Bill Text: IL HB4727 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Specifies that the fees for a new birth certificate or for a search for a birth record shall be waived for requests made by the Office of the State Guardian to the Office of the State Registrar of Vital Records in Springfield (rather than for all requests made by the Office of the State Guardian). Effective July 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-19 - Referred to Assignments [HB4727 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4727-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding
Section 25.2 as follows:
(410 ILCS 535/25.2 new)
Sec. 25.2. Office of State Guardian birth record request.
(a) For purposes of this Section, 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 of State
Guardian.
(b) The applicable fees under Section 17 for a new
certificate of birth and under Section 25 for a search for a
birth record or certified copy of a birth record shall be
waived for requests made by the Office of State Guardian to the
Office of the State Registrar of Vital Records in Springfield
for an individual under guardianship of the Office of State
Guardian, whose status is verified under subsection (a) of
this Section.
(c) The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish
standards and procedures consistent with this Section for
waiver of the applicable fees.

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(d) An individual under guardianship shall be provided no
more than 4 birth records annually under this Section.