HB3101 Summary

• Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act to presume that parents who relinquish newborns waive notice of legal proceedings to terminate parental rights.

• Requires hospitals to complete medical assistance benefit applications on behalf of relinquished infants and provide all available medical information to the Department of Children and Family Services and child welfare agencies.

• Extends the timeframe for reclaiming a relinquished infant from 72 hours to 30 days at police stations, fire stations, and emergency medical facilities.

• Replaces terminology throughout multiple acts by changing all references from "child-placing agency" to "child welfare agency" for consistency.

• Modifies provisions regarding guardian ad litem appointments, parental notice procedures, putative father registry searches, and the alternative adoption process for infants under 30 days of age (previously 7 days).