
| privacy laws.
| 25 |
| (4) The relationship between confidential | 26 |
| intermediaries and the court
system, including the | 27 |
| development of sample orders defining the scope of the
| 28 |
| intermediaries' access to information.
| 29 |
| (5) Any recent violations of policy or procedures by | 30 |
| confidential
intermediaries and remedial steps, including | 31 |
| decertification, to prevent future
violations.
| 32 |
| (g) Access. Subject to the limitations of subsection (i) | 33 |
| of this
Section, the
confidential
intermediary shall have | 34 |
| access to vital records maintained by the Department of
Public | 35 |
| Health and its local designees for the maintenance of vital | 36 |
| records and
all records of the court or any adoption agency,
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| public
or private, as limited in this Section, which relate to | 2 |
| the adoption or the identity and location of an
adopted or | 3 |
| surrendered person, of an adult child or surviving spouse of a | 4 |
| deceased adopted or surrendered person, or of a birth
parent, | 5 |
| birth sibling, or the sibling of a deceased birth parent. The
| 6 |
| confidential intermediary shall not have access to any personal | 7 |
| health
information protected by the Standards for Privacy of | 8 |
| Individually
Identifiable Health Information adopted by the | 9 |
| U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services under the Health | 10 |
| Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 unless the | 11 |
| confidential intermediary has obtained written consent from | 12 |
| the
person whose information is being sought or, if that person | 13 |
| is a minor child,
that person's parent or guardian. | 14 |
| Confidential
intermediaries shall be authorized to inspect | 15 |
| confidential relinquishment and
adoption records. The | 16 |
| confidential intermediary shall not be authorized to
access | 17 |
| medical
records, financial records, credit records, banking | 18 |
| records, home studies,
attorney file records, or other personal | 19 |
| records.
In cases where a birth parent is being sought, an | 20 |
| adoption agency shall inform
the confidential intermediary of | 21 |
| any statement filed pursuant to Section 18.3 , hereinafter | 22 |
| referred to as "the 18.3 statement",
indicating a desire of the | 23 |
| surrendering birth parent to have identifying
information | 24 |
| shared or to not have identifying information shared. If there | 25 |
| was
a clear statement of intent by the sought-after birth | 26 |
| parent not to have
identifying information shared, the | 27 |
| confidential intermediary shall discontinue
the search and | 28 |
| inform the petitioning party of the sought-after relative's
| 29 |
| intent. Additional Information
provided to the confidential | 30 |
| intermediary by an adoption agency shall be
restricted to the | 31 |
| full name, date of birth, place of birth, last known address,
| 32 |
| and last known telephone number of the sought-after relative | 33 |
| or, if applicable,
of the children or siblings of the | 34 |
| sought-after relative , and the 18.3 statement .
| 35 |
| (h) Adoption agency disclosure of medical information. If | 36 |
| the petitioner is
an adult adopted or surrendered person or the |
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| adoptive parent of a
minor and if the petitioner has signed a | 2 |
| written authorization to disclose
personal medical | 3 |
| information, an adoption agency disclosing information to a
| 4 |
| confidential intermediary shall disclose available medical | 5 |
| information about
the adopted or surrendered person from birth | 6 |
| through adoption.
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| (i) Duties of confidential intermediary in conducting a | 8 |
| search. In
conducting
a search under this Section, the | 9 |
| confidential intermediary shall first confirm
that there is no | 10 |
| Denial of Information Exchange on file with the Illinois
| 11 |
| Adoption Registry. If the petitioner is an adult child of an | 12 |
| adopted or surrendered person
who is deceased, the
confidential | 13 |
| intermediary shall additionally confirm that the adopted or | 14 |
| surrendered person
did not file a Denial of Information | 15 |
| Exchange with the Illinois Adoption
Registry during his or her | 16 |
| life. If the petitioner is an adult birth sibling of
an
adopted
| 17 |
| or surrendered person or an adult sibling of a birth parent who | 18 |
| is deceased,
the confidential intermediary shall
additionally | 19 |
| confirm that the birth parent did not file a Denial of | 20 |
| Information
Exchange with the Registry during his or her life. | 21 |
| If the confidential
intermediary learns that a sought-after | 22 |
| birth parent signed a statement
indicating his or her intent | 23 |
| not to have identifying information shared, and
did not later | 24 |
| file an Information Exchange Authorization with the Adoption
| 25 |
| Registry, the confidential intermediary shall discontinue the | 26 |
| search and inform
the petitioning party of the birth parent's | 27 |
| intent.
| 28 |
| In conducting a search under this Section, the confidential | 29 |
| intermediary
shall attempt to locate the relative or relatives | 30 |
| from whom the petitioner has
requested information. If the | 31 |
| sought-after relative is deceased
or cannot be located after a | 32 |
| diligent search, the
confidential intermediary may contact | 33 |
| other adult biological relatives of the
sought-after relative.
| 34 |
| The confidential intermediary shall contact a sought-after | 35 |
| relative on
behalf of the petitioner in a manner that respects | 36 |
| the sought-after relative's
privacy and shall inform the |
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| sought-after relative of the petitioner's request
for medical | 2 |
| information, identifying information or contact as stated in | 3 |
| the
petition. Based upon the terms of the petitioner's request, | 4 |
| the confidential
intermediary shall contact a sought-after | 5 |
| relative on behalf of the petitioner
and inform the | 6 |
| sought-after relative of the following options:
| 7 |
| (1) The sought-after relative may totally reject one or | 8 |
| all of the
requests for medical information, identifying | 9 |
| information or
contact. The sought-after relative shall be | 10 |
| informed that they can
provide a medical questionnaire to | 11 |
| be forwarded to the petitioner
without releasing any | 12 |
| identifying information. The confidential
intermediary | 13 |
| shall inform the petitioner of the sought-after
relative's | 14 |
| decision to reject the sharing of information or contact.
| 15 |
| (2) The sought-after relative may consent to | 16 |
| completing a medical
questionnaire only. In this case, the | 17 |
| confidential intermediary
shall provide the questionnaire | 18 |
| and ask the sought-after relative to
complete it. The | 19 |
| confidential intermediary shall forward the
completed | 20 |
| questionnaire to the petitioner and inform the petitioner
| 21 |
| of the sought-after relative's desire to not provide any | 22 |
| additional
information.
| 23 |
| (3) The sought-after relative may communicate with the | 24 |
| petitioner
without having his or her identity disclosed. In | 25 |
| this case, the
confidential intermediary shall arrange the | 26 |
| desired communication
in a manner that protects the | 27 |
| identity of the sought-after relative.
The confidential | 28 |
| intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the
| 29 |
| sought-after relative's decision to communicate but not | 30 |
| disclose
his or her identity.
| 31 |
| (4) The sought after relative may consent to initiate | 32 |
| contact with the
petitioner. If both the petitioner and the | 33 |
| sought-after relative or
relatives are eligible to | 34 |
| register with the Illinois Adoption Registry,
the | 35 |
| confidential intermediary shall provide the necessary
| 36 |
| application forms and request that the sought-after |
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| relative
register with the Illinois Adoption Registry. If | 2 |
| either the petitioner
or the sought-after relative or | 3 |
| relatives are ineligible to register
with the Illinois | 4 |
| Adoption Registry, the confidential intermediary
shall | 5 |
| obtain written consents from both parties that they wish to
| 6 |
| disclose their identities to each other and to have contact | 7 |
| 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 me | 16 |
| to civil liability
and to a potential finding of contempt | 17 |
| of court.
................................
| 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.
| 27 |
| (2) Any person who learns a sought-after
relative's | 28 |
| identity, directly or indirectly, through the use of | 29 |
| procedures
provided in this Section and who improperly | 30 |
| discloses information identifying
the sought-after | 31 |
| relative shall be liable to the sought-after relative for
| 32 |
| actual damages plus minimum punitive damages of $10,000.
| 33 |
| (3) The Department shall fine any confidential | 34 |
| intermediary who improperly
discloses
confidential | 35 |
| information in violation of item (1) or (2) of this | 36 |
| subsection (k)
an amount up to $2,000 per improper |
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| disclosure. This fine does not affect
civil liability under | 2 |
| item (2) of this subsection (k). The Department shall
| 3 |
| deposit all fines and penalties collected under this | 4 |
| Section into the Illinois
Adoption Registry and Medical | 5 |
| Information Fund.
| 6 |
| (l) Death of person being sought. Notwithstanding any other | 7 |
| provision
of this Act, if the confidential intermediary | 8 |
| discovers that the person
being sought has died, he or she | 9 |
| shall report this fact to the court,
along with a copy of the | 10 |
| death certificate.
| 11 |
| (m) Any confidential information obtained by the | 12 |
| confidential intermediary
during the course of his or her | 13 |
| search shall be kept strictly confidential
and shall be used | 14 |
| for the purpose of arranging contact between the
petitioner and | 15 |
| the sought-after birth relative. At the time the case is
| 16 |
| closed, all identifying information shall be returned to the | 17 |
| court for
inclusion in the impounded adoption file.
| 18 |
| (n) If the petitioner is an adopted or surrendered person | 19 |
| 21 years of age or over or the
adoptive parent or legal | 20 |
| guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age
of | 21 |
| 21, any
non-identifying information, as defined in Section | 22 |
| 18.4, that is
ascertained during the course of the search may | 23 |
| be given in writing to
the petitioner before the case is | 24 |
| closed.
| 25 |
| (o) Except as provided in subsection (k) of this Section, | 26 |
| no liability shall
accrue to
the State, any State agency, any | 27 |
| judge, any officer or employee of the
court, any certified | 28 |
| confidential intermediary, or any agency designated
to oversee | 29 |
| confidential intermediary services for acts, omissions, or
| 30 |
| efforts made in good faith within the scope of this Section.
| 31 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-189, eff.
1-1-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 33 |
| 1, 2006.
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