Full Text of HB4993 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 changing | 5 | | Section 18 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18) | 7 | | Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be | 8 | | registered by filing a death certificate with the local | 9 | | registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the | 10 | | body was found, within 7 days after such death (within 5 days | 11 | | if the death occurs prior to January 1, 1989) and prior to | 12 | | cremation or removal of the body from the State, except when | 13 | | death is subject to investigation by the coroner or medical | 14 | | examiner. If a death occurs in this State in a county outside | 15 | | the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the | 16 | | district in which the death certificate was filed shall, | 17 | | within 7 days of its filing, send a copy of the death | 18 | | certificate to the local registrar in the district where the | 19 | | deceased's county of residence is located. | 20 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of | 21 | | death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in | 22 | | the registration district in which a dead body is found, | 23 | | which shall be considered the place of death. |
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| 1 | | (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the | 2 | | place where the body is first removed from the conveyance | 3 | | shall be considered the place of death and a death | 4 | | certificate shall be filed in the registration district in | 5 | | which such place is located. | 6 | | (c) The funeral director who first assumes custody of | 7 | | a dead body shall be responsible for filing a completed | 8 | | death certificate. He or she shall obtain the personal | 9 | | data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or | 10 | | source available; he or she shall enter on the certificate | 11 | | the name, relationship, and address of the informant; he | 12 | | or she shall enter the date, place, and method of final | 13 | | disposition; he or she shall affix his or her own | 14 | | signature and enter his or her address; and shall present | 15 | | the certificate to the person responsible for completing | 16 | | the medical certification of cause of death. The person | 17 | | responsible for completing the medical certification of | 18 | | cause of death must note the presence of | 19 | | methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium | 20 | | difficile, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci if it is a | 21 | | contributing factor to or the cause of death. Additional | 22 | | multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) may be added to | 23 | | this list by the Department by rule. | 24 | | (2) The medical certification shall be completed and | 25 | | signed within 48 hours after death by the certifying health | 26 | | care professional who, within 12 months prior to the date of |
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| 1 | | the patient's death, was treating or managing treatment of the | 2 | | patient's illness or condition which resulted in death, except | 3 | | when death is subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's | 4 | | investigation. In the absence of the certifying health care | 5 | | professional or with his or her approval, the medical | 6 | | certificate may be completed and signed by his or her | 7 | | associate physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or | 8 | | physician assistant, the chief medical officer of the | 9 | | institution in which death occurred, or the physician who | 10 | | performed an autopsy upon the decedent. | 11 | | (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or | 12 | | when it is otherwise subject to the coroner's or medical | 13 | | examiner's investigation, the coroner or medical examiner | 14 | | shall be responsible for the completion of a coroner's or | 15 | | medical examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the | 16 | | medical certification within 48 hours after death, except as | 17 | | provided by regulation in special problem cases. If the | 18 | | decedent was under the age of 18 years at the time of his or | 19 | | her death, and the death was due to injuries suffered as a | 20 | | result of a motor vehicle backing over a child, or if the death | 21 | | occurred due to the power window of a motor vehicle, the | 22 | | coroner or medical examiner must send a copy of the medical | 23 | | certification, with information documenting that the death was | 24 | | due to a vehicle backing over the child or that the death was | 25 | | caused by a power window of a vehicle, to the Department of | 26 | | Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and |
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| 1 | | Family Services shall (i) collect this information for use by | 2 | | Child Death Review Teams and (ii) compile and maintain this | 3 | | information as part of its Annual Child Death Review Team | 4 | | Report to the General Assembly. | 5 | | (3.5) The medical certification of cause of death shall | 6 | | expressly provide an opportunity for the person completing the | 7 | | certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole | 8 | | or in part by a dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, | 9 | | or Parkinson-Dementia Complex. | 10 | | (4) When the deceased was a veteran of any war of the | 11 | | United States, the funeral director shall prepare a | 12 | | "Certificate of Burial of U. S. War Veteran", as prescribed | 13 | | and furnished by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, | 14 | | and submit such certificate to the Illinois Department of | 15 | | Veterans' Affairs monthly. | 16 | | (5) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this State | 17 | | but the body cannot be located, a death certificate may be | 18 | | prepared by the State Registrar upon receipt of an order of a | 19 | | court of competent jurisdiction which includes the finding of | 20 | | facts required to complete the death certificate. Such death | 21 | | certificate shall be marked "Presumptive" and shall show on | 22 | | its face the date of the registration and shall identify the | 23 | | court and the date of the judgment. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-257, eff. 1-1-22; 102-844, eff. 1-1-23; | 25 | | 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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