104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1876
 
Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Lakesia Collins
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/25.4
    Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records, in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services, shall establish standards and procedures for youth in care, former youth in care, and the legal guardians of youth in care to request the birth record of the youth in care when the applicant does not have all of the information necessary to complete the application for a new certificate of birth, a search for a birth record, or a certified copy of a birth record.


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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 changing 
5Section 25.4 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/25.4)
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 
22        as the youth in care's attorney or guardian ad litem 
23        during proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 
 
 
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1        1987. 
2    A person described in subsection (b) of this Section must 
3not be charged for verification under this Section.
4    A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this 
5verification is subject to a penalty of $100.
6    (b) The applicable fees under Section 17 for a new 
7certificate of birth and under Section 25 of this Act for a 
8search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record 
9shall be waived for all requests made by:
10        (1) a youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the 
11    Children and Family Services Act, whose status is verified 
12    under subsection (a) of this Section; or
13        (2) a person under the age of 27 who was a youth in 
14    care, as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family 
15    Services Act, on or after his or her 18th birthday and 
16    whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this 
17    Section. 
18    The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish 
19standards and procedures consistent with this Section for 
20waiver of the applicable fees. The State Registrar of Vital 
21Records, in conjunction with the Department of Children and 
22Family Services, shall establish standards and procedures for 
23youth in care, former youth in care, and the legal guardians of 
24youth in care to request the birth record of the youth in care 
25when the applicant does not have all of the information 
26necessary to complete the application for a new certificate of 
 
 
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1birth, a search for a birth record, or a certified copy of a 
2birth record. 
3    (c) A person shall be provided no more than 4 birth records 
4annually under this Section. 
5(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-1141, eff. 7-1-23.)