Public Act 93-0578

SB1649 Enrolled                      LRB093 07346 LCB 07508 b

    AN ACT in relation to public health.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Vital  Records Act is amended by adding
Section 20.5 as follows:

    (410 ILCS 535/20.5 new)
    Sec. 20.5.  Certificate of stillbirth.
    (a)  The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a
form for a certificate of stillbirth. The  certificate  shall
be in the same format as a certificate of live birth prepared
under  Section  12 and shall be filed in the same manner as a
certificate of live birth.
    (b)  After each fetal death that  occurs  in  this  State
after  a gestation period of at least 26 completed weeks, the
person who files a fetal death certificate in connection with
that death as required under  Section  20  shall,  only  upon
request  by the woman who delivered the stillborn fetus, also
prepare  a  certificate  of  stillbirth.   The  person  shall
prepare the certificate on the form prescribed and  furnished
by  the  State  Registrar  and  in  accordance with the rules
adopted by the State Registrar.
    (c)  If the stillborn's parent or parents do not wish  to
provide a name for the stillborn, the person who prepares the
certificate of stillbirth shall leave blank any references to
the stillborn's name.
    (d)  When  a  stillbirth  occurs  in  this  State and the
stillbirth has not been registered within one year after  the
delivery,  a  certificate  marked  "delayed" may be filed and
registered in accordance  with  regulations  adopted  by  the
State  Registrar.   The certificate must show on its face the
date of registration.
    (e)  In the case of a fetal death that occurred  in  this
State after a gestation period of at least 26 completed weeks
and  before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly, a parent of the  stillborn  child  may
request  that  the person who filed a fetal death certificate
in connection with that death as required  under  Section  20
shall  also  prepare a certificate of stillbirth with respect
to the fetus.  If a  parent  of  a  stillborn  makes  such  a
request  under  this  subsection  (e), the person who filed a
fetal death certificate  shall  prepare  the  certificate  of
stillbirth  and  file it with the designated registrar within
30 days after the request by the parent.

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
becoming law.