103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3398

 

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Celina Villanueva

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 535/12.5 new
410 ILCS 535/20.5

    Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that a birth resulting in stillbirth that occurs in this State, during or after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks, shall be registered with the local registrar or subregistrar of the district in which the birth occurred within 7 days after the birth. Sets forth reporting requirements for when a birth resulting in stillbirth occurs in an institution. Specifies that, when a birth resulting in stillbirth occurs outside of an institution, the certificate shall be prepared by the following persons in the indicated order: (i) the physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of any such person; (ii) any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of any such person; (iii) the father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the woman who delivered the stillborn child shall be informed by the preparer of the certificate of the right to decline the certificate. Repeals a provision authorizing a certificate to be marked "delayed" when a stillbirth has not been registered within one year after the delivery.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5Section 20.5 and by adding Section 12.5 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/12.5 new)
7    Sec. 12.5. Birth resulting in stillbirth; place of
8registration.
9    (a) Each birth resulting in stillbirth that occurs in this
10State, during or after a gestation period of at least 20
11completed weeks, shall be registered with the local or
12subregistrar of the district in which the birth occurred
13within 7 days after the birth resulting in stillbirth. When a
14birth resulting in stillbirth occurs on a moving conveyance,
15the city, village, township, or road district in which the
16child is first removed from the conveyance shall be considered
17the place of birth resulting in stillbirth, and a birth
18resulting in a stillbirth certificate shall be filed in the
19registration district in which the place is located.
20    (b) When a birth resulting in stillbirth occurs in an
21institution, the person in charge of the institution or the
22person's designated representative shall:
23        (1) obtain and record all the personal and statistical

 

 

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1    particulars relative to the parents of the child whose
2    birth resulted in stillbirth that are required to properly
3    complete the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
4    as required by Section 20.5;
5        (2) secure the required personal signatures on the
6    hospital worksheet;
7        (3) prepare the certificate from the worksheet; and
8        (4) file the certificate with the local registrar.
9    The institution shall retain the hospital worksheet
10permanently or as otherwise specified by Department rule.
11Within 24 hours after the birth resulting in stillbirth occurs
12the physician in attendance shall verify or provide the date
13of birth resulting in stillbirth and medical information
14required by the certification.
15    (c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the
16certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the
17following in the indicated order of priority:
18        (1) the physician in attendance at or immediately
19    after the birth resulting in stillbirth, or in the absence
20    of such a person;
21        (2) any other person in attendance at or immediately
22    after the birth resulting in stillbirth, or in the absence
23    of such a person; or
24        (3) the father, the mother, or, in the absence of the
25    father and the inability of the mother, the person in
26    charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
 

 

 

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1    (410 ILCS 535/20.5)
2    Sec. 20.5. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
3    (a) The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a
4form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. The
5certificate shall be in the same format as a certificate of
6live birth prepared under Section 12 and shall be filed by and
7in the manner prescribed under Section 12.5 in the same manner
8as a certificate of live birth.
9    (b) After each fetal death that occurs in this State after
10a gestation period of at least 20 26 completed weeks, the
11person who files a fetal death certificate in connection with
12that death as required under Section 20 shall, only upon
13request by the woman who delivered the stillborn fetus, also
14prepare a certificate of stillbirth. The person shall prepare
15the certificate as prescribed under Section 12 and 12.5, on
16the form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and
17in accordance with the rules adopted by the State Registrar.
18The preparer shall inform the woman who delivered the
19stillborn child of the certificate of birth resulting in
20stillbirth and the woman's right to decline the certificate.
21Only upon the request of the woman who delivered the stillborn
22child to decline such a certificate shall one not be prepared.
23A request to not prepare a certificate must be made in writing
24on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar.
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1provide a name for the stillborn, the person who prepares the
2certificate of stillbirth shall leave blank any references to
3the stillborn's name.
4    (d) (Blank). When a stillbirth occurs in this State and
5the stillbirth has not been registered within one year after
6the delivery, a certificate marked "delayed" may be filed and
7registered in accordance with regulations adopted by the State
8Registrar. The certificate must show on its face the date of
9registration.
10    (e) (Blank). In the case of a fetal death that occurred in
11this State after a gestation period of at least 26 completed
12weeks and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
13the 93rd General Assembly, a parent of the stillborn child may
14request that the person who filed a fetal death certificate in
15connection with that death as required under Section 20 shall
16also prepare a certificate of stillbirth with respect to the
17fetus. If a parent of a stillborn makes such a request under
18this subsection (e), the person who filed a fetal death
19certificate shall prepare the certificate of stillbirth and
20file it with the designated registrar within 30 days after the
21request by the parent.
22(Source: P.A. 93-578, eff. 8-21-03.)