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 1        AN ACT in relation to public health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Vital Records Act is  amended  by  adding
 5    Section 20.5 as follows:

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

13        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.