100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4909
 
Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
410 ILCS 535/25.4 new

     Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that specified fees for birth record searches or certified copies of birth records shall be waived for all requests made by a youth in care, as defined in the Children and Family Services Act, or a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in care, as defined in the Children and Family Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday. Sets forth provisions concerning verification of a person's youth in care status. Provides that a person whose fees are waived must not be charged for verification. Provides that a person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies the verification is subject to a penalty of $100. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records to establish standards and procedures for waiver of the applicable fees.  Limits a person to no more than 4 birth records annually under these provisions.
  


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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 25.4 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/25.4 new)
7    Sec. 25.4. Youth in care birth record request.
8    (a)  For the purposes of this Section, an individual's 
9status as a youth in care may be verified:
10        (1) with a copy of the court order placing the youth in 
11    the guardianship or custody of the Department of Children 
12    and Family Services or terminating the Department of 
13    Children and Family Services' guardianship or custody of 
14    the youth; or
15        (2) by a human services agency, legal services agency, 
16    or other similar agency that has knowledge of the 
17    individual's youth in care status, including, but not 
18    limited to: 
19            (A)  a child welfare agency, including the 
20        Department of Children and Family Services; or
21            (B)  the attorney or guardian ad litem who served as 
22        the youth in care's attorney or guardian ad litem 
23        during proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act. 
 
 
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1    A person described in subsection (b) of this Section must 
2not be charged for verification under this Section.
3    A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this 
4verification is subject to a penalty of $100.
5    (b)  The applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a 
6search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record 
7shall be waived for all requests made by:
8        (1) a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the 
9    Children and Family Services Act,  whose status is verified 
10    under subsection (a) of this Section; or
11        (2) a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in 
12    care, as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family 
13    Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday and 
14    whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this 
15    Section. 
16    The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish 
17standards and procedures consistent with this Section for 
18waiver of the applicable fees. 
19    (c)  A person shall be provided no more than 4 birth records 
20annually under this Section.