103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4727

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. William "Will" Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/25.2 new

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an individual's status as a person under guardianship with the Office of State Guardian may be verified with a copy of the court order placing the individual under the guardianship of the Office. Provides that applicable fees for a new birth certificate and search for a birth record or certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all requests made by the Office for an individual under guardianship of the Office. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures for waiver of the applicable fees. Provides that an individual under guardianship of the Office shall be provided no more than 4 birth records annually.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 adding
5Section 25.2 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/25.2 new)
7    Sec. 25.2. Office of State Guardian birth record request.
8    (a) For purposes of this Section, an individual's status
9as a person under guardianship with the Office of State
10Guardian may be verified with a copy of the court order placing
11the individual under the guardianship of the Office of State
12Guardian.
13    (b) The applicable fees under Section 17 for a new
14certificate of birth and under Section 25 for a search for a
15birth record or certified copy of a birth record shall be
16waived for all requests made by the Office of State Guardian
17for an individual under guardianship of the Office of State
18Guardian, whose status is verified under subsection (a) of
19this Section.
20    (c) The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish
21standards and procedures consistent with this Section for
22waiver of the applicable fees.
23    (d) An individual under guardianship shall be provided no

 

 

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1more than 4 birth records annually under this Section.