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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 1 and by adding Section 25.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | ||||||
| 8 | requires:
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| 9 | (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal | ||||||
| 10 | deaths,
marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related | ||||||
| 11 | thereto.
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| 12 | (2) "System of vital records" includes the registration, | ||||||
| 13 | collection,
preservation, amendment, and certification of | ||||||
| 14 | vital records, and
activities related thereto.
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| 15 | (3) "Filing" means the presentation of a certificate, | ||||||
| 16 | report, or
other record provided for in this Act, of a birth, | ||||||
| 17 | death, fetal death,
adoption, marriage, or dissolution of | ||||||
| 18 | marriage, for registration by the Office of Vital
Records.
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| 19 | (4) "Registration" means the acceptance by the Office of | ||||||
| 20 | Vital
Records and the incorporation in its official records of | ||||||
| 21 | certificates,
reports, or other records provided for in this | ||||||
| 22 | Act, of births, deaths,
fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, or | ||||||
| 23 | dissolution of marriages.
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| 1 | (5) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction | ||||||
| 2 | from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective | ||||||
| 3 | of the duration of
pregnancy, which after such separation | ||||||
| 4 | breathes or shows any other
evidence of life such as beating of | ||||||
| 5 | the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite | ||||||
| 6 | movement of voluntary muscles, whether or
not the umbilical | ||||||
| 7 | cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
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| 8 | (6) "Fetal death" means death prior to the complete | ||||||
| 9 | expulsion or
extraction from its mother of a product of human | ||||||
| 10 | conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; the | ||||||
| 11 | death is indicated by the
fact that after such separation the | ||||||
| 12 | fetus does not breathe or show any
other evidence of life such | ||||||
| 13 | as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or | ||||||
| 14 | definite movement of voluntary muscles.
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| 15 | (7) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or parts of | ||||||
| 16 | such body or
bones thereof from the state of which it may | ||||||
| 17 | reasonably be concluded
that death has occurred.
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| 18 | (8) "Final disposition" means the burial, cremation, or | ||||||
| 19 | other
disposition of a dead human body or fetus or parts | ||||||
| 20 | thereof.
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| 21 | (9) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | ||||||
| 22 | medicine in
Illinois or any other State.
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| 23 | (10) "Institution" means any establishment, public or | ||||||
| 24 | private, which
provides in-patient medical, surgical, or | ||||||
| 25 | diagnostic care or treatment,
or nursing, custodial, or | ||||||
| 26 | domiciliary care to 2 or more unrelated
individuals, or to | ||||||
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| 1 | which persons are committed by law.
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| 2 | (11) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of | ||||||
| 3 | the State
of Illinois.
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| 4 | (12) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Department of
Public Health.
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| 6 | (13) "Homeless person" has the same meaning as defined by | ||||||
| 7 | Section 103 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance | ||||||
| 8 | Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11302). "Homeless person" includes | ||||||
| 9 | homeless children and youths as defined by 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2). | ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 81-230.)
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| 11 | (410 ILCS 535/25.3 new) | ||||||
| 12 | Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request. | ||||||
| 13 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's | ||||||
| 14 | status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services | ||||||
| 15 | agency or individual, legal services agency or individual, or | ||||||
| 16 | other similar agency or individual that has knowledge of the | ||||||
| 17 | individual's housing status, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) a homeless service agency receiving federal, | ||||||
| 19 | State, county, or municipal funding to provide those | ||||||
| 20 | services or otherwise sanctioned by a local continuum of | ||||||
| 21 | care; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) an attorney licensed to practice in the State; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) a public school homeless liaison or school social | ||||||
| 24 | worker; or | ||||||
| 25 | (4) a human services provider funded by the State to | ||||||
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| 1 | serve homeless or runaway youth, individuals with mental | ||||||
| 2 | illness, or individuals with addictions. | ||||||
| 3 | Individuals who are homeless must not be charged for this | ||||||
| 4 | verification. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) Applicable fees under Section 25 of this Act for a | ||||||
| 6 | search for a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record | ||||||
| 7 | shall be waived for all requests made by a homeless person | ||||||
| 8 | whose status is verified under subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
| 9 | The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish | ||||||
| 10 | standards and procedures consistent with this Section for | ||||||
| 11 | waiver of such applicable fees, which shall include a record of | ||||||
| 12 | the name and address of the individual and the name and address | ||||||
| 13 | of the agency or individual providing verification of | ||||||
| 14 | homelessness. Any falsification of this official record is | ||||||
| 15 | subject to penalty.
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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