Full Text of HB4086 93rd General Assembly
HB4086ham001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 03, 2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4086
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4086 by replacing | 3 |
| the title with the following:
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| "AN ACT in relation to public health."; and | 5 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 6 |
| following: | 7 |
| "Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | 8 |
| Section 6.14f as follows: | 9 |
| (210 ILCS 85/6.14f new) | 10 |
| Sec. 6.14f. Reports to the trauma registry; certain | 11 |
| accidents involving persons under the age of 18 years. A | 12 |
| hospital that treats any person under the age of 18 years for | 13 |
| injuries suffered in an accident involving a motor vehicle or | 14 |
| the power window of a motor vehicle must report the accident to | 15 |
| the trauma registry. | 16 |
| Section 10. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | 17 |
| Sections 8 and 18 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 535/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-8)
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| Sec. 8. Each local registrar shall:
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| (1) Appoint one or more deputies to act for him in his | 21 |
| absence or to
assist him. Such deputies shall be subject to all |
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| rules and regulations
governing local registrars.
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| (2) Appoint one or more subregistrars when necessary for | 3 |
| the convenience
of the people. To become effective, such | 4 |
| appointments must be approved by
the State Registrar of Vital | 5 |
| Records. A subregistrar shall exercise such
authority as is | 6 |
| given him by the local registrar and is subject to the
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| supervision and control of the State Registrar of Vital | 8 |
| Records, and shall
be liable to the same penalties as local | 9 |
| registrars, as provided in Section
27 of this Act.
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| (3) Administer and enforce the provisions of this Act and | 11 |
| the
instructions, rules, and regulations issued hereunder.
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| (4) Require that certificates be completed and filed in | 13 |
| accordance with
the provisions of this Act and the rules and | 14 |
| regulations issued hereunder.
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| (5) Prepare and transmit monthly an accurate copy of each | 16 |
| record of live
birth, death, and fetal death to the county | 17 |
| clerk of his county. He shall
also, in the case of a death of a | 18 |
| person who was a resident of another
county, prepare an | 19 |
| additional copy of the death record and transmit it to
the | 20 |
| county clerk of the county in which such person was a resident. | 21 |
| In no
case shall the county clerk's copy of a live birth record | 22 |
| include the
section of the certificate which contains | 23 |
| information for health and
statistical program use only.
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| (6) (Blank).
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| (7) Prepare, file, and retain for a period of at least 10 | 26 |
| years in his
own office an accurate copy of each record of live | 27 |
| birth, death, and fetal
death accepted for registration. Only | 28 |
| in those instances in which the local
registrar is also a full | 29 |
| time city, village, incorporated town, public
health district, | 30 |
| county, or multi-county health officer recognized by the
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| Department may the health and statistical data section of the | 32 |
| live birth
record be made a part of this copy.
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| (8) Transmit monthly the certificates, reports, or other | 34 |
| returns filed
with him to the State Registrar of Vital Records, |
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| or more frequently when
directed to do so by the State | 2 |
| Registrar of Vital Records.
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| (8.5) Transmit monthly to the State central register of the | 4 |
| Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services a copy of | 5 |
| all death certificates of
persons under 18 years of age who | 6 |
| have died within the month. Each death certificate must be | 7 |
| accompanied by a detailed report of the cause of the person's | 8 |
| death, as required under subsection (2) or (3) of Section 18 of | 9 |
| this Act.
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| (9) Maintain such records, make such reports, and perform | 11 |
| such other
duties as may be required by the State Registrar of | 12 |
| Vital Records.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
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| (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
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| Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be | 16 |
| registered
by filing a death certificate with the local | 17 |
| registrar
of the district in which the death occurred or the | 18 |
| body was found, within
7 days after such death (within 5 days | 19 |
| if the death occurs prior to
January 1, 1989) and prior to | 20 |
| cremation or removal of the body from
the State, except when | 21 |
| death is subject to investigation by the coroner or
medical | 22 |
| examiner.
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| (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of | 24 |
| death is unknown,
a death certificate shall be filed in the | 25 |
| registration district in which
a dead body is found, which | 26 |
| shall be considered the place of death.
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| (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the | 28 |
| place where the body
is first removed from the conveyance | 29 |
| shall be considered the place of death
and a death | 30 |
| certificate shall be filed in the registration district in
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| which such place is located.
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| (c) The funeral director who first assumes
custody of a | 33 |
| dead body shall be responsible for filing a completed death
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| certificate. He shall obtain the personal data from the | 2 |
| next
of kin or the best qualified person or source | 3 |
| available; he shall enter
on the certificate the name, | 4 |
| relationship,
and address of his informant; he shall enter | 5 |
| the date, place, and method
of final disposition; he shall | 6 |
| affix his own signature and enter his address;
and shall | 7 |
| present the certificate to the person responsible for | 8 |
| completing
the medical certification of cause of death.
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| (2) The medical certification shall be completed and signed | 10 |
| within 48
hours after death by the physician in charge of the | 11 |
| patient's care for the
illness or condition which resulted in | 12 |
| death, except when death is subject
to the coroner's or medical | 13 |
| examiner's investigation. In the absence of
the physician or | 14 |
| with his approval, the medical certificate may be
completed and | 15 |
| signed by his associate physician, the chief medical officer
of | 16 |
| the institution in which death occurred or by the physician who
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| performed an autopsy upon the decedent. If the decedent was | 18 |
| under the age of 18 years at the time of his or her death, a | 19 |
| detailed report of the cause of the decedent's death must | 20 |
| accompany the medical certification.
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| (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or when | 22 |
| it is otherwise
subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's | 23 |
| investigation, the coroner
or medical examiner shall be | 24 |
| responsible for the completion of a coroner's
or medical | 25 |
| examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the medical
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| certification within 48 hours after death, except as provided | 27 |
| by regulation
in special problem cases. If the decedent was | 28 |
| under the age of 18 years at the time of his or her death, a | 29 |
| detailed report of the cause of the decedent's death must | 30 |
| accompany the coroner's or medical examiner's certificate.
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| (3.5) The medical certification of cause of death shall | 32 |
| expressly provide
an
opportunity for the person completing the
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| certification to indicate that the death was caused in whole or | 34 |
| in part by a
dementia-related disease, Parkinson's Disease, or |
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| Parkinson-Dementia Complex.
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| (4) When the deceased was a veteran of any war of the | 3 |
| United States, the
funeral director shall prepare a | 4 |
| "Certificate of Burial of U. S. War Veteran",
as prescribed and | 5 |
| furnished by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs,
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| submit such certificate to the Illinois Department of Veterans | 7 |
| Affairs
monthly.
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| (5) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this State | 9 |
| but the
body cannot be located, a death certificate may be | 10 |
| prepared by the State
Registrar upon receipt of an order of a | 11 |
| court of competent jurisdiction
which includes the finding of | 12 |
| facts required to complete the death
certificate. Such death | 13 |
| certificate shall be marked "Presumptive" and shall
show on its | 14 |
| face the date of the registration and shall identify the court
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| and the date of the judgment.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-454, eff. 8-7-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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