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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1640 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18 Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions regarding information required on forms, provides that (i) the decision with respect to burial or cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after a death, and (ii) the funeral director shall indicate the name of cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial. In provisions regarding death certificates, provides that (i) the administrator of the nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility where the death occurred shall be responsible for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system for death registrations, and (ii) signatures may be electronic. LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1640 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18 410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11 410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18 Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions regarding information required on forms, provides that (i) the decision with respect to burial or cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after a death, and (ii) the funeral director shall indicate the name of cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial. In provisions regarding death certificates, provides that (i) the administrator of the nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility where the death occurred shall be responsible for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system for death registrations, and (ii) signatures may be electronic. LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b A BILL FOR
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3	3	410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18 410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11 410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18
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6	6	Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions regarding information required on forms, provides that (i) the decision with respect to burial or cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after a death, and (ii) the funeral director shall indicate the name of cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial. In provisions regarding death certificates, provides that (i) the administrator of the nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility where the death occurred shall be responsible for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system for death registrations, and (ii) signatures may be electronic.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning health.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
16	16	5 Sections 11 and 18 as follows:
17	17	6 (410 ILCS 535/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11)
18	18	7 Sec. 11. Information required on forms.
19	19	8 (a) The form of certificates, reports, and other returns
20	20	9 required by this Act or by regulations adopted under this Act
21	21	10 shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the
22	22	11 federal agency responsible for national vital statistics,
23	23	12 subject to approval of and modification by the Department. All
24	24	13 forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar
25	25	14 of Vital Records.
26	26	15 (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
27	27	16 of 1983, all forms used to collect information under this Act
28	28	17 which request information concerning the race or ethnicity of
29	29	18 an individual by providing spaces for the designation of that
30	30	19 individual as "white" or "black", or the semantic equivalent
31	31	20 thereof, shall provide an additional space for a designation
32	32	21 as "Hispanic".
33	33	22 (c) Effective November 1, 1990, the social security
34	34	23 numbers of the mother and father shall be collected at the time
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1640 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18 410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11 410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18
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42	42	Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions regarding information required on forms, provides that (i) the decision with respect to burial or cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after a death, and (ii) the funeral director shall indicate the name of cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial. In provisions regarding death certificates, provides that (i) the administrator of the nursing home, hospital, or hospice facility where the death occurred shall be responsible for creating the death registration file in the electronic reporting system for death registrations, and (ii) signatures may be electronic.
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71	71	1 of the birth of the child. These numbers shall not be recorded
72	72	2 on the certificate of live birth. The numbers may be used only
73	73	3 for those purposes allowed by Federal law.
74	74	4 (d) The social security number of a person who has died
75	75	5 shall be entered on the death certificate; however, failure to
76	76	6 enter the social security number of the person who has died on
77	77	7 the death certificate does not invalidate the death
78	78	8 certificate.
79	79	9 (e) If the place of disposition of a dead human body or
80	80	10 cremated remains is in a cemetery, the burial permit shall
81	81	11 include the place of disposition. The place of disposition
82	82	12 shall include the lot, block, section, and plot or niche, and
83	83	13 depth, if applicable, where the dead human body or cremated
84	84	14 remains are located. The decision with respect to burial or
85	85	15 cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be
86	86	16 properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after
87	87	17 a death. The funeral director shall indicate the name of
88	88	18 cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial.
89	89	19 This subsection does not apply to cremated remains scattered
90	90	20 in a cemetery.
91	91	21 (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history
92	92	22 of military service may include or may be amended to include
93	93	23 the branch of the military that the deceased individual served
94	94	24 in, the period of time that he or she served in the military,
95	95	25 and whether a military service-related injury contributed to
96	96	26 the cause of death.
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107	107	1 (Source: P.A. 103-406, eff. 1-1-25.)
108	108	2 (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
109	109	3 Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be
110	110	4 registered by filing a death certificate with the local
111	111	5 registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the
112	112	6 body was found, within 7 days after such death (within 5 days
113	113	7 if the death occurs prior to January 1, 1989) and prior to
114	114	8 cremation or removal of the body from the State, except when
115	115	9 death is subject to investigation by the coroner or medical
116	116	10 examiner. If a death occurs in this State in a county outside
117	117	11 the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the
118	118	12 district in which the death certificate was filed shall,
119	119	13 within 7 days of its filing, send a copy of the death
120	120	14 certificate to the local registrar in the district where the
121	121	15 deceased's county of residence is located.
122	122	16 (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of
123	123	17 death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in
124	124	18 the registration district in which a dead body is found,
125	125	19 which shall be considered the place of death.
126	126	20 (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the
127	127	21 place where the body is first removed from the conveyance
128	128	22 shall be considered the place of death and a death
129	129	23 certificate shall be filed in the registration district in
130	130	24 which such place is located.
131	131	25 (c) The administrator of the nursing home, hospital,
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142	142	1 or hospice facility where the death occurred funeral
143	143	2 director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall be
144	144	3 responsible for creating the death registration file in
145	145	4 the system under Section 18.5, and the funeral director
146	146	5 who first assumes custody of a dead body shall be
147	147	6 responsible for filing a completed death certificate. He
148	148	7 or she shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin
149	149	8 or the best qualified person or source available; he or
150	150	9 she shall enter on the certificate the name, relationship,
151	151	10 and address of the informant; he or she shall enter the
152	152	11 date, place, and method of final disposition; he or she
153	153	12 shall affix his or her own signature, which may be
154	154	13 electronic, and enter his or her address; and shall
155	155	14 present the certificate to the person responsible for
156	156	15 completing the medical certification of cause of death.
157	157	16 The person responsible for completing the medical
158	158	17 certification of cause of death must note the presence of
159	159	18 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium
160	160	19 difficile, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci if it is a
161	161	20 contributing factor to or the cause of death. Additional
162	162	21 multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) may be added to
163	163	22 this list by the Department by rule.
164	164	23 (2) The medical certification shall be completed and
165	165	24 signed within 48 hours after death by the certifying health
166	166	25 care professional who, within 12 months prior to the date of
167	167	26 the patient's death, was treating or managing treatment of the
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178	178	1 patient's illness or condition which resulted in death, except
179	179	2 when death is subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's
180	180	3 investigation. In the absence of the certifying health care
181	181	4 professional or with his or her approval, the medical
182	182	5 certificate may be completed and signed by his or her
183	183	6 associate physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
184	184	7 physician assistant, the chief medical officer of the
185	185	8 institution in which death occurred, or the physician who
186	186	9 performed an autopsy upon the decedent.
187	187	10 (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or
188	188	11 when it is otherwise subject to the coroner's or medical
189	189	12 examiner's investigation, the coroner or medical examiner
190	190	13 shall be responsible for the completion of a coroner's or
191	191	14 medical examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the
192	192	15 medical certification within 48 hours after death, except as
193	193	16 provided by regulation in special problem cases. If the
194	194	17 decedent was under the age of 18 years at the time of his or
195	195	18 her death, and the death was due to injuries suffered as a
196	196	19 result of a motor vehicle backing over a child, or if the death
197	197	20 occurred due to the power window of a motor vehicle, the
198	198	21 coroner or medical examiner must send a copy of the medical
199	199	22 certification, with information documenting that the death was
200	200	23 due to a vehicle backing over the child or that the death was
201	201	24 caused by a power window of a vehicle, to the Department of
202	202	25 Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and
203	203	26 Family Services shall (i) collect this information for use by
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