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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 25.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 535/25.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 25.1. (a) When the State Registrar of Vital Records | ||||||
| 8 | receives
or prepares a death certificate the Registrar shall | ||||||
| 9 | make an
appropriate notation in the birth certificate record of | ||||||
| 10 | that person that
the person is deceased. The Registrar shall | ||||||
| 11 | also notify the appropriate
municipal or county custodian of | ||||||
| 12 | such birth record that the person is
deceased, and such | ||||||
| 13 | custodian shall likewise make an appropriate notation
in its | ||||||
| 14 | records.
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| 15 | (b) In response to any inquiry, the Registrar or a | ||||||
| 16 | custodian shall not
provide a copy of a birth certificate or | ||||||
| 17 | information concerning the birth
record of any deceased person | ||||||
| 18 | except as provided in this subsection (b) or
as otherwise | ||||||
| 19 | provided in this Act or as approved by the Department. When a
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| 20 | copy of the birth certificate of a deceased person is | ||||||
| 21 | requested, the
Registrar or custodian shall require the person | ||||||
| 22 | making the request to
complete an information form, which shall | ||||||
| 23 | be developed and furnished by the
Department and shall include, | ||||||
| 24 | at a minimum, the name, address, telephone
number, social | ||||||
| 25 | security number and driver's license number of the person
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| 26 | making the request. Before furnishing the copy, the custodian | ||||||
| 27 | shall
prominently stamp on the copy the word "DECEASED" and | ||||||
| 28 | write or stamp on the
copy the date of death of the deceased | ||||||
| 29 | person. The custodian shall retain
the information form | ||||||
| 30 | completed by the person making the request, and note
on the | ||||||
| 31 | birth certificate record that such a request was made. The
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| 32 | custodian shall make the information form available to the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department of
State Police or any local law enforcement agency | ||||||
| 2 | upon request. A city or
county custodian shall promptly submit | ||||||
| 3 | copies of all completed forms to the
Registrar. The word | ||||||
| 4 | "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of | ||||||
| 5 | a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died | ||||||
| 6 | within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth | ||||||
| 7 | certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's | ||||||
| 8 | death.
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| 9 | (c) The Registrar shall furnish, no later than 60 days | ||||||
| 10 | after receipt of
a form used to request a birth certificate | ||||||
| 11 | record of a deceased person, a
copy of the form and a copy of | ||||||
| 12 | the corresponding birth certificate record
to the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Department of Public Aid and the Department of Human
Services. | ||||||
| 14 | The Illinois Department of
Public Aid and the Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Human Services shall, upon receipt of such
information, check | ||||||
| 16 | their records to
ensure that no claim for public assistance | ||||||
| 17 | under the Illinois Public Aid
Code is being made either by a | ||||||
| 18 | person
purporting to be the deceased person or by any person on | ||||||
| 19 | behalf of the
deceased person.
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| 20 | (d) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (b), | ||||||
| 21 | when the death of a child occurs within 90 days of that child's | ||||||
| 22 | live birth, the mother listed on the birth certificate of that | ||||||
| 23 | child may request the issuance of a copy of a certificate of | ||||||
| 24 | live birth from the State Registrar. Such request shall be made | ||||||
| 25 | in accordance with subsection (b), shall indicate the | ||||||
| 26 | requestor's relationship to the child, and shall be made not | ||||||
| 27 | later than 9 months from the date of the death of the child. | ||||||
| 28 | Except as provided herein, the Registrar shall conform to all | ||||||
| 29 | requirements of this Act in issuing copies of certificates | ||||||
| 30 | under this subsection (d).
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| 31 | (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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| 32 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 33 | becoming law.
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