Public Act 103-0958
 
SB3232 EnrolledLRB103 38239 KTG 68373 b

    AN ACT concerning children.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is 
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
    (325 ILCS 2/20)
    Sec. 20. Procedures with respect to relinquished newborn 
infants. 
    (a) Hospitals. Every hospital must accept and provide all 
necessary emergency services and care to a relinquished 
newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. The hospital 
shall examine a relinquished newborn infant and perform tests 
that, based on reasonable medical judgment, are appropriate in 
evaluating whether the relinquished newborn infant was abused 
or neglected. 
    The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as 
implied consent for the hospital and its medical personnel and 
physicians on staff to treat and provide care for the infant. 
    The hospital shall be deemed to have temporary protective 
custody of a relinquished newborn infant until the infant is 
discharged to the custody of a child welfare agency or the 
Department. The hospital shall provide all available medical 
records and information to the Department and the child 
welfare agency that has accepted the referral of the infant in 
accordance with Section 50. 
    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a 
hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and 
contact information of the child welfare agency to whom 
custody of the infant was transferred. 
    (b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every 
fire station and emergency medical facility must accept and 
provide all necessary emergency services and care to a 
relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. 
    The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as 
implied consent for the fire station or emergency medical 
facility and its emergency medical professionals to treat and 
provide care for the infant, to the extent that those 
emergency medical professionals are trained to provide those 
services. 
    After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire 
station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or 
emergency medical facility's personnel must arrange for the 
transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon 
as transportation can be arranged. 
    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a fire 
station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or 
emergency medical facility must inform such person of the name 
and location of the hospital to which the infant was 
transported. 
    (c) Police stations. Every police station must accept a 
relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. 
After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a police 
station, the police station must arrange for the 
transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon 
as transportation can be arranged. The act of relinquishing a 
newborn infant serves as implied consent for the hospital to 
which the infant is transported and that hospital's medical 
personnel and physicians on staff to treat and provide care 
for the infant.
    If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be 
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant 
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a police 
station, the police station must inform such person of the 
name and location of the hospital to which the infant was 
transported. 
(Source: P.A. 103-501, eff. 1-1-24.)