HB6080 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Adoption Act Section 10 to revise consent and surrender forms for adoption proceedings, including new requirements that birth parents receive and acknowledge the "Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private Form" before executing consent documents.

• Establishes a new "Final and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption by a Specified Person or Persons: Non-DCFS Case" form for private adoptions where parents consent to adoption by named individuals, with a 60-day deadline for filing adoption petitions and provisions allowing parents to request return of the child if adoption does not proceed within specified timeframes.

• Creates a "Final and Irrevocable Designated Surrender for Purposes of Adoption" form allowing parents to surrender children to agencies while designating specific adoptive parents, with 10-business-day notice requirements if the specified adoption does not proceed.

• Authorizes acknowledgment of adoption consents through telephonic, audiovisual, or electronic means if court-approved, and permits acknowledgment by incarcerated individuals before correctional facility personnel or court-designated persons.

• Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to collect and maintain data on the efficacy of specific consents, including numbers executed, outcomes, completed adoptions, and reasons adoptions are not completed.