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Public Act 097-0111
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| HB1259 Enrolled | LRB097 06465 RPM 46547 b |
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AN ACT concerning public health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing |
Section 18.5 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 535/18.5)
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Sec. 18.5. Electronic reporting system for death |
registrations. The State
Registrar
shall facilitate death |
registration by implementing an electronic reporting
system. |
The
system may be used to transfer information to individuals |
and institutions
responsible for
completing and filing |
certificates and related reports for deaths that occur in
the |
State. The system shall be used to transfer information to the |
Department of Healthcare and Family Services not less often |
than once every 3-month period for the purpose of updating the |
roster of Medicaid recipients.
The system shall be capable of |
storing and retrieving accurate
and timely
data and statistics |
for those persons and agencies responsible for vital
records |
registration
and administration. Upon establishment of such an |
electronic reporting system, but not later than January 1, |
2011, the county clerk in the county in which a death occurred |
or the county clerk of the county where a decedent last |
resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, |