Bill Text: IL HB5949 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Adoption Act. Defines "adult grandchild" as the biological grandchild 21 years of age or over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person. Replaces references to the Adoption Advisory Council with references to the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. Makes changes in Sections concerning the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange; the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council; disclosure of identifying information; registry matches; the Illinois Adoption Registry Application; and forms. In the Section concerning confidential intermediaries, makes changes in subsections concerning: general purposes; eligibility of petitioner; the petition; confidential intermediary access to information; remedies in the event of a missing or lost original birth certificate; and duties of the confidential intermediary in conducting a search.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0704 [HB5949 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5949-Amended.html

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Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Filed: 4/2/2014

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5949
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5949 on page 63,
line 15, by changing "or surviving spouse" to "surviving
spouse, or birth parent of an adult adopted person"; and
on page 63, by inserting immediately below line 19 the
following:
"(m) Beginning on January 1, 2015, any birth parent of an
adult adopted person named on the original birth certificate
may request a non-certified copy of the original birth
certificate reflecting the birth of the adult adopted person,
provided that:
(1) any non-certified copy of the original birth
certificate released under this subsection (m) shall not
reflect the State file number on the original birth
certificate; and
(2) if the Department of Public Health does not locate

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the original birth certificate, it shall issue a
certification of no record found."; and
on page 67, by replacing lines 2 through 9 with the following:
"fee shall be charged to any petitioner if the petitioner is an
adult adopted or surrendered person and the sought-after
relative is a birth parent who filed or who did not file a
Denial with the Registry prior to January 1, 2011, or filed a
Birth Parent Preference Form on which Option E was selected
after January 1, 2011 and more than 5 years have transpired
since the birth parent filed the Denial of Information Exchange
or Birth Parent Preference Form on which Option E was
selected.".