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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 535/11)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11)
7    Sec. 11. Information required on forms.
8    (a) The form of certificates, reports, and other returns
9required by this Act or by regulations adopted under this Act
10shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the
11federal agency responsible for national vital statistics,
12subject to approval of and modification by the Department. All
13forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar
14of Vital Records.
15    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of 1983, all forms used to collect information under this Act
17which request information concerning the race or ethnicity of
18an individual by providing spaces for the designation of that
19individual as "white" or "black", or the semantic equivalent
20thereof, shall provide an additional space for a designation
21as "Hispanic".
22    (c) Effective November 1, 1990, the social security
23numbers of the mother and father shall be collected at the time

 

 

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1of the birth of the child. These numbers shall not be recorded
2on the certificate of live birth. The numbers may be used only
3for those purposes allowed by Federal law.
4    (d) The social security number of a person who has died
5shall be entered on the death certificate; however, failure to
6enter the social security number of the person who has died on
7the death certificate does not invalidate the death
8certificate.
9    (e) If the place of disposition of a dead human body or
10cremated remains is in a cemetery, the burial permit shall
11include the place of disposition. The place of disposition
12shall include the lot, block, section, and plot or niche, and
13depth, if applicable, where the dead human body or cremated
14remains are located. This subsection does not apply to
15cremated remains scattered in a cemetery.
16    (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history
17of military service may include or may be amended to include
18the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the
19military that the deceased individual he or she served in, and
20the period of time that he or she served in the military, and
21whether a military service-related injury contributed to the
22cause of death.
23(Source: P.A. 100-310, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
251, 2025.