96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1354

 

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Sen. Heather Steans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/17   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Adds a definition for "physician". Provides that any foreign physician submitting an affidavit shall submit proof of medical licensure along with the affidavit. Provides that an affidavit by a physician that he has conducted a physical examination of a person and that by reason of an operation previously performed on such person the sex designation on such person's birth record should be changed. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records may make any investigation or require any further information he deems necessary. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5 Section 17 as follows:
 
6     (410 ILCS 535/17)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17)
7     Sec. 17. (1) For a person born in this State, the State
8 Registrar of Vital Records shall establish a new certificate of
9 birth when he receives any of the following:
10         (a) A certificate of adoption as provided in Section 16
11     or a certified copy of the order of adoption together with
12     the information necessary to identify the original
13     certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate
14     of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not
15     be established if so requested by the court ordering the
16     adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
17         (b) A certificate of adoption or a certified copy of
18     the order of adoption entered in a court of competent
19     jurisdiction of any other state or country declaring
20     adopted a child born in the State of Illinois, together
21     with the information necessary to identify the original
22     certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate
23     of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not

 

 

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1     be established if so requested by the court ordering the
2     adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
3         (c) A request that a new certificate be established and
4     such evidence as required by regulation proving that such
5     person has been legitimatized, or that the circuit court,
6     the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
7     Illinois Department of Public Aid), or a court or
8     administrative agency of any other state has established
9     the paternity of such a person by judicial or
10     administrative processes or by voluntary acknowledgment,
11     which is accompanied by the social security numbers of all
12     persons determined and presumed to be the parents.
13         (d) An affidavit by a physician that he has performed
14     an operation on a person, and that by reason of the
15     operation the sex designation on such person's birth record
16     should be changed. For purposes of this subsection (d),
17     "physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in
18     Illinois, any other state, or any foreign state or country.
19     Any foreign physician submitting an affidavit under this
20     subsection (d) shall submit proof of medical licensure
21     along with the affidavit. The State Registrar of Vital
22     Records may make any investigation or require any further
23     information he deems necessary.
24         (e) An affidavit by a physician that he has conducted a
25     physical examination of a person and that by reason of an
26     operation previously performed on such person the sex

 

 

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1     designation on such person's birth record should be
2     changed. The State Registrar of Vital Records may make any
3     investigation or require any further information he deems
4     necessary.
5     Each request for a new certificate of birth shall be
6 accompanied by a fee of $15 and entitles the applicant to one
7 certification or certified copy of the new certificate. If the
8 request is for additional copies, it shall be accompanied by a
9 fee of $2 for each additional certification or certified copy.
10     (2) When a new certificate of birth is established, the
11 actual place and date of birth shall be shown; provided, in the
12 case of adoption of a person born in this State by parents who
13 were residents of this State at the time of the birth of the
14 adopted person, the place of birth may be shown as the place of
15 residence of the adoptive parents at the time of such person's
16 birth, if specifically requested by them, and any new
17 certificate of birth established prior to the effective date of
18 this amendatory Act may be corrected accordingly if so
19 requested by the adoptive parents or the adopted person when of
20 legal age. The social security numbers of the parents shall not
21 be recorded on the certificate of birth. The social security
22 numbers may only be used for purposes allowed under federal
23 law. The new certificate shall be substituted for the original
24 certificate of birth:
25         (a) Thereafter, the original certificate and the
26     evidence of adoption, paternity, legitimation, or sex

 

 

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1     change shall not be subject to inspection or certification
2     except upon order of the circuit court or as provided by
3     regulation.
4         (b) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption,
5     the original certificate of birth shall be restored to its
6     place in the files, and the new certificate and evidence
7     shall not be subject to inspection or certification except
8     upon order of the circuit court.
9     (3) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person
10 for whom a new certificate is to be established under this
11 Section, a delayed record of birth shall be filed with the
12 State Registrar of Vital Records as provided in Section 14 or
13 Section 15 of this Act before a new certificate of birth is
14 established, except that when the date and place of birth and
15 parentage have been established in the adoption proceedings, a
16 delayed record shall not be required.
17     (4) When a new certificate of birth is established by the
18 State Registrar of Vital Records, all copies of the original
19 certificate of birth in the custody of any custodian of
20 permanent local records in this State shall be transmitted to
21 the State Registrar of Vital Records as directed, and shall be
22 sealed from inspection.
23     (5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
24 the amendment of a birth certificate in accordance with
25 subsection (6) of Section 22.
26 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
2 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.