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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 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
9 required by this Act or by regulations adopted under this Act
10 shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the
11 federal agency responsible for national vital statistics,
12 subject to approval of and modification by the Department. All
13 forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar
14 of Vital Records.
15 (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
16 of 1983, all forms used to collect information under this Act
17 which request information concerning the race or ethnicity of
18 an individual by providing spaces for the designation of that
19 individual as "white" or "black", or the semantic equivalent
20 thereof, shall provide an additional space for a designation
21 as "Hispanic".
22 (c) Effective November 1, 1990, the social security
23 numbers of the mother and father shall be collected at the time
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1 of the birth of the child. These numbers shall not be recorded
2 on the certificate of live birth. The numbers may be used only
3 for those purposes allowed by Federal law.
4 (d) The social security number of a person who has died
5 shall be entered on the death certificate; however, failure to
6 enter the social security number of the person who has died on
7 the death certificate does not invalidate the death
8 certificate.
9 (e) If the place of disposition of a dead human body or
10 cremated remains is in a cemetery, the burial permit shall
11 include the place of disposition. The place of disposition
12 shall include the lot, block, section, and plot or niche, and
13 depth, if applicable, where the dead human body or cremated
14 remains are located. This subsection does not apply to
15 cremated remains scattered in a cemetery.
16 (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history
17 of military service may include or may be amended to include
18 the deceased individual's veteran status, the branch of the
19 military that the deceased individual he or she served in, and
20 the period of time that he or she served in the military, and
21 whether a military service-related injury contributed to the
22 cause of death.
23 (Source: P.A. 100-310, eff. 1-1-18.)
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