Bill Text: IL SB3232 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. In a provision concerning hospital procedures with respect to a relinquished infant, provides that if a person who relinquished or a person claiming to be the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and contact information of the child welfare agency to whom custody of the infant was transferred. In a provision concerning child welfare agency procedures, requires the Department of Children and Family Services and child welfare agencies to initiate parental termination, guardianship, and adoption proceedings in accordance with the Adoption Act (rather than the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee [SB3232 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3232-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act is
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
(325 ILCS 2/20)
Sec. 20. Procedures with respect to relinquished newborn
infants.
(a) Hospitals. Every hospital must accept and provide all
necessary emergency services and care to a relinquished
newborn infant, in accordance with this Act. The hospital
shall examine a relinquished newborn infant and perform tests
that, based on reasonable medical judgment, are appropriate in
evaluating whether the relinquished newborn infant was abused
or neglected.
The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as
implied consent for the hospital and its medical personnel and
physicians on staff to treat and provide care for the infant.
The hospital shall be deemed to have temporary protective
custody of a relinquished newborn infant until the infant is
discharged to the custody of a child welfare agency or the
Department. The hospital shall provide all available medical
records and information to the Department and the child

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welfare agency that has accepted the referral of the infant in
accordance with Section 50.
If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a
hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and
contact information of the child welfare agency to whom
custody of the infant was transferred.
(b) Fire stations and emergency medical facilities. Every
fire station and emergency medical facility must accept and
provide all necessary emergency services and care to a
relinquished newborn infant, in accordance with this Act.
The act of relinquishing a newborn infant serves as
implied consent for the fire station or emergency medical
facility and its emergency medical professionals to treat and
provide care for the infant, to the extent that those
emergency medical professionals are trained to provide those
services.
After the relinquishment of a newborn infant to a fire
station or emergency medical facility, the fire station or
emergency medical facility's personnel must arrange for the
transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon
as transportation can be arranged.
If the person who relinquished or a person claiming to be
the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant
within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a fire

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