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
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
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
LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
A BILL FOR
SB1640LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
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 Sections 11 and 18 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
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
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
LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
A BILL FOR
410 ILCS 535/11 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11
410 ILCS 535/18 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18
LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640- 2 -LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 - 2 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 2 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
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. The decision with respect to burial or
15 cremation shall be made by the authorized person and shall be
16 properly communicated to relevant persons within 7 days after
17 a death. The funeral director shall indicate the name of
18 cemetery on the death certificate within 7 days before burial.
19 This subsection does not apply to cremated remains scattered
20 in a cemetery.
21 (f) The death certificate for an individual with a history
22 of military service may include or may be amended to include
23 the branch of the military that the deceased individual served
24 in, the period of time that he or she served in the military,
25 and whether a military service-related injury contributed to
26 the cause of death.
SB1640 - 2 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640- 3 -LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 - 3 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 3 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
1 (Source: P.A. 103-406, eff. 1-1-25.)
2 (410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18)
3 Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be
4 registered by filing a death certificate with the local
5 registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the
6 body was found, within 7 days after such death (within 5 days
7 if the death occurs prior to January 1, 1989) and prior to
8 cremation or removal of the body from the State, except when
9 death is subject to investigation by the coroner or medical
10 examiner. If a death occurs in this State in a county outside
11 the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the
12 district in which the death certificate was filed shall,
13 within 7 days of its filing, send a copy of the death
14 certificate to the local registrar in the district where the
15 deceased's county of residence is located.
16 (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of
17 death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in
18 the registration district in which a dead body is found,
19 which shall be considered the place of death.
20 (b) When a death occurs on a moving conveyance, the
21 place where the body is first removed from the conveyance
22 shall be considered the place of death and a death
23 certificate shall be filed in the registration district in
24 which such place is located.
25 (c) The administrator of the nursing home, hospital,
SB1640 - 3 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640- 4 -LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 - 4 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 4 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
1 or hospice facility where the death occurred funeral
2 director who first assumes custody of a dead body shall be
3 responsible for creating the death registration file in
4 the system under Section 18.5, and the funeral director
5 who first assumes custody of a dead body shall be
6 responsible for filing a completed death certificate. He
7 or she shall obtain the personal data from the next of kin
8 or the best qualified person or source available; he or
9 she shall enter on the certificate the name, relationship,
10 and address of the informant; he or she shall enter the
11 date, place, and method of final disposition; he or she
12 shall affix his or her own signature, which may be
13 electronic, and enter his or her address; and shall
14 present the certificate to the person responsible for
15 completing the medical certification of cause of death.
16 The person responsible for completing the medical
17 certification of cause of death must note the presence of
18 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, clostridium
19 difficile, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci if it is a
20 contributing factor to or the cause of death. Additional
21 multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) may be added to
22 this list by the Department by rule.
23 (2) The medical certification shall be completed and
24 signed within 48 hours after death by the certifying health
25 care professional who, within 12 months prior to the date of
26 the patient's death, was treating or managing treatment of the
SB1640 - 4 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640- 5 -LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 - 5 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 5 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
1 patient's illness or condition which resulted in death, except
2 when death is subject to the coroner's or medical examiner's
3 investigation. In the absence of the certifying health care
4 professional or with his or her approval, the medical
5 certificate may be completed and signed by his or her
6 associate physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
7 physician assistant, the chief medical officer of the
8 institution in which death occurred, or the physician who
9 performed an autopsy upon the decedent.
10 (3) When a death occurs without medical attendance, or
11 when it is otherwise subject to the coroner's or medical
12 examiner's investigation, the coroner or medical examiner
13 shall be responsible for the completion of a coroner's or
14 medical examiner's certificate of death and shall sign the
15 medical certification within 48 hours after death, except as
16 provided by regulation in special problem cases. If the
17 decedent was under the age of 18 years at the time of his or
18 her death, and the death was due to injuries suffered as a
19 result of a motor vehicle backing over a child, or if the death
20 occurred due to the power window of a motor vehicle, the
21 coroner or medical examiner must send a copy of the medical
22 certification, with information documenting that the death was
23 due to a vehicle backing over the child or that the death was
24 caused by a power window of a vehicle, to the Department of
25 Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and
26 Family Services shall (i) collect this information for use by
SB1640 - 5 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640- 6 -LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b SB1640 - 6 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 6 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b
SB1640 - 6 - LRB104 08847 BDA 18902 b