94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0568


 
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














410 ILCS 535/25.1
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1







    Amends the Vital Records Act.  Provides that the word "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's death.  Effective immediately.  
















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    AN ACT concerning 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 
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Section 25.1 as follows:
 



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    (410 ILCS 535/25.1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1)



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    Sec. 25.1. (a) When the State Registrar of Vital Records 
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receives
or prepares a death certificate the Registrar shall 
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make an
appropriate notation in the birth certificate record of 
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that person that
the person is deceased.  The Registrar shall 
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also notify the appropriate
municipal or county custodian of 
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such birth record that the person is
deceased, and such 
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custodian shall likewise make an appropriate notation
in its 
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records.

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    (b) In response to any inquiry, the Registrar or a 
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custodian shall not
provide a copy of a birth certificate or 
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information concerning the birth
record of any deceased person 
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except as provided in this subsection (b) or
as otherwise 
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provided in this Act or as approved by the Department. When a

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copy of the birth certificate of a deceased person is 
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requested, the
Registrar or custodian shall require the person 
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making the request to
complete an information form, which shall 
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be developed and furnished by the
Department and shall include, 
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at a minimum, the name, address, telephone
number, social 
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security number and driver's license number of the person

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making the request. Before furnishing the copy, the custodian 
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shall
prominently stamp on the copy the word "DECEASED" and 
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write or stamp on the
copy the date of death of the deceased 
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person. The custodian shall retain
the information form 
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completed by the person making the request, and note
on the 
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birth certificate record that such a request was made.  The

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custodian shall make the information form available to the 
 


 






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Department of
State Police or any local law enforcement agency 
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upon request.  A city or
county custodian shall promptly submit 
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copies of all completed forms to the
Registrar. The word 
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"DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of 
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a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died 
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within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth 
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certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's 
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death.


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    (c) The Registrar shall furnish, no later than 60 days 
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after receipt of
a form used to request a birth certificate 
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record of a deceased person, a
copy of the form and a copy of 
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the corresponding birth certificate record
to the Illinois 
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Department of Public Aid and the Department of Human
Services.  
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The Illinois Department of
Public Aid and the Department of 
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Human Services shall, upon receipt of such
information, check 
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their records to
ensure that no claim for public assistance 
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under the Illinois Public Aid
Code is being made either by a 
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person
purporting to be the deceased person or by any person on 
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behalf of the
deceased person.

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(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 

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