100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1785

 

Introduced , by Rep. Gregory Harris

 

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

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Defines "intersex condition", "licensed health care professional", and "licensed mental health professional". Changes provisions concerning the issuance of new birth certificates for individuals that have undergone gender transition treatment. Provides that in order to change an individual's sex designation on the individual's birth certificate, a licensed health care professional or licensed mental health professional must make a declaration concerning the treatment. Requires that the licensed health care professional or licensed mental health professional sign and date a specified statement. Provides that newly issued birth certificates may reflect a name change if the documents for a name change are submitted. Changes a reference from "sex change" to "change of sex designation". Provides that following the issuance of a new birth certificate, the individual may request the original certificate and evidence of adoption, paternity, legitimation, or change of sex designation for inspection or certification purposes. Makes corresponding changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5Section 1 and 17 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
7    Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
8requires:
9    (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal
10deaths, marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related
11thereto.
12    (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration,
13collection, preservation, amendment, and certification of
14vital records, and activities related thereto.
15    (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate,
16report, or other record provided for in this Act, of a birth,
17death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, or dissolution of
18marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital Records.
19    (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of
20Vital Records and the incorporation in its official records of
21certificates, reports, or other records provided for in this
22Act, of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or
23dissolution of marriages.

 

 

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1    (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction
2from its mother of a product of human conception, irrespective
3of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation
4breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of
5the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite
6movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical
7cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
8    (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete
9expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human
10conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the
11death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the
12fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such
13as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
14definite movement of voluntary muscles.
15    (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of
16such body or bones thereof from the state of which it may
17reasonably be concluded that death has occurred.
18    (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or
19other disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts
20thereof.
21    (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice
22medicine in Illinois or any other State.
23    (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or
24private, which provides in-patient medical, surgical, or
25diagnostic care or treatment, or nursing, custodial, or
26domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated individuals, or to

 

 

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1which persons are committed by law.
2    (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of
3the State of Illinois.
4    (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
5Department of Public Health.
6    (13) "Licensed health care professional" means a person
7licensed to practice as a physician, advanced practice nurse,
8or physician assistant in Illinois or any other state.
9    (14) "Licensed mental health professional" means a person
10who is licensed or registered to provide mental health services
11by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or a
12board of registration duly authorized to register or grant
13licenses to persons engaged in the practice of providing mental
14health services in Illinois or any other state.
15    (15) "Intersex condition" means a condition in which a
16person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy or
17chromosome pattern that does not fit typical definitions of
18male or female.
19(Source: P.A. 81-230.)
 
20    (410 ILCS 535/17)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17)
21    Sec. 17. (1) For a person born in this State, the State
22Registrar of Vital Records shall establish a new certificate of
23birth when he receives any of the following:
24        (a) A certificate of adoption as provided in Section 16
25    or a certified copy of the order of adoption together with

 

 

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1    the information necessary to identify the original
2    certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate
3    of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not
4    be established if so requested by the court ordering the
5    adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
6        (b) A certificate of adoption or a certified copy of
7    the order of adoption entered in a court of competent
8    jurisdiction of any other state or country declaring
9    adopted a child born in the State of Illinois, together
10    with the information necessary to identify the original
11    certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate
12    of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not
13    be established if so requested by the court ordering the
14    adoption, the adoptive parents, or the adopted person.
15        (c) A request that a new certificate be established and
16    such evidence as required by regulation proving that such
17    person has been legitimatized, or that the circuit court,
18    the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
19    Illinois Department of Public Aid), or a court or
20    administrative agency of any other state has established
21    the paternity of such a person by judicial or
22    administrative processes or by voluntary acknowledgment,
23    which is accompanied by the social security numbers of all
24    persons determined and presumed to be the parents.
25        (d) A declaration An affidavit by a licensed health
26    care professional or licensed mental health professional

 

 

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1    who has treated or evaluated a person stating physician
2    that the he has performed an operation on a person has
3    undergone treatment that is clinically appropriate for
4    that individual for the purpose of gender transition, based
5    on contemporary medical standards, or that the individual
6    has an intersex condition, and that by reason of the
7    operation the sex designation on such person's birth record
8    should therefore be changed. The information in the
9    declaration shall be proved by the licensed health care
10    professional or licensed mental health professional
11    signing and dating it in substantially the following form:
12    "I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of
13    perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
14    (date).". The new certificate of birth shall reflect any
15    legal name change, so long as the appropriate documentation
16    of the name change is submitted. The State Registrar of
17    Vital Records may make any investigation or require any
18    further information he deems necessary.
19    Each request for a new certificate of birth shall be
20accompanied by a fee of $15 and entitles the applicant to one
21certification or certified copy of the new certificate. If the
22request is for additional copies, it shall be accompanied by a
23fee of $2 for each additional certification or certified copy.
24    (2) When a new certificate of birth is established, the
25actual place and date of birth shall be shown; provided, in the
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1were residents of this State at the time of the birth of the
2adopted person, the place of birth may be shown as the place of
3residence of the adoptive parents at the time of such person's
4birth, if specifically requested by them, and any new
5certificate of birth established prior to the effective date of
6this amendatory Act may be corrected accordingly if so
7requested by the adoptive parents or the adopted person when of
8legal age. The social security numbers of the parents shall not
9be recorded on the certificate of birth. The social security
10numbers may only be used for purposes allowed under federal
11law. The new certificate shall be substituted for the original
12certificate of birth:
13        (a) Thereafter, the original certificate and the
14    evidence of adoption, paternity, legitimation, or sex
15    change of sex designation shall not be subject to
16    inspection or certification except upon order of the
17    circuit court, request of the person, or as provided by
18    regulation. If the new certificate was issued subsequent to
19    an adoption, the original certificate shall not be subject
20    to inspection until the adopted person has reached the age
21    of 21; thereafter, the original certificate shall be made
22    available as provided by Section 18.1b of the Adoption Act.
23        (b) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption,
24    the original certificate of birth shall be restored to its
25    place in the files, and the new certificate and evidence
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1    upon order of the circuit court.
2    (3) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person
3for whom a new certificate is to be established under this
4Section, a delayed record of birth shall be filed with the
5State Registrar of Vital Records as provided in Section 14 or
6Section 15 of this Act before a new certificate of birth is
7established, except that when the date and place of birth and
8parentage have been established in the adoption proceedings, a
9delayed record shall not be required.
10    (4) When a new certificate of birth is established by the
11State Registrar of Vital Records, all copies of the original
12certificate of birth in the custody of any custodian of
13permanent local records in this State shall be transmitted to
14the State Registrar of Vital Records as directed, and shall be
15sealed from inspection except as provided by Section 18.1b of
16the Adoption Act.
17    (5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
18the amendment of a birth certificate in accordance with
19subsection (6) of Section 22.
20(Source: P.A. 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)