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| Public Act 099-0832 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Section | ||||
18.4 as follows:
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(750 ILCS 50/18.4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.4)
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Sec. 18.4.
(a) The agency, Department of Children and | ||||
Family Services,
Court Supportive Services, Juvenile Division | ||||
of the Circuit Court, or the
Probation Officers of the Circuit | ||||
Court involved in the adoption
proceedings shall give in | ||||
writing the following non-identifying
information, if known, | ||||
to
the adoptive parents not later than the date of placement | ||||
with the
petitioning adoptive parents: (i) age of biological | ||||
parents; (ii) their race,
religion and ethnic background; (iii) | ||||
general physical appearance of
biological parents; (iv) their | ||||
education, occupation, hobbies, interests
and talents; (v) | ||||
existence of any other children born to the biological
parents; | ||||
(vi) information about biological grandparents; reason for
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emigrating into the United States, if applicable, and country | ||||
of origin;
(vii) relationship between biological parents; | ||||
(viii) detailed
medical and mental health histories of the | ||||
child, the
biological parents, and their immediate relatives; | ||||
and (ix) the actual date
and place of birth of the adopted | ||||
person; and (x) the reason or reasons the birth parent or | ||
parents stated for placing the child for adoption, how and why | ||
the adoptive parent or parents were selected and who selected | ||
the adoptive parent or parents, and whether the birth parent or | ||
parents requested or agreed to post-adoption contact with the | ||
child at the time of placement, and, if so, the frequency and | ||
type of contact. However,
no information provided under this | ||
subsection shall disclose
the name or last known address of the | ||
biological parents, grandparents, the
siblings of the | ||
biological parents, the adopted person, or any other
relative | ||
of the adopted person.
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(b) Any adoptee 18 years of age or over shall be given the
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information in subsection (a) upon request.
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(c) The Illinois Adoption Registry shall release any | ||
non-identifying
information listed in (a) of this Section that | ||
appears on the certified copy of
the original
birth certificate | ||
or the Certificate of Adoption to an adopted person,
adoptive | ||
parent, or legal guardian who is a registrant of the Illinois
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Adoption Registry.
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(d) The Illinois Adoption Registry shall release the actual | ||
date
and place of birth of an adopted person who is 21 years of | ||
age or over
to the birth
parent if the birth parent is a | ||
registrant of the Illinois Adoption
Registry and has completed | ||
a Medical Information Exchange
Authorization.
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(e) The Illinois Adoption Registry shall release | ||
information
regarding the date the adoption was finalized and | ||
the county in which the
adoption
was finalized to a certified | ||
confidential intermediary upon submission
of a court order.
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(f) In cases where the Illinois Adoption Registry possesses
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information indicating that an adopted person who is 21 years | ||
of age or over
was
adopted in a state other than Illinois or a | ||
country other than the
United States, the Illinois Adoption | ||
Registry shall release the name of
the state or country where | ||
the adoption was finalized and, if
available, the agency | ||
involved in the adoption to a registrant of the
Illinois | ||
Adoption Registry, provided the registrant is not the subject | ||
of a
Denial of Information Exchange and the registrant has | ||
completed a Medical
Information
Exchange Authorization.
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(g) Any of the above available information for any adoption
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proceedings
completed before the effective date of this Act | ||
shall be supplied to the
adoptive parents or an adoptee 18 | ||
years of age or over upon request.
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(h) The agency, Department of Children and Family Services,
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Court
Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the Circuit | ||
Court, the Probation
Officers of the Circuit Court and any | ||
other governmental bodies having any
of the above information | ||
shall retain the file until the adoptee would
have reached the | ||
age of 99 years.
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(Source: P.A. 93-189, eff. 1-1-04.)
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