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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 25.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 535/25.5)
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| 7 | Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund. The | ||||||
| 8 | additional $2 fee for
certified copies of death certificates | ||||||
| 9 | and fetal death certificates must be
deposited into the Death | ||||||
| 10 | Certificate Surcharge Fund, a special fund created in
the State | ||||||
| 11 | treasury. Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this
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| 12 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and until January | ||||||
| 13 | 1, 2003 and
then beginning again on July 1, 2003 and until July | ||||||
| 14 | 1, 2005, moneys
in the Fund, subject to appropriation, may be | ||||||
| 15 | used by the
Department for the purpose of implementing an | ||||||
| 16 | electronic reporting system for
death registrations as | ||||||
| 17 | provided in Section 18.5 of this Act. Before the
effective date | ||||||
| 18 | of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
on and
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| 19 | after January 1, 2003 and until July 1, 2003, and on and after | ||||||
| 20 | July
1, 2005,
moneys in the Fund, subject to appropriations, | ||||||
| 21 | may be
used as follows: (i) 25% by the Coroner Training Board | ||||||
| 22 | for the purpose of training coroners, deputy coroners, forensic
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| 23 | pathologists, and police officers for death investigations and | ||||||
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| 1 | lodging and travel expenses relating to training, (ii) 25% for
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| 2 | grants by the Department of Public Health
for distribution to
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| 3 | all local county coroners and medical examiners or officials | ||||||
| 4 | charged with the
duties set forth under Division 3-3 of the | ||||||
| 5 | Counties Code, who have a different
title, for equipment and | ||||||
| 6 | lab facilities, (iii) 25% by the Department of Public
Health
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| 7 | for the purpose of
setting up a statewide database of death | ||||||
| 8 | certificates and implementing an
electronic reporting system | ||||||
| 9 | for death registrations pursuant to Section 18.5,
and (iv) 25% | ||||||
| 10 | for distribution a grant by the Department of Public Health to
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| 11 | local registrars. Officials receiving distributions from the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Public Health shall submit a letter of | ||||||
| 13 | verification to the Department indicating that funds received | ||||||
| 14 | under this Section were used as prescribed in this Section. | ||||||
| 15 | Officials receiving distributions from the Department of | ||||||
| 16 | Public Health that fail to provide the letter of verification | ||||||
| 17 | shall be ineligible for distributions for the following 3 | ||||||
| 18 | consecutive years unless a suitable letter of verification is | ||||||
| 19 | provided to the Department.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 99-408, eff. 1-1-16.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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