Bill Text: IL HB3925 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that for purposes of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, "fire station" means a fire station with at least one staff person (instead of that is staffed with at least one full-time emergency medical professional). Provides that "newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 (instead of 7) days old or less. Defines "safe haven" to mean a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn infant may be relinquished. Provides that any public reporting of information required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as "unknown". Makes changes concerning the information packet that a hospital or other facility must offer to a person who relinquishes a newborn infant. Provides that a relinquished newborn infant's mother, as well as the infant, are eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall notify a hospital to whom a newborn infant has been relinquished of the name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department to take custody of the infant from the hospital. Provides that if a relinquished newborn infant was born in a hospital and was relinquished to the hospital without having left the hospital, the Department need not verify that the infant is not a missing child before filing a petition for termination of parental rights.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0345 [HB3925 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3925-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that for purposes of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, "fire station" means a fire station with at least one staff person (instead of that is staffed with at least one full-time emergency medical professional). Provides that "newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 (instead of 7) days old or less. Defines "safe haven" to mean a hospital, fire station, police station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn infant may be relinquished. Provides that any public reporting of information required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as "unknown". Makes changes concerning the information packet that a hospital or other facility must offer to a person who relinquishes a newborn infant. Provides that a relinquished newborn infant's mother, as well as the infant, are eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall notify a hospital to whom a newborn infant has been relinquished of the name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department to take custody of the infant from the hospital. Provides that if a relinquished newborn infant was born in a hospital and was relinquished to the hospital without having left the hospital, the Department need not verify that the infant is not a missing child before filing a petition for termination of parental rights.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0345 [HB3925 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3925-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning children.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-2 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
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7 | Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | under this
Article shall be available to any of the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | classes of persons in
respect to whom a plan for coverage has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | been submitted to the Governor
by the Illinois Department and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | approved by him:
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12 | 1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Articles III and IV.
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14 | 2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | under Articles
III and IV but who fail to qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | thereunder on the basis of need, and
who have insufficient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | income and resources to meet the costs of
necessary medical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | care, including but not limited to the following:
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19 | (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | maintenance under Article
III but who fail to qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | under that Article on the basis of need and who
meet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | either of the following requirements:
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23 | (i) their income, as determined by the |
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1 | Illinois Department in
accordance with any federal | ||||||
2 | requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in
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3 | fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in | ||||||
4 | fiscal year 2002 and until
a date to be determined | ||||||
5 | by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
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6 | than 100% beginning on the date determined by the | ||||||
7 | Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official | ||||||
8 | poverty
line, as defined by the federal Office of | ||||||
9 | Management and Budget and revised
annually in | ||||||
10 | accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus | ||||||
11 | Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981, applicable to | ||||||
12 | families of the same size; or
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13 | (ii) their income, after the deduction of | ||||||
14 | costs incurred for medical
care and for other types | ||||||
15 | of remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in
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16 | fiscal year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in | ||||||
17 | fiscal year 2002 and until
a date to be determined | ||||||
18 | by the Department by rule, and equal to or less
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19 | than 100% beginning on the date determined by the | ||||||
20 | Department by rule, of the nonfarm income official | ||||||
21 | poverty
line, as defined in item (i) of this | ||||||
22 | subparagraph (a).
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23 | (b) All persons who would be determined eligible | ||||||
24 | for such basic
maintenance under Article IV by | ||||||
25 | disregarding the maximum earned income
permitted by | ||||||
26 | federal law.
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1 | 3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the | ||||||
2 | Medically
Indigent under Article VII.
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3 | 4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding | ||||||
4 | paragraphs who fall
sick, are injured, or die, not having | ||||||
5 | sufficient money, property or other
resources to meet the | ||||||
6 | costs of necessary medical care or funeral and burial
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7 | expenses.
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8 | 5.(a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact
of | ||||||
9 | pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis, and | ||||||
10 | during the
60-day period beginning on the last day of the | ||||||
11 | pregnancy, together with
their infants and children born | ||||||
12 | after September 30, 1983,
whose income and
resources are | ||||||
13 | insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
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14 | the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the
Federal | ||||||
15 | Social Security Act.
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16 | (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall | ||||||
17 | provide a plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under | ||||||
18 | paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such
plan shall provide | ||||||
19 | ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
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20 | presumptive eligibility period and establish an income | ||||||
21 | eligibility standard
that is equal to 133%
of the nonfarm | ||||||
22 | income official poverty line, as defined by
the federal | ||||||
23 | Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
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24 | accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget | ||||||
25 | Reconciliation Act of
1981, applicable to families of the | ||||||
26 | same size, provided that costs incurred
for medical care |
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1 | are not taken into account in determining such income
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2 | eligibility.
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3 | (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a | ||||||
4 | demonstration in at least one
county that will provide | ||||||
5 | medical assistance to pregnant women, together
with their | ||||||
6 | infants and children up to one year of age,
where the | ||||||
7 | income
eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the | ||||||
8 | nonfarm income official
poverty line, as defined by the | ||||||
9 | federal Office of Management and Budget.
The Illinois | ||||||
10 | Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
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11 | provided under federal law to implement such a | ||||||
12 | demonstration. Such
demonstration may establish resource | ||||||
13 | standards that are not more
restrictive than those | ||||||
14 | established under Article IV of this Code.
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15 | 6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as | ||||||
16 | dependent under
Article IV and who have insufficient income | ||||||
17 | and resources to meet the costs
of necessary medical care | ||||||
18 | to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX
of the | ||||||
19 | Federal Social Security Act.
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20 | 7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would
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21 | qualify as
disabled as defined under the Federal | ||||||
22 | Supplemental Security Income Program,
provided medical | ||||||
23 | service for such persons would be eligible for Federal
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24 | Financial Participation, and provided the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Department determines that:
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26 | (a) the person requires a level of care provided by |
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1 | a hospital, skilled
nursing facility, or intermediate | ||||||
2 | care facility, as determined by a physician
licensed to | ||||||
3 | practice medicine in all its branches;
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4 | (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside | ||||||
5 | of an institution, as
determined by a physician | ||||||
6 | licensed to practice medicine in all its branches;
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7 | (c) the estimated amount which would be expended | ||||||
8 | for care outside the
institution is not greater than | ||||||
9 | the estimated amount which would be
expended in an | ||||||
10 | institution.
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11 | 8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance | ||||||
12 | assistance
under Article IV of this Code in programs | ||||||
13 | administered by the Illinois
Department due to employment | ||||||
14 | earnings and persons in
assistance units comprised of | ||||||
15 | adults and children who become ineligible for
basic | ||||||
16 | maintenance assistance under Article VI of this Code due to
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17 | employment earnings. The plan for coverage for this class | ||||||
18 | of persons shall:
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19 | (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up | ||||||
20 | to 12 months following
termination of basic | ||||||
21 | maintenance assistance; and
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22 | (b) offer persons who have initially received 6 | ||||||
23 | months of the
coverage provided in paragraph (a) above, | ||||||
24 | the option of receiving an
additional 6 months of | ||||||
25 | coverage, subject to the following:
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26 | (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to |
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1 | provisions of the federal
Social Security Act;
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2 | (ii) such coverage shall include all services | ||||||
3 | covered while the person
was eligible for basic | ||||||
4 | maintenance assistance;
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5 | (iii) no premium shall be charged for such | ||||||
6 | coverage; and
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7 | (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the | ||||||
8 | event of a person's
failure without good cause to | ||||||
9 | file in a timely fashion reports required for
this | ||||||
10 | coverage under the Social Security Act and | ||||||
11 | coverage shall be reinstated
upon the filing of | ||||||
12 | such reports if the person remains otherwise | ||||||
13 | eligible.
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14 | 9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | ||||||
15 | (AIDS) or with
AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom | ||||||
16 | there has been a determination
that but for home or | ||||||
17 | community-based services such individuals would
require | ||||||
18 | the level of care provided in an inpatient hospital, | ||||||
19 | skilled
nursing facility or intermediate care facility the | ||||||
20 | cost of which is
reimbursed under this Article. Assistance | ||||||
21 | shall be provided to such
persons to the maximum extent | ||||||
22 | permitted under Title
XIX of the Federal Social Security | ||||||
23 | Act.
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24 | 10. Participants in the long-term care insurance | ||||||
25 | partnership program
established under the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act
Partnership for |
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1 | Long-Term Care Act who meet the
qualifications for | ||||||
2 | protection of resources described in Section 15
25 of that
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3 | Act.
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4 | 11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and | ||||||
5 | eligible for Medicaid,
pursuant to Section | ||||||
6 | 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of the Social Security Act, as
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7 | provided by the Illinois Department by rule. In | ||||||
8 | establishing eligibility standards under this paragraph | ||||||
9 | 11, the Department shall, subject to federal approval: | ||||||
10 | (a) set the income eligibility standard at not | ||||||
11 | lower than 350% of the federal poverty level; | ||||||
12 | (b) exempt retirement accounts that the person | ||||||
13 | cannot access without penalty before the age
of 59 1/2, | ||||||
14 | and medical savings accounts established pursuant to | ||||||
15 | 26 U.S.C. 220; | ||||||
16 | (c) allow non-exempt assets up to $25,000 as to | ||||||
17 | those assets accumulated during periods of eligibility | ||||||
18 | under this paragraph 11; and
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19 | (d) continue to apply subparagraphs (b) and (c) in | ||||||
20 | determining the eligibility of the person under this | ||||||
21 | Article even if the person loses eligibility under this | ||||||
22 | paragraph 11.
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23 | 12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are | ||||||
24 | eligible for medical
assistance coverage under applicable | ||||||
25 | provisions of the federal Social Security
Act and the | ||||||
26 | federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and |
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1 | Treatment Act of
2000. Those eligible persons are defined | ||||||
2 | to include, but not be limited to,
the following persons:
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3 | (1) persons who have been screened for breast or | ||||||
4 | cervical cancer under
the U.S. Centers for Disease | ||||||
5 | Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer
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6 | Program established under Title XV of the federal | ||||||
7 | Public Health Services Act in
accordance with the | ||||||
8 | requirements of Section 1504 of that Act as | ||||||
9 | administered by
the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
10 | Health; and
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11 | (2) persons whose screenings under the above | ||||||
12 | program were funded in whole
or in part by funds | ||||||
13 | appropriated to the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
14 | Health
for breast or cervical cancer screening.
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15 | "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be | ||||||
16 | identical to the benefits
provided under the State's | ||||||
17 | approved plan under Title XIX of the Social Security
Act. | ||||||
18 | The Department must request federal approval of the | ||||||
19 | coverage under this
paragraph 12 within 30 days after the | ||||||
20 | effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General | ||||||
21 | Assembly.
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22 | 13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval, | ||||||
23 | persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible | ||||||
24 | under this Article and who qualify for services covered | ||||||
25 | under Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department | ||||||
26 | by rule.
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1 | 14. Subject to the availability of funds for this | ||||||
2 | purpose, the Department may provide coverage under this | ||||||
3 | Article to persons who reside in Illinois who are not | ||||||
4 | eligible under any of the preceding paragraphs and who meet | ||||||
5 | the income guidelines of paragraph 2(a) of this Section and | ||||||
6 | (i) have an application for asylum pending before the | ||||||
7 | federal Department of Homeland Security or on appeal before | ||||||
8 | a court of competent jurisdiction and are represented | ||||||
9 | either by counsel or by an advocate accredited by the | ||||||
10 | federal Department of Homeland Security and employed by a | ||||||
11 | not-for-profit organization in regard to that application | ||||||
12 | or appeal, or (ii) are receiving services through a | ||||||
13 | federally funded torture treatment center. Medical | ||||||
14 | coverage under this paragraph 14 may be provided for up to | ||||||
15 | 24 continuous months from the initial eligibility date so | ||||||
16 | long as an individual continues to satisfy the criteria of | ||||||
17 | this paragraph 14. If an individual has an appeal pending | ||||||
18 | regarding an application for asylum before the Department | ||||||
19 | of Homeland Security, eligibility under this paragraph 14 | ||||||
20 | may be extended until a final decision is rendered on the | ||||||
21 | appeal. The Department may adopt rules governing the | ||||||
22 | implementation of this paragraph 14.
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23 | 15. A newborn infant relinquished in accordance with | ||||||
24 | the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, and the | ||||||
25 | infant's mother, as provided in Section 45 of that Act. | ||||||
26 | The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a |
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1 | plan for
coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as | ||||||
2 | soon as possible after
July 1, 1984.
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3 | The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance | ||||||
4 | under this
Article is not affected by the payment of any grant | ||||||
5 | under the Senior
Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | ||||||
6 | Relief and Pharmaceutical
Assistance Act or any distributions | ||||||
7 | or items of income described under
subparagraph (X) of
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8 | paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Income Tax
Act. The Department shall by rule establish the | ||||||
10 | amounts of
assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility | ||||||
11 | for medical assistance,
which shall at a minimum equal the | ||||||
12 | amounts to be disregarded under the
Federal Supplemental | ||||||
13 | Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a
single | ||||||
14 | person to be disregarded
shall not be less than $2,000, and the | ||||||
15 | amount of assets of a married couple
to be disregarded shall | ||||||
16 | not be less than $3,000.
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17 | To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found | ||||||
18 | guilty of a
second violation of Article VIIIA
shall be | ||||||
19 | ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as | ||||||
20 | provided
in Section 8A-8.
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21 | The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under | ||||||
22 | this Article
shall not be affected by the receipt by the person | ||||||
23 | of donations or benefits
from fundraisers held for the person | ||||||
24 | in cases of serious illness,
as long as neither the person nor | ||||||
25 | members of the person's family
have actual control over the | ||||||
26 | donations or benefits or the disbursement
of the donations or |
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1 | benefits.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06; 94-1043, eff. 7-24-06; | ||||||
3 | 95-546, eff. 8-29-07; revised 1-22-08.)
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4 | Section 10. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 10, 30, 35, 45, and 50 as follows:
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6 | (325 ILCS 2/10)
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7 | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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8 | "Abandon" has the same meaning as in the Abused and | ||||||
9 | Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
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10 | "Abused child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and | ||||||
11 | Neglected
Child Reporting Act.
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12 | "Child-placing agency" means a licensed public or private | ||||||
13 | agency
that receives a child for the purpose of placing or | ||||||
14 | arranging
for the placement of the child in a foster family | ||||||
15 | home or
other facility for child care, apart from the custody | ||||||
16 | of the child's
parents.
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17 | "Department" or "DCFS" means the Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Children and
Family Services.
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19 | "Emergency medical facility" means a freestanding | ||||||
20 | emergency center or
trauma center, as defined in the Emergency | ||||||
21 | Medical Services (EMS) Systems
Act.
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22 | "Emergency medical professional" includes licensed | ||||||
23 | physicians, and any
emergency medical technician-basic, | ||||||
24 | emergency medical
technician-intermediate, emergency medical |
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1 | technician-paramedic,
trauma nurse specialist, and | ||||||
2 | pre-hospital RN, as defined in the
Emergency Medical Services | ||||||
3 | (EMS) Systems Act.
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4 | "Fire station" means a fire station within the State with | ||||||
5 | at least one staff person that is staffed
with at least one | ||||||
6 | full-time emergency medical professional .
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7 | "Hospital" has the same meaning as in the Hospital | ||||||
8 | Licensing Act.
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9 | "Legal custody" means the relationship created by a court | ||||||
10 | order in
the best interest of a newborn infant that imposes on | ||||||
11 | the infant's custodian
the responsibility of physical | ||||||
12 | possession of the infant, the duty to
protect, train, and | ||||||
13 | discipline the infant, and the duty to provide the infant
with | ||||||
14 | food,
shelter, education, and medical care, except as these are | ||||||
15 | limited by
parental rights and responsibilities.
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16 | "Neglected child" has the same meaning as in the Abused and
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17 | Neglected Child Reporting Act.
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18 | "Newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician | ||||||
19 | reasonably
believes is 30 7 days old or less at the time the | ||||||
20 | child is
initially relinquished to a hospital, police station, | ||||||
21 | fire station, or
emergency
medical facility, and who is not an | ||||||
22 | abused or a neglected child.
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23 | "Police station" means a municipal police station or a | ||||||
24 | county sheriff's
office.
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25 | "Relinquish" means to bring a newborn infant, who a
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26 | licensed physician reasonably believes is 30 7 days old or |
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1 | less,
to a hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency | ||||||
2 | medical facility
and
to leave the infant with personnel of the | ||||||
3 | facility, if the person leaving the
infant does not express an | ||||||
4 | intent to return for the
infant or states that he or she will | ||||||
5 | not return for the infant.
In the case of a mother who gives | ||||||
6 | birth to an infant in a hospital,
the mother may relinquish her | ||||||
7 | newborn infant by expressing an intent to do so under this Act | ||||||
8 | mother's act of leaving that newborn infant at the
hospital (i) | ||||||
9 | without expressing an intent to return for the infant or (ii)
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10 | stating that she will not return for the infant is not a | ||||||
11 | "relinquishment" under
this Act .
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12 | "Safe haven" means a hospital, fire station, police | ||||||
13 | station, or emergency medical facility at which a newborn | ||||||
14 | infant may be relinquished under this Act. | ||||||
15 | "Temporary protective custody" means the temporary | ||||||
16 | placement of
a newborn infant within a hospital or other | ||||||
17 | medical facility out of the
custody of the infant's parent.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 93-820, eff. 7-27-04; 94-941, eff. 6-26-06.)
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19 | (325 ILCS 2/30)
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20 | Sec. 30. Anonymity of relinquishing person.
If there is no | ||||||
21 | evidence of abuse or neglect of a
relinquished newborn infant, | ||||||
22 | the relinquishing person has the right to
remain anonymous and | ||||||
23 | to leave the hospital, police station, fire station,
or | ||||||
24 | emergency
medical facility at any time and not be pursued or | ||||||
25 | followed. Before the
relinquishing person leaves the hospital, |
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1 | police station, fire station, or
emergency medical
facility, | ||||||
2 | the hospital, police station, fire station, or emergency | ||||||
3 | medical
facility personnel
shall (i) verbally inform the | ||||||
4 | relinquishing person that by
relinquishing the
child | ||||||
5 | anonymously, he or she will have to petition the court if he or | ||||||
6 | she
desires to prevent the termination of parental rights and | ||||||
7 | regain custody of the
child and (ii) shall offer the | ||||||
8 | relinquishing person the information
packet
described in | ||||||
9 | Section 35 of this Act.
However, nothing in this Act shall be | ||||||
10 | construed as precluding the
relinquishing person from | ||||||
11 | providing his or her identity or completing the
application | ||||||
12 | forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical | ||||||
13 | Information
Exchange and requesting that the hospital, police | ||||||
14 | station, fire station, or
emergency medical
facility forward | ||||||
15 | those forms to the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
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16 | Information Exchange. Any public reporting of information | ||||||
17 | required in connection with the relinquishment of a newborn | ||||||
18 | infant, including, but not limited to, reporting required under | ||||||
19 | the Vital Records Act or under any other law, shall identify | ||||||
20 | the mother of the relinquished newborn infant and the infant as | ||||||
21 | "unknown".
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22 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01; | ||||||
23 | 93-820, eff. 7-27-04 .)
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24 | (325 ILCS 2/35)
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25 | Sec. 35. Information for relinquishing person. A hospital, |
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1 | police
station, fire station,
or emergency
medical facility | ||||||
2 | that receives a newborn infant relinquished in accordance with
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3 | this
Act must offer an information packet , including the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Safe Haven Information Form, to the relinquishing | ||||||
5 | person and, if
possible, must clearly inform the relinquishing | ||||||
6 | person that his or her
acceptance of the
information is | ||||||
7 | completely voluntary , that registration with the Illinois
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8 | Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange is | ||||||
9 | voluntary, that the
person will remain anonymous if he or she | ||||||
10 | completes a Denial of Information
Exchange, and that the person | ||||||
11 | has the option to provide medical information
only and still | ||||||
12 | remain anonymous . The
information packet must include all of
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13 | the following:
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14 | (1) The Illinois Safe Haven Information Form. All | ||||||
15 | Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information | ||||||
16 | Exchange
application forms, including the Medical | ||||||
17 | Information
Exchange Questionnaire and
the web site | ||||||
18 | address and toll-free phone number of the Registry.
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19 | (2) A summary of this Act. Written notice of the | ||||||
20 | following:
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21 | (A) No sooner than 60 days following the date of | ||||||
22 | the
initial relinquishment of the infant to a hospital, | ||||||
23 | police station,
fire station, or emergency medical | ||||||
24 | facility, the child-placing agency or the
Department | ||||||
25 | will
commence proceedings for the termination of
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26 | parental rights and placement of the infant for
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1 | adoption.
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2 | (B) Failure of a parent of the
infant to contact | ||||||
3 | the Department and
petition for the return of custody | ||||||
4 | of the
infant before termination of parental rights
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5 | bars any future action asserting legal rights
with | ||||||
6 | respect to the infant.
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7 | (3) A resource list of providers of counseling
services | ||||||
8 | including grief counseling, pregnancy counseling, and
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9 | counseling regarding adoption and other available options | ||||||
10 | for placement of the
infant.
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11 | The Department shall make the Illinois Safe Haven | ||||||
12 | Information Form and the summary of this Act available to each | ||||||
13 | safe haven located in this State. The Illinois Safe Haven | ||||||
14 | Information Form and the summary of this Act offered by a safe | ||||||
15 | haven to a relinquishing person must be substantially the same | ||||||
16 | as those made available by the Department. If a person | ||||||
17 | relinquishes a newborn infant to a hospital and the hospital | ||||||
18 | receives a partially or completely filled-out Illinois Safe | ||||||
19 | Haven Information Form from that person at the time the newborn | ||||||
20 | infant is relinquished, the hospital must provide a copy of the | ||||||
21 | form to the child-placing agency into whose custody the | ||||||
22 | hospital discharges the infant in accordance with Section 20. A | ||||||
23 | safe haven other than a hospital that receives, at the time a | ||||||
24 | newborn infant is relinquished, a partially or completely | ||||||
25 | filled-out Illinois Safe Haven Information Form from the person | ||||||
26 | relinquishing the newborn infant must give the form to the |
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1 | hospital to which the infant is transported in accordance with | ||||||
2 | Section 20, which must in turn provide a copy of the form to | ||||||
3 | the child-placing agency into whose custody the hospital | ||||||
4 | discharges the infant in accordance with Section 20. Upon | ||||||
5 | request, the Department of Public Health shall provide the
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6 | application forms for the Illinois Adoption Registry and | ||||||
7 | Medical Information
Exchange to hospitals, police stations, | ||||||
8 | fire stations, and emergency
medical facilities.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01; | ||||||
10 | 93-820, eff. 7-27-04 .)
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11 | (325 ILCS 2/45)
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12 | Sec. 45. Medical assistance. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
13 | provision of
law, a newborn infant relinquished in accordance | ||||||
14 | with this Act , and the infant's mother, shall be deemed
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15 | eligible for medical assistance under
the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||
16 | Code, and a hospital
providing medical services to such an | ||||||
17 | infant or to the infant's mother, or to both, shall be | ||||||
18 | reimbursed for those
services in accordance with the payment
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19 | methodologies authorized under that
Code. In addition, for
any | ||||||
20 | day that a hospital has custody of a newborn infant
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21 | relinquished in accordance with this Act and the infant does | ||||||
22 | not require
medically necessary care, the hospital shall be | ||||||
23 | reimbursed by the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
24 | at the general acute care per diem rate, in accordance
with 89 | ||||||
25 | Ill. Adm. Code 148.270(c).
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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2 | (325 ILCS 2/50)
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3 | Sec. 50. Child-placing agency procedures.
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4 | (a) The Department's
State Central Registry must maintain a | ||||||
5 | list of licensed child-placing
agencies willing to take legal | ||||||
6 | custody of newborn infants relinquished
in accordance with this | ||||||
7 | Act. The
child-placing agencies on the list must be contacted | ||||||
8 | by the
Department on a rotating basis upon notice from a | ||||||
9 | hospital
that a newborn infant has been
relinquished in | ||||||
10 | accordance with this Act. The Department shall notify a | ||||||
11 | hospital to whom a newborn infant has been
relinquished of the | ||||||
12 | name of the child-placing agency authorized by the Department | ||||||
13 | to take custody of the infant from the hospital.
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14 | (b) Upon notice from the Department that a newborn infant | ||||||
15 | has
been relinquished in accordance with this Act, a | ||||||
16 | child-placing
agency must accept the newborn infant if the | ||||||
17 | agency has the accommodations to
do
so. The
child-placing | ||||||
18 | agency must seek an order for legal custody of the
infant upon | ||||||
19 | its acceptance of the infant.
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20 | (c) Within 3 business days after assuming physical custody | ||||||
21 | of the infant,
the child-placing agency shall file a
petition
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22 | in the division of the
circuit court in which petitions for | ||||||
23 | adoption would normally be
heard. The petition shall allege | ||||||
24 | that the newborn infant has been relinquished
in accordance | ||||||
25 | with this Act and shall state that the child-placing agency
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1 | intends to place the infant in an adoptive home.
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2 | (d) If no licensed child-placing agency is able to accept | ||||||
3 | the
relinquished newborn infant, then the Department must | ||||||
4 | assume
responsibility for the infant as soon as practicable.
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5 | (e) A custody order issued under subsection (b) shall | ||||||
6 | remain in
effect until a final adoption order based on the | ||||||
7 | relinquished newborn
infant's best interests is issued in | ||||||
8 | accordance with this Act and the Adoption
Act.
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9 | (f) When possible, the child-placing agency must place a
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10 | relinquished newborn infant in a prospective adoptive home.
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11 | (g) The Department or child-placing agency must initiate | ||||||
12 | proceedings to (i)
terminate the parental rights of the | ||||||
13 | relinquished newborn infant's
known or unknown parents, (ii) | ||||||
14 | appoint a guardian for the infant, and
(iii) obtain consent to | ||||||
15 | the infant's adoption in accordance with this
Act no sooner | ||||||
16 | than 60 days following the date of the initial
relinquishment | ||||||
17 | of the infant to the hospital, police station, fire station,
or
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18 | emergency medical facility.
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19 | (h) Before filing a petition for termination of parental
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20 | rights, the Department or child-placing agency must do the | ||||||
21 | following:
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22 | (1) Search its Putative Father Registry for the purpose | ||||||
23 | of
determining the identity and location of the putative | ||||||
24 | father of
the relinquished newborn infant who is, or is | ||||||
25 | expected to be, the
subject of an adoption proceeding, in | ||||||
26 | order to provide notice of
the proceeding to the putative |
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1 | father. At least one search of the
Registry must be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | conducted, at least 30 days after the
relinquished newborn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | infant's estimated date of birth; earlier
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4 | conducted, however. Notice to any potential
putative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | father discovered in a search of the Registry according
to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | the estimated age of the relinquished newborn infant must | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | be
in accordance with Section 12a of the Adoption Act.
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8 | (2) Verify with law enforcement officials, using the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | National Crime
Information Center,
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10 | newborn infant is not a missing child , unless the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | relinquished newborn infant was born in the hospital and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 | hospital .
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14 | (Source: P.A. 92-408, eff. 8-17-01; 92-432, eff. 8-17-01; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 93-820, eff. 7-27-04 .)
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