Full Text of HB5459 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning children.
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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 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 35 as follows: | 6 |
| (325 ILCS 2/35)
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| Sec. 35. Information for relinquishing person. | 8 |
| (a) A hospital, police
station, fire station,
or emergency
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| medical facility that receives a newborn infant relinquished in | 10 |
| accordance with
this
Act must offer an information packet to | 11 |
| the relinquishing person and, if
possible, must clearly inform | 12 |
| the relinquishing person that his or her
acceptance of the
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| information is completely voluntary , that registration with | 14 |
| the Illinois
Adoption Registry and Medical Information | 15 |
| Exchange is voluntary, that the
person will remain anonymous if | 16 |
| he or she completes a Denial of Information
Exchange, and that | 17 |
| the person has the option to provide medical information
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| and still remain anonymous . The
information packet must include | 19 |
| all of
the following:
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| (1) Blank All Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | 21 |
| Information Exchange
application forms, including the | 22 |
| Medical Information
Exchange Questionnaire and
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| site address and toll-free phone number of the Registry .
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| (2) Written notice of the following:
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| (A) No sooner than 60 days following the date of | 3 |
| the
initial relinquishment of the infant to a hospital, | 4 |
| police station,
fire station, or emergency medical | 5 |
| facility, the child-placing agency or the
Department | 6 |
| will
commence proceedings for the termination of
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| parental rights and placement of the infant for
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| adoption.
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| (B) Failure of a parent of the
infant to contact | 10 |
| the Department and
petition for the return of custody | 11 |
| of the
infant before termination of parental rights
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| bars any future action asserting legal rights
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| respect to the infant.
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| (3) A resource list of providers of counseling
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| including grief counseling, pregnancy counseling, and
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| counseling regarding adoption and other available options | 17 |
| for placement of the
infant.
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| Upon request of a parent , the Department of Public Health | 19 |
| shall provide the
application forms for the Illinois Adoption | 20 |
| Registry and Medical Information
Exchange to hospitals, police | 21 |
| stations, fire stations, and emergency
medical facilities .
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| (b) The information packet given to a relinquishing parent | 23 |
| in accordance with this Act shall include, in addition to other | 24 |
| information required under this Act, the following: | 25 |
| (1) A brochure (with a self-mailer attached) that | 26 |
| describes this Act and the rights of birth parents, |
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| including an optional section for the parent to complete | 2 |
| and mail to the Department of Children and Family Services, | 3 |
| that shall ask for basic anonymous background information | 4 |
| about the relinquished child. This brochure shall be | 5 |
| maintained by the Department on its website. | 6 |
| (2) A brochure that describes the Illinois Adoption | 7 |
| Registry, including a toll-free number and website | 8 |
| information. This brochure shall be maintained on the | 9 |
| Office of Vital Records website. | 10 |
| (3) A brochure describing postpartum health | 11 |
| information for the mother. | 12 |
| The information packet shall be designed in coordination | 13 |
| between the Office of Vital Records and the Department of | 14 |
| Children and Family Services, with the exception of the | 15 |
| resource list of providers of counseling services and adoption | 16 |
| agencies, which shall be provided by the hospital, fire | 17 |
| station, police station, sheriff's office, or emergency | 18 |
| medical facility. | 19 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01; | 20 |
| 93-820, eff. 7-27-04 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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