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| | HB1259 Engrossed | | LRB097 06465 RPM 46547 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning public 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 18.5 as follows:
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6 | | (410 ILCS 535/18.5)
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7 | | Sec. 18.5. Electronic reporting system for death |
8 | | registrations. The State
Registrar
shall facilitate death |
9 | | registration by implementing an electronic reporting
system. |
10 | | The
system may be used to transfer information to individuals |
11 | | and institutions
responsible for
completing and filing |
12 | | certificates and related reports for deaths that occur in
the |
13 | | State. The system shall be used to transfer information to the |
14 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services not less often |
15 | | than once every 3-month period for the purpose of updating the |
16 | | roster of Medicaid recipients.
The system shall be capable of |
17 | | storing and retrieving accurate
and timely
data and statistics |
18 | | for those persons and agencies responsible for vital
records |
19 | | registration
and administration. Upon establishment of such an |
20 | | electronic reporting system, but not later than January 1, |
21 | | 2011, the county clerk in the county in which a death occurred |
22 | | or the county clerk of the county where a decedent last |
23 | | resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, |