ADOPTION ACT-RECORDS FILE

Amends the Adoption Act. Provides for the establishment of an Adoption/Surrender Records File for adoptions filed according to the listed Section of the Vital Records Act under a Record of Foreign Birth that was not finalized by a court action in the State of Illinois. Provides that an established Adoption/Surrender Records File for an adoption filed in Illinois under a Record of Foreign Birth that was not finalized in a court action in the State of Illinois shall be limited to the following items submitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records under the listed Section of the Vital Records Act, to the extent that they are available: (1) evidence as to the child's birth date and birthplace (including the country of birth and, if available, the city and province of birth) provided by the original birth certificate, or by a certified copy, extract, or translation thereof or by other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (2) a certified copy, extract, or translation of the adoption decree or other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (3) a copy of the IR-3 visa; and (4) the name and address of the adoption agency that handled the adoption. Effective July 1, 2005.