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Full Text of HB3967  99th General Assembly

HB3967ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/19/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3967

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3967 on page 1, by
3replacing line 5 with the following:
 
4"18.06, 18.1, 18.1a, 18.1b, 18.2, 18.3a, and 18.6 as follows:";
5and
 
6on page 10, by inserting immediately below line 11 the
7following:
 
8    "(k-5) The Department of Public Health shall supply to the
9adopted or surrendered person and to a birth grandparent
10identifying information only if both the adopted or surrendered
11person and the birth grandparent have filed with the Registry
12an Information Exchange Authorization and the information at
13the Registry indicates that the consenting adopted or
14surrendered person is or was the child of a deceased birth
15mother or birth father."; and
 

 

 

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1on page 12, by inserting immediately below line 12 the
2following:
 
3    "(750 ILCS 50/18.1a)
4    Sec. 18.1a. Registry matches.
5    (a) The Registry shall release identifying information, as
6specified on the applicant's Information Exchange
7Authorization or, if applicable, a Birth Parent Preference
8Form, to the following mutually consenting registered parties
9and provide them with any photographs or correspondence which
10have been placed in the Adoption/Surrender Records File and are
11specifically intended for the registered parties:
12        (i) an adult adopted or surrendered person and one of
13    his or her birth relatives who have both filed an
14    applicable Information Exchange Authorization or, if
15    applicable, a Birth Parent Preference Form specifying the
16    other consenting party with the Registry, if information
17    available to the Registry confirms that the consenting
18    adopted or surrendered person is biologically related to
19    the consenting birth relative;
20        (ii) the adoptive parent or legal guardian of an
21    adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21 and one
22    of the adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who
23    have both filed an Information Exchange Authorization
24    specifying the other consenting party, or, if applicable, a

 

 

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1    Birth Parent Preference Form, with the Registry, if
2    information available to the Registry confirms that the
3    child of the consenting adoptive parent or legal guardian
4    is biologically related to the consenting birth relative;
5    and
6        (iii) the adoptive parent, adult child, adult
7    grandchild, birth grandparent, or surviving spouse of a
8    deceased adopted or surrendered person, and one of the
9    adopted or surrendered person's birth relatives who have
10    both filed an applicable Information Exchange
11    Authorization specifying the other consenting party or, if
12    applicable, a Birth Parent Preference Form, with the
13    Registry, if information available to the Registry
14    confirms that the child of the consenting adoptive parent,
15    the parent of the consenting adult child or the deceased
16    wife or husband of the consenting surviving spouse of the
17    adopted or surrendered person was biologically related to
18    the consenting birth relative.
19    (b) If a registrant is the subject of a Denial of
20Information Exchange filed by another registered party or is an
21adopted or surrendered person, or the surviving relative of a
22deceased adopted or surrendered person, and a birth parent of
23the adopted or surrendered person completed a Birth Parent
24Preference Form and selected Option E, the Registry shall not
25release identifying information to either registrant or, if
26applicable, to an adopted person who has requested a copy of

 

 

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1his or her original birth certificate, with the exception of
2non-certified copies of the original birth certificate
3released under Section 18.1b(e), and as to a birth parent who
4has prohibited release of identifying information on the
5original birth certificate to the adult adopted or surrendered
6person, upon the death of said birth parent.
7    (c) If a registrant has completed a Medical Information
8Exchange Questionnaire and has consented to its disclosure,
9that Questionnaire shall be released to any registered party
10who has indicated their desire to receive such information on
11his or her Illinois Adoption Registry Application, if
12information available to the Registry confirms that the
13consenting parties are biologically related, that the
14consenting birth relative and the child of the consenting
15adoptive parents or legal guardians are birth relatives, or
16that the consenting birth relative and the deceased wife or
17husband of the consenting surviving spouse are birth relatives.
18(Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11; 98-704, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
19    (750 ILCS 50/18.1b)
20    Sec. 18.1b. The Illinois Adoption Registry Application.
21The Illinois Adoption Registry Application shall substantially
22include the following:
23        (a) General Information. The Illinois Adoption
24    Registry Application shall include the space to provide
25    Information about the registrant including his or her

 

 

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1    surname, given name or names, social security number
2    (optional), mailing address, home telephone number,
3    gender, date and place of birth, and the date of
4    registration. If applicable and known to the registrant, he
5    or she may include the maiden surname of the birth mother,
6    any subsequent surnames of the birth mother, the surname of
7    the birth father, the given name or names of the birth
8    parents, the dates and places of birth of the birth
9    parents, the surname and given name or names of the adopted
10    person prior to adoption, the gender and date and place of
11    birth of the adopted or surrendered person, the name of the
12    adopted person following his or her adoption and the state
13    and county where the judgment of adoption was finalized.
14        (b) Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire. In
15    recognition of the importance of medical information and of
16    recent discoveries regarding the genetic origin of many
17    medical conditions and diseases all registrants shall be
18    asked to voluntarily complete a Medical Information
19    Exchange Questionnaire. The Medical Information Exchange
20    Questionnaire shall include a comprehensive check-list of
21    medical conditions and diseases including those of genetic
22    origin.
23            (1) Birth relatives shall be asked to indicate all
24        genetically-inherited diseases and conditions on this
25        list which are known to exist in the adopted or
26        surrendered person's birth family at the time of

 

 

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1        registration. In addition, all birth relatives shall
2        be apprised of the Registry's provisions for
3        voluntarily submitting information about their and
4        their family's medical histories on a confidential,
5        ongoing basis.
6            (2) Adopted and surrendered persons and their
7        adoptive parents, legal guardians, adult children,
8        adult grandchildren, and surviving spouses shall be
9        asked to indicate all genetically-inherited diseases
10        and medical conditions with which the adopted or
11        surrendered person or, if applicable, his or her
12        children have been diagnosed since birth.
13            (3) The Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire
14        shall include a space where the registrant may
15        authorize the release of the Medical Information
16        Exchange Questionnaire to specified registered parties
17        and a disclaimer informing registrants that the
18        Department of Public Health cannot guarantee the
19        accuracy of medical information exchanged through the
20        Registry.
21        (c) Written statement. All registrants shall be given
22    the opportunity to voluntarily file a written statement
23    with the Registry. This statement shall be submitted in the
24    space provided. No written statement submitted to the
25    Registry shall include identifying information pertaining
26    to any person other than the registrant who submitted it.

 

 

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1    Any such identifying information shall be redacted by the
2    Department or returned for removal of identifying
3    information.
4        (d) Exchange of information. All registrants except
5    birth parents may indicate their wishes regarding contact
6    and the exchange of identifying and/or medical information
7    with any other registrant by completing an Information
8    Exchange Authorization or a Denial of Information
9    Exchange. Birth parents may indicate their wishes
10    regarding contact by filing a Birth Parent Preference Form
11    pursuant to the procedures outlined in this Section.
12            (1) Information Exchange Authorization. Adopted or
13        surrendered persons 21 years of age or over who are
14        interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical
15        information or would welcome contact with one or more
16        of their birth relatives; birth siblings 21 years of
17        age or over who were adopted or surrendered and who are
18        interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical
19        information or would welcome contact with an adopted or
20        surrendered person, or one or more of his or her
21        adoptive parents, legal guardians, adult children,
22        adult grandchildren, or a surviving spouse; birth
23        siblings 21 years of age or over who were not
24        surrendered and who have submitted proof of death for
25        any common birth parent who did not file a Denial of
26        Information Exchange or a Birth Parent Preference Form

 

 

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1        on which Option E was selected prior to his or her
2        death, and who are interested in exchanging
3        identifying and/or medical information or would
4        welcome contact with an adopted or surrendered person,
5        or one or more of his or her adoptive parents, legal
6        guardians, adult children, adult grandchildren, or a
7        surviving spouse; birth aunts and birth uncles 21 years
8        of age or over who have submitted birth certificates
9        for themselves and a deceased birth parent naming at
10        least one common biological parent as well as proof of
11        death for a deceased birth parent and who are
12        interested in exchanging identifying and/or medical
13        information or would welcome contact with an adopted or
14        surrendered person 21 years of age or over, or one or
15        more of his or her adoptive parents, legal guardians,
16        adult children, adult grandchildren, or a surviving
17        spouse; birth grandparents who have submitted birth
18        certificates for themselves and a deceased birth
19        parent as well as proof of death for a deceased birth
20        parent and who are interested in exchanging
21        identifying and/or medical information or would
22        welcome contact with an adopted or surrendered person
23        21 years of age or over, or one or more of his or her
24        adoptive parents, legal guardians, adult children,
25        adult grandchildren, or a surviving spouse; adoptive
26        parents or legal guardians of adopted or surrendered

 

 

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1        persons under the age of 21 who are interested in
2        exchanging identifying and/or medical information or
3        would welcome contact with one or more of the adopted
4        or surrendered person's birth relatives; adoptive
5        parents and legal guardians of deceased adopted or
6        surrendered persons 21 years of age or over who have
7        submitted proof of death for a deceased adopted or
8        surrendered person who did not file a Denial of
9        Information Exchange prior to his or her death and who
10        are interested in exchanging identifying and/or
11        medical information or would welcome contact with one
12        or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth
13        relatives; adult children of deceased adopted or
14        surrendered persons who have submitted a birth
15        certificate naming the adopted or surrendered person
16        as their biological parent, and, in the case of adult
17        grandchildren, their birth certificate and a birth
18        certificate naming the adopted or surrendered person
19        as their parent's biological parent, and proof of death
20        for an adopted or surrendered person who did not file a
21        Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her
22        death; and surviving spouses of deceased adopted or
23        surrendered persons who have submitted a marriage
24        certificate naming an adopted or surrendered person as
25        their deceased wife or husband and proof of death for
26        an adopted or surrendered person who did not file a

 

 

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1        Denial of Information Exchange prior to his or her
2        death and who are interested in exchanging identifying
3        and/or medical information or would welcome contact
4        with one or more of the adopted or surrendered person's
5        birth relatives may specify with whom they wish to
6        exchange identifying information by filing an
7        Information Exchange Authorization.
8            (2) Denial of Information Exchange. Adopted or
9        surrendered persons 21 years of age or over who do not
10        wish to exchange identifying information or establish
11        contact with one or more of their birth relatives may
12        specify with whom they do not wish to exchange
13        identifying information or do not wish to establish
14        contact by filing a Denial of Information Exchange.
15        Birth relatives other than birth parents who do not
16        wish to establish contact with an adopted or
17        surrendered person or one or more of his or her
18        adoptive parents, legal guardians, or adult children
19        or adult grandchildren may specify with whom they do
20        not wish to exchange identifying information or do not
21        wish to establish contact by filing a Denial of
22        Information Exchange. Birth parents who wish to
23        prohibit the release of their identifying information
24        on the original birth certificate released to an adult
25        adopted or surrendered person who was born after
26        January 1, 1946, or to the surviving adult child, adult

 

 

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1        grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted
2        or surrendered person who was born after January 1,
3        1946, may do so by filing a Denial with the Registry on
4        or before December 31, 2010. Adoptive parents or legal
5        guardians of adopted or surrendered persons under the
6        age of 21 who do not wish to establish contact with one
7        or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth
8        relatives may specify with whom they do not wish to
9        exchange identifying information by filing a Denial of
10        Information Exchange. Adoptive parents, adult
11        children, adult grandchildren, and surviving spouses
12        of deceased adoptees who do not wish to exchange
13        identifying information or establish contact with one
14        or more of the adopted or surrendered person's birth
15        relatives may specify with whom they do not wish to
16        exchange identifying information or do not wish to
17        establish contact by filing a Denial of Information
18        Exchange.
19            (3) Birth Parent Preference Form. Beginning
20        January 1, 2011, birth parents who are eligible to
21        register with the Illinois Adoption Registry and
22        Medical Information Exchange and whose birth child was
23        born on or after January 1, 1946 may communicate their
24        wishes regarding contact or may prohibit the release of
25        identifying information on the non-certified copy of
26        the original birth certificate released under

 

 

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1        subsection (e) of this Section by filing a Birth Parent
2        Preference Form with the Registry. Birth parents whose
3        birth child was born before January 1, 1946, may
4        communicate their wishes regarding contact by
5        completing a Birth Parent Preference Form, selecting
6        Option A, B, C, or D, and filing the form with the
7        Registry, but may not prohibit the release of
8        identifying information. All Birth Parent Preference
9        Forms on file with the Registry at the time of receipt
10        of a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original
11        Birth Certificate from an adult adopted or surrendered
12        person or the surviving adult child, surviving adult
13        grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted
14        or surrendered person shall be forwarded to the
15        relevant adopted or surrendered person or surviving
16        adult child, surviving adult grandchild, or surviving
17        spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person
18        along with a non-certified copy of the adopted or
19        surrendered person's original birth certificate as
20        outlined in subsection (e) of this Section.
21        (e) Procedures for requesting a non-certified copy of
22    an original birth certificate by an adult adopted or
23    surrendered person or by a surviving adult child, adult
24    grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or
25    surrendered person:
26            (1) On or after the effective date of this

 

 

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1        amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, any adult
2        adopted or surrendered person who was born in Illinois
3        prior to January 1, 1946, may complete and file with
4        the Registry a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an
5        Original Birth Certificate. The Registry shall provide
6        such adult adopted or surrendered person with an
7        unaltered, non-certified copy of his or her original
8        birth certificate upon receipt of the Request for a
9        Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate.
10        Additionally, in cases where an adopted or surrendered
11        person born in Illinois prior to January 1, 1946, is
12        deceased, and one of his or her surviving adult
13        children, adult grandchildren, or his or her surviving
14        spouse has registered with the Registry, he or she may
15        complete and file with the Registry a Request for a
16        Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate.
17        The Registry shall provide such surviving adult child,
18        adult grandchild, or surviving spouse with an
19        unaltered, non-certified copy of the adopted or
20        surrendered person's original birth certificate upon
21        receipt of the Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an
22        Original Birth Certificate.
23            (2) Beginning November 15, 2011, any adult adopted
24        or surrendered person who was born in Illinois on or
25        after January 1, 1946, may complete and file with the
26        Registry a Request for a Non-certified Copy of an

 

 

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1        Original Birth Certificate. Additionally, in cases
2        where the adopted or surrendered person is deceased and
3        one of his or her surviving adult children, adult
4        grandchildren, or his or her surviving spouse has
5        registered with the Registry, he or she may complete
6        and file with the Registry a Request for a
7        Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate.
8        Upon receipt of such request from an adult adopted or
9        surrendered person or from one of his or her surviving
10        adult children, adult grandchildren, or his or her
11        surviving spouse, the Registry shall:
12                (i) Determine if there is a Denial of
13            Information Exchange which was filed by a birth
14            parent named on the original birth certificate
15            prior to January 1, 2011. If a Denial was filed by
16            a birth parent named on the original birth
17            certificate prior to January 1, 2011, and there is
18            no proof of death in the Registry file for the
19            birth parent who filed said Denial, the Registry
20            shall inform the requesting adult adopted or
21            surrendered person or the requesting surviving
22            adult child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse
23            of a deceased adopted or surrendered person that
24            they may receive a non-certified copy of the
25            original birth certificate from which all
26            identifying information pertaining to the birth

 

 

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1            parent who filed the Denial has been redacted. A
2            requesting adult adopted or surrendered person
3            shall also be informed in writing of his or her
4            right to petition the court for the appointment of
5            a confidential intermediary pursuant to Section
6            18.3a of this Act and, if applicable, to conduct a
7            search through an agency post-adoption search
8            program once 5 years have elapsed since the birth
9            parent filed the Denial of Information Exchange
10            with the Registry.
11                (ii) Determine if a birth parent named on the
12            original birth certificate has filed a Birth
13            Parent Preference Form. If one of the birth parents
14            named on the original birth certificate filed a
15            Birth Parent Preference Form and selected Option
16            A, B, C, or D, the Registry shall forward to the
17            adult adopted or surrendered person or to the
18            surviving adult child, adult grandchild, or
19            surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or
20            surrendered person a copy of the Birth Parent
21            Preference Form along with an unaltered
22            non-certified copy of his or her original birth
23            certificate. If one of the birth parents named on
24            the original birth certificate filed a Birth
25            Parent Preference Form and selected Option E, and
26            there is no proof of death in the Registry file for

 

 

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1            the birth parent who filed said Birth Parent
2            Preference Form, the Registry shall inform the
3            requesting adult adopted or surrendered person or
4            the requesting surviving adult child, adult
5            grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased
6            adopted or surrendered person that he or she may
7            receive a non-certified copy of the original birth
8            certificate from which identifying information
9            pertaining to the birth parent who completed the
10            Birth Parent Preference Form has been redacted per
11            the birth parent's specifications on the Form. The
12            Registry shall forward to the adult adopted or
13            surrendered person or to the surviving adult
14            child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a
15            deceased adopted or surrendered person a copy of
16            the Birth Parent Preference Form filed by the birth
17            parent from which identifying information has been
18            redacted per the birth parent's specifications on
19            the Form. The requesting adult adopted or
20            surrendered person shall also be informed in
21            writing of his or her right to petition the court
22            for the appointment of a confidential intermediary
23            pursuant to Section 18.3a of this Act, and, if
24            applicable, to conduct a search through an agency
25            post-adoption search program once 5 years have
26            elapsed since the birth parent filed the Birth

 

 

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1            Parent Preference Form, on which Option E was
2            selected, with the Registry.
3                (iii) Determine if a birth parent named on the
4            original birth certificate has filed an
5            Information Exchange Authorization.
6                (iv) If the Registry has confirmed that a
7            requesting adult adopted or surrendered person or
8            the parent of a requesting adult child of a
9            deceased adopted or surrendered person or the
10            husband or wife of a requesting surviving spouse
11            was not the object of a Denial of Information
12            Exchange filed by a birth parent on or before
13            December 31, 2010, and that no birth parent named
14            on the original birth certificate has filed a Birth
15            Parent Preference Form where Option E was selected
16            prior to the receipt of a Request for a
17            Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth
18            Certificate, the Registry shall provide the adult
19            adopted or surrendered person or his or her
20            surviving adult child or surviving spouse with an
21            unaltered non-certified copy of the adopted or
22            surrendered person's original birth certificate.
23            (3) In cases where the Registry receives a Birth
24        Parent Preference Form from a birth parent subsequent
25        to the release of the non-certified copy of the
26        original birth certificate to an adult adopted or

 

 

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1        surrendered person or to the surviving adult child,
2        adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased
3        adopted or surrendered person, the Birth Parent
4        Preference Form shall be immediately forwarded to the
5        adult adopted or surrendered person or to the surviving
6        adult child, adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of
7        the deceased adopted or surrendered person and the
8        birth parent who filed the form shall be informed that
9        the relevant original birth certificate has already
10        been released.
11            (4) A copy of the original birth certificate shall
12        only be released to adopted or surrendered persons who
13        were born in Illinois; to surviving adult children,
14        adult grandchildren, or surviving spouses of deceased
15        adopted or surrendered persons who were born in
16        Illinois; or to 2 registered parties who have both
17        consented to the release of a non-certified copy of the
18        original birth certificate to one another through the
19        Registry when the birth of the relevant adopted or
20        surrendered person took place in Illinois.
21            (5) In cases where the Registry receives a Request
22        for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth
23        Certificate from an adult adopted or surrendered
24        person who has not completed a Registry application and
25        the file of that adopted or surrendered person includes
26        an Information Exchange Authorization, Birth Parent

 

 

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1        Preference Form, or Medical Information Exchange
2        Questionnaire from one or more of his or her birth
3        relatives, the Registry shall so inform the adult
4        adopted or surrendered person and forward Registry
5        application forms to him or her along with a
6        non-certified copy of the original birth certificate
7        consistent with the procedures outlined in this
8        subsection (e).
9            (6) In cases where a birth parent registered with
10        the Registry and filed a Medical Information Exchange
11        Questionnaire prior to the effective date of this
12        amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly but gave no
13        indication as to his or her wishes regarding contact or
14        the sharing of identifying information, the Registry
15        shall contact the birth parent by written letter prior
16        to January 1, 2011, and provide him or her with the
17        opportunity to indicate his or her preference
18        regarding contact and the sharing of identifying
19        information by submitting a Birth Parent Preference
20        Form to the Registry prior to November 1, 2011.
21            (7) In cases where the Registry cannot locate a
22        copy of the original birth certificate in the Registry
23        file, they shall be authorized to request a copy of the
24        original birth certificate from the Illinois county
25        where the birth took place for placement in the
26        Registry file.

 

 

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1            (8) Adopted and surrendered persons who wish to
2        have their names placed with the Illinois Adoption
3        Registry and Medical Information Exchange may do so by
4        completing a Registry application at any time, but
5        completing a Registry application shall not be
6        required for adopted and surrendered persons who seek
7        only to obtain a copy of their original birth
8        certificate or any relevant Birth Parent Preference
9        Forms through the Registry.
10            (9) In cases where a birth parent filed a Denial of
11        Information Exchange with the Registry prior to
12        January 1, 2011, or filed a Birth Parent Preference
13        Form with the Registry and selected Option E after
14        January 1, 2011, and a proof of death for the birth
15        parent who filed the Denial or the Birth Parent
16        Preference Form has been filed with the Registry by a
17        confidential intermediary, a surviving relative of the
18        deceased birth parent, or a birth child of the deceased
19        birth parent, the Registry shall be authorized to
20        release an unaltered non-certified copy of the
21        original birth certificate to an adult adopted or
22        surrendered person or to the surviving adult child,
23        adult grandchild, or surviving spouse of a deceased
24        adopted or surrendered person who has filed a Request
25        for a Non-Certified Copy of the Original Birth
26        Certificate with the Registry.

 

 

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1            (10) On and after the effective date of this
2        amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, in cases
3        where all birth parents named on the original birth
4        certificate of an adopted or surrendered person born
5        after January 1, 1946, are deceased and copies of death
6        certificates for all birth parents named on the
7        original birth certificate have been filed with the
8        Registry by either a confidential intermediary, a
9        surviving relative of the deceased birth parent, or a
10        birth child of the deceased birth parent, the Registry
11        shall be authorized to release a non-certified copy of
12        the original birth certificate to the adopted or
13        surrendered person upon receipt of his or her Request
14        for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth
15        Certificate.
16        (f) A registrant may complete all or any part of the
17    Illinois Adoption Registry Application. All Illinois
18    Adoption Registry Applications, Information Exchange
19    Authorizations, Denials of Information Exchange, requests
20    to revoke an Information Exchange Authorization or Denial
21    of Information Exchange, Birth Parent Preference Forms,
22    and affidavits submitted to the Registry shall be
23    accompanied by proof of identification.
24(Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
2598-704, eff. 1-1-15.)"; and
 

 

 

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1on page 49, by inserting immediately below line 7 the
2following:
 
3    "(750 ILCS 50/18.6)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.6)
4    Sec. 18.6. Registry fees. The Department of Public Health
5shall levy a fee for each registrant under Sections 18.05
6through 18.5. A $15 fee shall be charged for registering with
7the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information
8Exchange. However, this fee shall be waived for all adopted or
9surrendered persons, surviving children and spouses of
10deceased adopted persons, adoptive parents, legal guardians,
11birth parents, birth grandparents, birth aunts, birth uncles,
12and birth siblings who complete a Medical Information Exchange
13Questionnaire at the time of registration and authorize its
14release to specified registered parties, and for adoptive
15parents registering within 12 months of the finalization of the
16adoption. All persons who were registered with the Illinois
17Adoption Registry prior to the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of 1999 and who wish to update their
19registration may do so without charge. No charge of any kind
20shall be made for the withdrawal of any form provided in
21Section 18.2.
22(Source: P.A. 96-895, eff. 5-21-10; 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)".