Public Act 097-0111
 
HB1259 EnrolledLRB097 06465 RPM 46547 b

    AN ACT concerning public health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
Section 18.5 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 535/18.5)
    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,
shall be authorized to issue certifications of death records
from such system, and the State Registrar shall cause the
electronic reporting system to provide for such capability. The
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall have
access to the system to enhance its enforcement of the Cemetery
Oversight Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-327, eff. 8-11-09; 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)